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Canterbury

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/vandal-must-forfeit-rock-hull-court-listings-july-4-2016/story-29471554-detail/story.html



Jamal Miah, 38, of no fixed abode, must pay £100 compensation for damaging two panes of glass in the front door, and two panes of glass to the right-hand side of the door at Pickering Road Police Station in west Hull. A hammer and rock were ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.


we're really going to destroy a hammer and a rock ?

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
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These rocks are dangerous things to leave lying about.

There must be some jokes in there about being under the hammer, or between a rock and the wall, etc.

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Canterbury

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/can-you-solve-chair-mystery-98425/


Spoiler:


A cyclist says he has been left stumped as to why a mysterious chair has been dumped in a field off a rural lane.

Ted Prangnell, from Kennington, was out riding in Goodcheap Lane near Hinxhill on Monday last week when he paused for a break.

He said: “I had stopped, and then looked over a gate when I saw the chair in the field. I thought ‘why would someone dump a chair like that?’

“It is such an oddball thing to have seen. Usually things which are dumped are damaged, broken or old, but this doesn’t appear to be in bad condition.

“It has pulleys and loops for rope or chord on each side and at the back. I suspect someone out there knows what it is for, probably those who left it there know best.”

But what is the chair used for? In the newsroom it has provoked some dark suggestions from history.

One suggestion is that resembles the chairs used to restrain people in an electric chair before being executed for their misdeeds in the United States of America.

The method was first used in 1890, and was an option in as many as half of the states of the USA, but is now only used in eight states.

Another suggestion is that it could be a chair used to dunk witches in lakes and rivers to test to see if they floated during the 16th and 17th centuries.



2 entirely plausible uses for the chair there.

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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reds8n has been posting a lot in here, but I am about to blow his articles away.

Police: Pizza roll brawl leads to North Carolina couple’s July Fourth arrest

Spoiler:
GASTONIA, N.C. – A North Carolina couple faces charges after allegedly assaulting each other with pizza rolls, according to WJZY.
Brad Scott Beard, 24, and Samantha Brooke Canipe, 21, were each charged on Monday with one count of misdemeanor simple assault.

The suspects allegedly got into a fight at their Gastonia apartment around 1 a.m., and started throwing pizza rolls at each other. A motive in the incident remains uncertain.

It’s not clear if they sustained any injuries in the alleged snack skirmish.

Beard faces 60 days in jail and Canipe faces 30 days in jail, according to WJZY.
   
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That is good, I have to say.

As well as the core story, the names are so way out!


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The real question is, were they cooked or frozen? Freshly cooked pizza roll fight? No thanks, that sounds horrifying.
   
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We are lucky it didn't escalate to Hot Pockets!

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Ah Hot Pockets, the grenades of the pocketed frozen food world.
   
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 Dreadwinter wrote:
Ah Hot Pockets, the grenades of the pocketed frozen food world.


Jim Gaffigan would have been proud had it escalated to Hot Pockets.

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disaster averted !


The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Somewhere in south-central England.

I remember Izal toilet paper. My grandmother always had it.

I think some types of baking sheet or parchment baking paper might be a good substitute.

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New Orleans, LA



A world championship event held in the North-east almost hit the skids this week … because organisers couldn’t find the correct toilet paper.


Skids. TP.

I see what they did there!

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it's the use of the " marks I like best

.. odd it only eats chocolate bars ?

Coconut fetish presumably ?

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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Canterbury

It was made up for someone who is poorly


..."Tuesday night’s raid was the latest in a series of thefts and acts of vandalism"

.... hmm .....

bit of luck that this happened to be left there eh ?


The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Bristol

 reds8n wrote:
It was made up for someone who is poorly


..."Tuesday night’s raid was the latest in a series of thefts and acts of vandalism"

.... hmm .....

bit of luck that this happened to be left there eh ?



Indeed. I mean who takes their laxative purely with Rum?

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 A Town Called Malus wrote:
 reds8n wrote:
It was made up for someone who is poorly


..."Tuesday night’s raid was the latest in a series of thefts and acts of vandalism"

.... hmm .....

bit of luck that this happened to be left there eh ?



Indeed. I mean who takes their laxative purely with Rum?


I would assume Frazzled. Not sure if he takes laxative, but I assume he takes everything with Rum.
   
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Canterbury




... some things, it's best just too dig too deeply into.

Some stories are best left untold.



The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Canterbury

alleged udder tampering


.... " It comes three years after “udder gate”"...



The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Canterbury

if you can remember flying ant day you weren't there,man.

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Flying ant day is bad enough by itself adding in sozzled seagulls to that is just terrifying b
   
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New Orleans, LA

I recall flying red ants (thankfully not fire ants) growing up in Louisiana. They'll still bite your ass, though.


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too be honest would rather see headline stories like these then the ones we have seen lately.

Thinks Palladium books screwed the pooch on the Robotech project. 
   
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New Orleans, LA


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Canterbury




elsewhere
Spoiler:





Must've been an anniversary or a birthday or something similar.




The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Canterbury

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/feisty_swan_annihilates_eight_model_boats_on_needham_lake_queen_asked_to_sort_the_fowl_tempered_bird_out_1_4625724

One model boat club member who had two of his boats attacked has taken to writing to the Queen in a bid to get the “menace” moved on.

Dean Cable, 23, from Wickham Skeith, said he is afraid to put his boats in the water if the swan is about.

He said: “I wrote to the Queen telling her the swan is a menace and I would like him to be moved on if possible.

“I said usually I like swans, but this one was attacking our boats and I would like to be able to boat in peace.

“I told her the geese have no problem with us, the ducks seem to enjoy it and the swans we used to have at the lake were not a problem. One duck even hopped onto a barge for a ride.

“It is just this swan that is a problem and I want to see him moved elsewhere. I had one of my boats valued a month ago and I can tell you I don’t want that swan in the water at the same time as my boat.”


wrote a letter to the Queen

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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Canterbury

help him achieve what he describes as his "life's dream".



not a lot to even dream about in Oxford then it would seem.

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
Made in us
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New Orleans, LA

 reds8n wrote:
help him achieve what he describes as his "life's dream".



not a lot to even dream about in Oxford then it would seem.


He needs to lose an ear to get ahead on the Van Gogh circuit. Those fethers don't mess around.

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Canterbury


Spoiler:






Here’s a note from Vincent Van Gogh’s doctor showing how much of his own ear he cut off.

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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 reds8n wrote:

Spoiler:






Here’s a note from Vincent Van Gogh’s doctor showing how much of his own ear he cut off.


Just....ow. Why?

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Van Gogh was suffering from mental illness at the time.

I'm writing a load of fiction. My latest story starts here... This is the index of all the stories...

We're not very big on official rules. Rules lead to people looking for loopholes. What's here is about it. 
   
 
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