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the THREE LAWS of ROBOTICS: update
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the office text-scanner was jus now caught helpfully changing the adjective “anti-scientific” into “anti-semitic”, a statement of moral equivalence that presumably reflects its hard-wired beliefs – viz that not knowing m[…]

irony as a big fat non-existent LIE!
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i. a very dear friend = former drummer w.mike flowers p0ps
ii. he wz givin me a lift home after we met for his gf T’s bday meet at walthamstow dogs
iii. on his car stereo wz playin an old tape of a live show from i think 1996
iv. it wz TREMENDO[…]

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bashir watch: we do it so you don’t have to
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actually it looks like WE (=the UK) don’t have to any more! he has been lured over to NEW NIGHTLINE, where will “not be allowed to wear black leather pants” :( :( :(
[i feel this needs a caption but i don’t trust myself][…]

SPECIAL FEATURES
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is there any possible reason why a HOLE PUNCHER — or BODGER as my mum wd have called it — has a LOCK on it, to keep it in the shut position?
except so as to cause ensuent hilarity from afar when it clicks shut by itself and no one in the[…]

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numb3RS-W4TCH: the s3x issue!!
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i. actual real plot some vacuous guff about derailing trains and codes and a disgruntled employee zzz
ii. sub plot the UNSPOKEN SMOULDERIN HOTS of math-bro for his girly sidekick and vice versa
iii. as expressed via the comedy shenanigans of this fat[…]

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lessons in mise-en-scene
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now everyone’s had their me-too knockabout fun with the locked doors and the doofus look, let’s get to the real question here — where does beijing get off scheduling their visitor’s press conferences on the set of china’[…]

irony as history pt 2
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other things that i liked or made me laugh:
i. gambo wipin away a tear when sabbaf were inducted
ii. the general old folks reunion small-world-intit feelin
iii. angus young in LONG PANTS AT LAST!!
iv. p.townshend sounds EXACTLY LIKE (and looks a lit[…]

irony as history
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inducting j.hendrix and b.dylan into the UK Rock Hall of Fame, the powers-that-institutionalise opted for STARS OF TODAY doing cover versions: slash (plus a winwood and some now-rotund jimi sidemen) for the former, alanis morisette for the latter
and[…]

MYSTERIOUS GARLIC-FLAVOURED YUMMY CASHEW MYSTERY
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i. place cashews (in unopened packet) in fridge to keep mice from findin and gobblin
ii. garlic (open) in fridge while blast-cleanin kitchen from top to bottom
iii. forget remove from fridge
iv. cold cashews tastin of garlic!!
this wz delicious BUT […]

YES I AM AN TOTAL WHORE FOR IT
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by which i mean: pret’s “big xmas lunch” sandwich, which they wheel out every year half way through november: turkey slices, stuffing, cranberry, some leafy thing (poss.rocket)
and i buy it EVERY MORNING i come into work, like the […]

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