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Here are the shortlisted amusing comments I’ve found in recent Google searches. “where do totem poles come from” Well it all starts when the daddy totem pole and the mommy totem pole get together and… “toby carvery menu at harlow”…
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The past few weeks have been rather bumpy for Londoners, but life must go on. A woman working for my old company, Benedetta Ciaccia, was part of the victims. I may not have known her but it still feels oddly…
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What kind of idiots are trying to reproduce the events of two weeks ago?? Three minor explosions, involving no actual explosives and only detonators, and a man who blew up the windows of a bus and ran off. Sounds to…
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In January of this year, I was pulled over by a traffic officer for “disobeying a steady red�?, a.k.a. running a red light. I pleaded “Not Guilty�? to the charge, and today – nearly six months later – I went…
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This morning, I had a bit of a fright when I found my blog had reverted to a version from Jan 25th 2005! It was the baby pink design with the Warhol-wannabe colour pics of me. Yikes, what a flashback!…
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On the way to work, we take back roads to avoid traffic. Unfortunately, people tend to whizz down these roads at high speed. Back roads, fields and farms mean there are a lot of little wild animals like bunnies and…
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A Canadian teenager caught driving at almost twice the speed limit told police he had overdosed on a protein drink and was looking for a toilet. What kind of 19 y/o has a car that can go 195km/h (121mph)? I…
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I shouldn’t cross post everything from my food blog to here, but this summer favourite is highly recommended! Make sure you choose nice ripe avocados, they’ll be soooo much tastier! This is one of the best summer recipes I’ve seen…
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This weekend, we’ve achieved more as far as home improvements than we have since the first weekend we moved in! Saturday was the exciting yet dreaded trip to IKEA where we bought: Two tall Billy bookshelves, one for Andrew’s computer…
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A rather unusual type of advertising has popped up in Paris, in a campaign for the Pages Jaunes (Yellow Pages, for the French-impaired). We make money not art claims the method of cleaning sidewalks or walls rather than painting on…