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Nepotism Corner AKA The 2000AD Winter Special
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Out this week is the 2000AD Winter Special, which has not one but two stories by Vic Fluro (in his secret identity name). 2000AD used to have a convention whereby it printed the price across the rest of solar system, and this is where most of the cop[…]

Al Murray Found Alive, Well
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Some proper real actual PUB SEXISM on show last night in the Head Of Steam, Euston. I go to the bar and order a pint of Holt, 3 assorted halves, a glass of white wine, a bottle of Leffe Blond and…an pint of LIME AND SODA.
Cue gales of laughter […]

“We understand our readers better than anyone else…”
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…and they’re terrified of old women! “ARCH HUMOUR…INTERRUPTING FANTASY…MUST…KEEP….WANKIN’….”[…]

Communication Breakdown
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Crikey, I, a middle aged businessman, have trouble dealing with email and seem to end up deleting a lot of them. Is this because
a) email is a menace, inefficient, a waste of time, if current trends continue we will all spend 28 hours a day dealing w[…]

The first ever ironic cover version?
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Julie London – “Mickey Mouse March” (it’s a YSI, sorry readers from the future).
This song is tucked away at the end of London’s Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast album, and is indeed a sultry version of the M-I-[…]

In September And October 2005 Blog 7 was a blog about the strange
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In November it will be about minor irritations.
Such as Blogger not uploading your site, or eating your posts or – GAAAAHHHH!!!![…]

THE FT TOP 23 STRANGE PHENOMENA No 2. The Indian Rope Trick
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The Indian Rope Trick has become one of the most famous magical effects of all time, a doubly impressive feat since it was never actually performed. The recent book, The Rise Of The Indian Rope Trick, details the creation of the hoax by the journalis[…]

THE FT TOP 23 STRANGE PHENOMENA No. 6: The Little People
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The little people – wee folk, fairies, faeries, gnomes, piskies et al – aren’t so much an unexplained phenom as an explanatory one, the attributed cause of much lucklessness and minor setbacks. Petty interventions whether positive o[…]

THE FT TOP 23 STRANGE PHENOMENA No. 9 Anatomical Curiosities
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The original entry for this read simply “the wrecking ball”, a name for a freakish anatomical manifestation that once afflicted a friend of a friend and has fascinated many FT writers since they first heard about it. It describes a partia[…]

WTF Did Wedding DJs play before 1978?
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1978 hits include:
– Youre The One That I Want (& all other Grease)
– Take a Chance on Me
– Wuthering Heights
– 3 Times A Lady
– YMCA
– Rivers Of Babylon
Wed-tastic![…]

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