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Tag: news

  • Sandplough

    As this report by the BBC states, Danish soldiers in Iraq were surprised when their latest supplies shipment, instead of containing much-needed morphine and tent equipment, contained a snowplough and a supply of lawnmowers.

    Now; okay - I understand that mistakes happen, and perhaps there was a mix-up between two supplies orders... but somebody must have โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 10 July, 2003
  • Anonymity For Beginners

    Somebody obviously didn't understand the idea of the BBC's story on annoying work colleagues when they posted the following comment: see how they signed it off -

    Why are there so many 'Anonymous' comments above? If people are so concerned about their colleagues, then say so with the courage of your convictions rather than snipe about โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 4 July, 2003
  • Mobile Phone Dangers

    I can understand the warnings that you should not drive while talking on your mobile phone, but this extract from a report by the BBC about phone usage in Japan really says it all:

    "People in Japan use their mobile phones to do much more than talk... ...only this weekend, newspaper ads warned phone users to โ€ฆ

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 2 July, 2003
  • Ice-Cream Van Hijacked

    How do you hold your head high in criminal circles after you pull off a crime like this:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3012692.stm

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    • Note
    • posted 23 June, 2003
  • U.W.A. Professor Dies At โ€˜Massageโ€™ Parlour

    I laughed.

    [picture rem0ved]

    The chap pictured above, a certain Dr. Williams, professor in economics and astronomy, was found dead this morning at a massage parlour in Cardiff (full story here). Just out of curiosity, I looked up the parlour in question. sexywales.com reports it as follows:
    A Touch Of Class Massage
    112 Woodville Road, Cardiff
    029 2023 6880 โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 12 June, 2003

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