Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
Often these UK posts are completely ridiculous and stupid, but there’s a bit of underlying humour to be found somewhere. But now they’ve gone and kidnapped an Italian woman’s kid and are in the process of having it adopted out against her will. Oh, and when I say kidnap, what I really mean is remove …
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The story is a few months old and the issue has supposedly been fixed, but it’s worth a mention anyway just because it’s one of those things that happened. Plus the UK tag needs some love, and what says UK tag more than holding disability claim hearings on the 4th floor of a building, then …
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So this is pretty stupid. Blind Trafford pals lose dream holiday because they can’t watch flight safety information This is bad news for Carin, who is a blind and increasingly frequent air traveler. Oh, and I’m sure it also sucks for the many thousands of other blind people who have been flying around the globe …
I’ve never had the chance to hold a samurai sword, but if that day should ever come, I imagine there is little to no chance of me confusing it for my white cane. The previous sentence is part of the cover letter I’m writing to attach to my application for a job as a member …
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Another day, another object with which the citizens of the United Kingdom cannot be trusted. Staff at Manchester’s National Health Services have been ordered to stop using metal paper fasteners after a staff member got a boo boo on his wittle finger winger. Yes, those round things you use to hold paper together have been …
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I’m going to openly show off my ignorance here, but I have a feeling that even if I did have a good understanding of the whys and hows of the British TV licensing scheme I’d still think it was horrendously stupid. Just look at this article on how not to get your workplace dinged £1,000 …
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Oh United Kingdom, you can be so, so sad. It’s the traditional sound which has greeted the start of children’s sack races, sprints and egg and spoon challenges for generations. And when Gartocharn Primary School in Dunbartonshire secured the services of the London Olympics chief starter for their own sports day, the school must have …
Thank Monty Python for the title. Well! Aren’t we the audio crankin’ machines? We decided this one would have a different twist on it. We decided to take you, the loyal vomiteers, on a walk with us. We’d never done this before…and it kinda showed in the audio quality. Most of it is pretty listenable, …
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So…does this seem ridiculous as all getout to anybody else, or am I a man on a dangerously unsecured island here? LONDON — Surface-to-air missiles could be stationed on the rooftops of an apartment block in east London as part of Britain’s air defences for the Olympics, the country’s military confirmed Sunday. Around 700 people …
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I heard about this last week and have been trying to keep myself from machine gunning harf pellets out my mouth and nose ever since. Pizza Hut is unleashing a horrid sounding concoction on the people of the United Kingdom. People who, aside from being responsible for some astoundingly head slappingly ridoncubonk health and safety …
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