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I know your password

July 5, 2011 20 comments
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Odds are that I can guess your PIN in ten attempts. It will be one of the following “1234” – I can’t be bothered to think about my password “0000” – I can’t even be bothered to count “2580” – I can go down the key pad “1111” – I can count to one! “5555” [...]

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Heart Stopping Moments.

July 4, 2011 14 comments
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If you have to have a heart attack, if you must, what better place to find yourself than in a roomful of cardiac surgeons? Not in Rochdale, no Siree. Not their job you see. They pressed the panic buzzer for the cardiac resuscitation team, the ‘crash team’ of Emergency Ward 10 fame. Nothing happened. They [...]

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Dordogne Angst Unlimited.

June 30, 2011 38 comments
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This nightmare that I had woke up in the hospital suite And thought “my, this is worse than bad” just where on earth did I meet That chick with whom I share this room? Champagne’s inappropriate right now and so are those balloons got no cause to celebrate. I was determined that I wouldn’t turn [...]

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Raccoongate? No way, José!

June 24, 2011 73 comments
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Hello my darlings! It’s been an eventful week. Action packed as they say, and Ms Raccoon has a fight on her hands; fear not, we will win. So, pour yourself a drink, make it a double; I have lots to tell you, and I’m only going to say it once, then we shan’t mention it [...]

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Very Short Parish Notice

June 21, 2011 14 comments

For the next couple of weeks SadButMadLad and me will be handling some of the site admin, working with the other contributors. Roughly, SadButMadLad is handling site admin issues, and I’m dealing with planning content, Guest Posts and background email queries. There may also be a couple of small changes happening in the site design. [...]

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Covert Recording accepted in Evidence by Appeal Court

June 20, 2011 6 comments

Have you secretly recorded your neighbour stating that your cat might suddenly vanish into the great mousehole in the sky, but they deny it? The Appeal Court accepted a covert recording made in the course of a neighbour dispute into evidence for a case, and has relied on those recordings as evidence when making a [...]

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Caption contest – Advertising Ewe-turns.

June 18, 2011 26 comments
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I can see this catching on – imagine the M40 running through the Labour strongholds in the Rhonda Valley, lined with bleating manifesto promises. Politicians really will be able to eat their words once the count is finished. So far the new advertising space has only been taken up by an enterprising turf company in [...]

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