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A bottle was found at a supermarket, but the difficulty in obtaining one raises the question, who drinks it?

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Who still drinks Dubonnet?

Having to buy something in a supermarket hardly counts as difficult. It’s hardly like harvesting goose barnacles, is it?

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Jul
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She also enjoyed a long life of unmentionable adventures and confessed she had been a rebellious teen-aged library clerk, an untalented college student on scholarship, a run-away Hippie, a stoic Sunday School teacher, a Brownie leader, a Grange lecturer, an expert rifleman, a waitress, a wife once or twice, a welder, an artist, and a writer.
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People like the sound of their name, and that defines their vocation. There are three times as many dentists named Dennis as any other names. Number of Florences living in Florida is disproportionately high, same goes for Louises living in Louisiana.

I find most of this article really interesting, but I’m not sure about this bit.

Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive « alex.moskalyuk

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May
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All women are very observant, so your friend will immediately notice the tanline on your wedding finger. If she is educated to a decent standard she will realise that you are married and your ring has simply disappeared, because clothing and other items cannot travel through time. Your nudity will support this.
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Cassetteboy vs The Bloody Apprentice (via cassetteboy).

This is brilliant. I am actually weeping slightly.

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May
27th
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Extroverts are unintentional bullies, demanding that everyone join their party or be considered queer, sad or stunted.
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Apr
29th
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I will not turn into a snake. It never helps.
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Apr
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Apr
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If they were simply going to view the street as a street scene rather than drive almost into people’s drives and take pictures of the houses - I think that’s a different issue.

BBC NEWS | England | Beds/Bucks/Herts | Villagers challenge Google camera

How would that even work? Does he want Streetview to be something more like, I dunno, a photo of the road surface, but with the photos of the houses drawn in felt-tip?

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Apr
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Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

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Mar
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Mar
12th
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A private helicopter was called in and used the force of its rotor blades to blow him closer to shore.
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