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'in an emergency, you don't have time to climb a pole and stand on one leg with your arm sticking out like an aerial.  you're almost better off with a pigeon'

(from one of the 'national' newspapers)

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how many 72 year olds do you know who say 'it's really quite wild' ?

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i forgot to put this on the blog when it happened, but i think it was reported internationally anyway.  kiwi kids are amazing

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there's some mysterious numbering going on here.  if you can crack the code you can have a free newspaper

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no papers, but plenty of other stuff

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isn't the correction above the best thing ever ?

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and you've got to admire this chief executive's honesty

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and this is how kiwis view britain - a national of lardy wobblers

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one thing we miss is good newspapers.

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this is very british.  these people weren't properly furious, but they thought they should be so they did something which showed willing, but was a bit half hearted.  just so they didn't upset anyone.  you know.

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this is a great little sign.  news paper (just the one?) in side the shop.  nice 'you are on cctv' sign in side the shop too

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i do the occasional sudoku on the way back home (on the train, not driving. that would be a bad move). here's last night's puzzle page from the Evening Standard.
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i found the mensa quiz particularly puzzling. you might have to click the picture to read it properly.
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what a great headline. i'd like to invite people who don't know the story to guess what it was about. the wilder the better. i think we can safely say it was a slow news day.

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