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A 30 year old woman was today praised for getting a small, fluffy, white dog, despite still intending to go on and have children. She bought the Pomeranian, popular with various shades of female who have all but given up on even starting to attempt the arduous slog of finding a male capable of being relied upon, from a breeder renowned for padding out the modern lives of the anxious with dependable love.


The dog, which she has tentatively named, Strongandwontletmedown, apparently had no idea that its role was to be that of a companion rather than fetus substitute. ‘Little Strongandwontletmedown is yapping away for all the world as if I’m going to be one of those sorry sights pushing a dog down the street in a pram. I am not,’ she emphasized with just a tinge of evolving bitterness.


Strongandwontletmedown is a white a Pomeranian, a comparatively rare colour in the bloodline. Commentators are expressing fears that this extra level of pure cuteness may .distract the owner from the urge to motherhood. ‘She’s going to get a lot of positive attention on the street,’ said one male serial monogamist familiar with letting down women between the ages of 29 and 35. ‘The constant praise of Strongandwontletmedown’s beauty is inevitably going to mislead the woman into believing she had some genetic role in the dog’s looks and health. I’m worried that when Strongandwontletmedown dies she may move onto cats.’


‘I’ve seen it all before,’ said another tinder jockey. ‘Woman gets dog, says dog is not kid substitute, woman eventually dyes hair orange.’ But others are offering support. ‘By saying she can raise a dog and aspire to produce a human child she’s breaking new ground in the fight for something or other,’ it is thought a few female academics may have postulated. Meanwhile a mother of a teen on Mumsnet simply said, ‘I’ll swap.’


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Private parking firms have crossed their fingers behind their backs and promised to update their code of practice.   The pirates have acted after receiving bad press about ‘rip off’ charges, including a £1,906 bill because a motorist couldn’t pay for lack of a mobile phone signal.


The new code (which the pirates admit are ‘more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules’) will be amended as follows:


1. Private parking firms will no longer be allowed to seize cars in lieu of unpaid parking. In future, they will be able to remove up to two wheels and/or wiper blades and/or wing mirrors, as a contribution towards full payment for parking fees and penalties. Any cars that have been crushed due to parking violations should be returned to their owners promptly.


2. Private parking firms will not be allowed to paint out parking bay markings while a car is parked there in order to issue a fine.


3. Private parking firms will no longer be allowed to hold family members, friends or work associates hostage in order to secure the payment of parking fees and penalties.


4. Private parking firms will not use jamming equipment to interfere with mobile phone signals.


The industry has warned that the changes will damage UK growth.  Economists estimate that these changes will reduce UK GDP by between 0.3 and 0.7 percentage points.


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An out of work actor has suggested he would make an excellent “fat stomach” to be shown on the BBC News whenever they cover a story about obesity.


Colin Sandwich, who says his corpulence has prevented him having the acting career he might have, feels he would be ideal for this role.


”I was never gonna be Mr Darcy, I know that,” said Sandwich today. “I mean, who’d pay to see this wadin’ out of a lake in a clingy wet shirt? I wouldn’t wanna see it meself.


”But illustratin’ risin’ rates of diabetes, the cost to the NHS of weight loss drugs, or whatever? I’m there. Show me the doughnuts.


”And frankly issa disgrace the way the BBC just film random fat people in a shoppin’ centre. Thass takin’ work away from trained professionals, that is. No wonder I can’t make a livin’.”


However his wife Jeanette Sandwich pleaded with the BBC not to hire him for this, saying his only motivation is to be able to claim junk food as a business expense. 


“Believe it or not, I cook him healthy meals all the time. Which he eats, and then goes and has a McDonalds afterwards. It’s only gonna get worse if the junk food’s basically free.”


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