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Houses are to become more Christmas-friendly, since the invention of Lego Smart Bricks. These bricks are electronically-controlled and could bring an end to the idiocy of climbing ladders to decorate the exterior of homes during the festive season.


The bricks contain colour-changing lights and loudspeakers, promising the ultimate neighbour irritation experience; and can be controlled by a smartphone app.


Dick Scratcher, a Christmas-loving pensioner who fell from the 15th floor of the Sunlight Uplands Retirement Home in Essex, whilst putting up Christmas lights outside his flat, says the news got his new year off to a great start; and ain’t it amazing what they can do these days.


In other news, however, Newsbiscuit has learned from a source close to a man occasionally known as Mr Yaxley-Lennon, that an alias of Yaxley-Lennon has commissioned a team of programmers to hack the system and design a flashing light sequence that strobes the Union flag along rows of houses, unless residents pay an annual unsubscription fee to have the union flag replaced by a pixelated ‘A paedo lives here’ sign.



Transport Focus, the independent watchdog for transport users, said the claim, if true, would finally give the answer to the question - if a passenger successfully connects to the onboard wi-fi when there is no-one there to verify it, did it happen?


representing the watchdog, Mr Toby Nesbitt, was confident his organisation would get an answer, pointing to past successes. 'It was us that proved trapped in a train toilet no-one can hear you scream'.


The passenger making the claim, Gita Turnbull, says she was able to connect to the wi-fi on the GWR service to London from Bristol Temple Meads, long enough to watch an episode of the new BBC adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days.


Ms Turnbull was unable to elaborate further as she had a rail replacement bus service to catch. However, she did add, 'If Phileas Fogg had had to travel by GWR he wouldn't have won his wager. And even he would have balked at the price of a ticket'.


GWR was approached for a comment but insisted they would need someone to contact them by email before they could comment.





First published 7 Jan 2022


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