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Because that’ll work.

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I don’t know. In my day there were only two stupid things to do with a balloon: Let go of an inflated one at a family party so it blew a salivatory* raspberry, or untie a helium one and pretend to be a chipmonk.
It turns out there are at least two more stupid things to […]

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Noun: When performed by a sub editor, the act of shattering a writer’s fragile ego by presuming to change A. Word. Ever.
(See Coren G. v Owen, Amanda and Ben - 2008)
Usage: I can’t stand it, I know you planned it
I’m gonna set it straight, this Watergate
I can’t stand rocking when I’m in here
‘Cause your crystal […]

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Kestrel rescue at Downing Street!

Cute, but not quite what I was expecting. Where’s the rescue then?

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Holy fucking crap.
I expect these words to be uttered by a legion of shell-shocked My Bloody Valentine fans today, as they nip out at lunch, pick up Kevin Shields‘ new album The Death of Patience, and lay back for a bit of easy listening.
I’ve just listened to the five minutes of No Good Deed Goes […]

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I’m usually only moved to post about companies when they’ve annoyed me. I know I’m not alone in that.
But today I’d like to tip my hat to the Co-operative Bank, which exceeded my expectations during what could have been a tiresome phone call.
See, I was phoning to downgrade my current account, on which […]

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I’d always thought of bananas as a delicious fruit. Little did I realise that I was in fact eating evidence of a supernatural creator.

(via Boing Boing)

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Noticed this the other day - somebody in BBC Online has a sense of humour:

Incidentally, I was trying to get a screen grab of Brown doing his trademark goldfish gulp, but now I look it’s more like somebody’s licking his love pump.

I’ll never know how they did that with a straight face.

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Noun: A news item so perfect that subsequent editors can find no fault and no room for improvement therein.
Usage: That’s newswang!

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