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One UN-GETAWAY Driver!

February 26th 2010 00:05
Six weeks ago some aspiring thieves in Wales had their plans foiled when their getaway driver refused to co-operate at the scene of the crime.

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The bungling lads decided to take a taxi cab to an Argos store in Holyhead, with the intention of acquiring a couple of free TV's. However, their getaway driver proved to be a little more than uncooperative...... as it was the same taxi driver that had dropped them off there to begin with!

When they jumped into the back seat and told the driver Darren Renton to “drive”, the taxi driver simply looked at them and asked “Are you having a laugh?”

Panicking, the thieves then offered Darren money to get them out of there, but he instead told them to get out of the car, where they were then set upon by store staff.
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A Bank That Certainly Has Your Number!!!

February 10th 2010 22:00
Another story from the year 1993, this time in relation to a banking error of a different sort.

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A bank in the UK hatched a plan to target its 2000 wealthiest clients in an attempt to improve their own bottom line by selling them additional banking services. They therefore had one of their IT employees design a computer program to search the bank databases to retrieve the information on the 2000 clients, and send an automatic mail out. The software programmer decided to test his program out on an imaginary customer he named Rich Bastard.

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POMS, POMS, POMS!!!!

February 7th 2010 22:47
Having lived in Pom-land after 2.5 years, and now
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're-transported', I thought I might start off with the whole origin of the word Pom or Pommy as Australian slang for a Brit.

Everyone has their own version of where they think the term came from, the better known usually being one of theses three:

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world map geography free

The stereotypical differences between Aussies, Brits, Americans and Canadians.

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In a tale as old as time, here is a short list of classic books and other literary works that were originally attacked by critics and subsequently given bad reviews.

* A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakeaspeare - performed in London in 1662.
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LOOSE STUFF 2 MAKE U LAUGH!

July 25th 2009 12:10
Charlie Sheen was once asked whether he'd like to have his father's job playing the American president on "The West Wing".
"I could never be the president," Sheen replied. "Think about it. I've abused cocaine, I've been arrested, I'm not a very smart guy. It's a big joke to think people would want someone like me just because his dad was president."

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Upon the launching of a newly completed ship, a bottle of champagne is usually smashed over the bow to christen it. The origins of this are a little unclear and can vary slightly from culture to culture, but for the most part it is believed that blood or wine, depending on the particular culture, was originally used as a sacrifice to the gods of the sea to allow for a smooth passage.

Namcy Reagan ship christening
Over time this became wine by those who originally used blood, and the wine was poured first into a silver chalice, from which a sip was taken before spilling the wine over the ship and casting the chalice into the sea.

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The ORIGINS of GOLF

May 31st 2009 08:21
Lorena Ochoa Number 1 golfer
Lorena Ochoa, currently World No.1 female golfer.
The origins of golf can be a little murky as some researchers claim they have discovered references to a form of golf from Egyptian hieroglyphics, while in China, Chui Wan ("chui" = striking and "wan" = small ball) a game of driving a ball with a stick into holes in the ground, was first mentioned in records from the 11th century.

The Dutch game also seemed to have an early version played with a stick and leather ball, while the Scottish game of 'goulf' was mentioned in two ancient laws prohibiting its play.

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French fries. Are they actually French?

It turns out the answer is actually no.

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K Stands For KALAMITY!!!

April 28th 2009 13:36
Model of a K-Class Submarine
Model of a K-Class Submarine

During World War 1 while the German Navy displayed its supremacy beneath the waves, the British Military decided that it needed its own fleet of similar submarines to contest them.

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So What's YOUR CUP SIZE???

April 27th 2009 08:33
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Who knew cup sizes could vary so much related on your country of birth, and what does this have to do with the average woman (or man) who likes to spend a lot of time in the kitchen?

Well, it may not mean anything to some, but for those of us who dabble in international recipes it can make a world (no pun intended) of difference!

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US naval salute
U.S Naval salute - palm down.
Recently I was involved in a conversation where an American decided to, quite arrogantly I might add, tell an Englishwoman that the reason that the American military salute with their palms down (as if shading the eyes from the sun) is because they have never lost a war, whereas the British, who salute with their palms facing outwards, have lost in the past and therefore must salute as such.

Upon pointing out that they lost at Vietnam, the American initially tried to deny that it was actually a war, and when challenged on the issue subsequently snapped and the night turned into a smaller, but more tense version of Fawlty Towers ‘don’t mention the war.’

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pink squares
In 1962, Barbara Cartland, writer of romance novels and lover of the colour pink, wrote a book instructing people in etiquette.
Seeing as Valentine's Day is on the march, I thought I'd share with you some of the notions she has about using etiquette correctly. This should make you rise an eyebrow or two!


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end of the rainbow
Rainbow was a British children's television series, running between 1972 to 1992, and planned out as the British equivalent of Sesame Street.

In 1979, the cast and crew of Rainbow performed an Adult version, as shown below, solely for the viewing eyes of the staff for Christmas. It was never intended for public viewing, however in 1997, the Channel 4 programme TV Offal showed it, jokingly, as "the pilot episode".

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