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You Can Stick Your Novelty Guinness Hat Up Yr Arse
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— 8 Jan 2008 Pete Baran 2 comments

And so it came to pass that the cynical amongst us noted that this year they haved moved St Patricks Day from the usual 17th March which would have been a QNI Monday, to the far more party friendly 15th March, a Saturday. Whilst the articles and so o[…]

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Corporate Chicken: When Will I Be Famous (Bowl)
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— 8 Jan 2008 Pete Baran 2 comments

There is something fascinating about the differences in the generic. If the point of global fast food brands is a comforting familiarity, it is the surprising differences which can sometimes make them even more interesting*. The nature of franchising[…]

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