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Post by breeze on Jan 24, 2018 14:57:43 GMT
Patrick, you have surpassed yourself with this one--hard to do, but you did it. Thanks for getting out your bargepole on our behalf.
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Post by fumobici on Jan 25, 2018 1:05:49 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 25, 2018 1:50:59 GMT
I wonder if his beard was all full of powdered sugar and crumbs when he was caught. (I used to live just outside Elizabeth City -- nothing that fun happened when I was there.) This is actually no laughing matter, but I do think someone at The Guardian should have re-thought & re-phrased this headline in order to avoid the Duh! factor: Most children in UK's poorest areas now growing up in poverty
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 31, 2018 12:38:07 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 31, 2018 12:46:17 GMT
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Post by questa on Jan 31, 2018 13:00:10 GMT
Just ask Juno.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 31, 2018 14:45:02 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2018 15:45:22 GMT
hee heee hee hee hee hee hee!
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 1, 2018 15:00:16 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 1, 2018 15:52:44 GMT
I live in Ware!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 1, 2018 16:34:51 GMT
An unfortunate mental image has ensued.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 1, 2018 17:16:13 GMT
No, no!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 1, 2018 17:41:30 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 1, 2018 18:03:35 GMT
Good grief....
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 1, 2018 18:13:03 GMT
Those headstones are really cold....
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Post by questa on Feb 1, 2018 22:35:27 GMT
BEWARE !!
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 2, 2018 12:24:42 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 2, 2018 15:14:39 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 2, 2018 15:17:53 GMT
Good lord what newspapers do you read Patrick ?
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Post by mossie on Feb 2, 2018 19:17:56 GMT
I see the second is the ever reliable Daily Wail.
I sometimes get a copy as I consider it to be the best comic amongst the lot of so called news papers
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Post by questa on Feb 3, 2018 0:30:55 GMT
Don't you get 'roo goolies dropping out of the sky where you live?
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 3, 2018 12:18:53 GMT
Good lord what newspapers do you read Patrick ? See above. I pick these things up from the Facebook page called Angry People in Local Newspapers. For actual news and reading a paper, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Guardianista. The Mail story is a rewrite of something that appeared in the NT News, which has headlines and front page stories to rival the Brighton and Hove Argus. That, and no doubt the climate in the Northern Territories just encourages assorted hoons and crazies. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 3, 2018 12:57:59 GMT
Oh good. I read the Grauniad when I remember to buy a newspaper. My beloved bought me a Torygraph the other day by mistake and I used it to line the Wellington boot box out of spite hate the politics (but admit that they do have some good writers...sigh...)
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2018 20:12:14 GMT
The following link is not a headline I don't understand. I found this site by following a link about a lost Chinese miner found alive underground after 17 years. Once in, I realized that there are people right here on anyport -- not mentioning any names -- who would likely appreciate access to this fine news outlet: worldnewsdailyreport.com
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 7, 2018 22:33:27 GMT
It looks a lot more like headlines I would prefer not to understand.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 8, 2018 1:27:07 GMT
Just as long as you never find yourself featured in their pages, you'll be fine.
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Post by mossie on Feb 8, 2018 10:32:57 GMT
I have to say I have The Times delivered every day, as I find it has the best coverage generally. However I refer to newspapers generally as 'comics' because it does not pay to believe all they contain. When I am out and want something to read with my coffee, I get the Daily Mail, or Wail as I misname it. That is good for a wind up and can hit the spot with our snowflake, touchy feely, people.
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 12, 2018 13:57:36 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 12, 2018 17:29:12 GMT
Must have watched one of those 'Hangover' movies. The answer in the snapshots in the closing credits.
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 14, 2018 8:23:24 GMT
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