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Marty Robbins
Joined: 24 July 2008
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20 November 2009

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Funny story:  Merger Looms For Many Letters.
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Merger Looms For Many Letters.

The MD of DFS today spoke of a totally hypothetical bid to merge with the MFI, M&S and B&Q. This would possibly make them DFS&MFI&M&S&B&Q. We spoke at TGI's over a BLT and G&T. Lyndon Stubbs, 48, used to work for th...
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Jewellers Making Millions

In this climate of economic depression, high street jewellers S. Hamuels have reported massive profits on their year to date trading. Bobby Toad, chief executive of the popular bling merchant, said today that although sales were well below average...
Funny story:  Crusty Boogers Put to Good Office Use
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Crusty Boogers Put to Good Office Use

Featured in a computer technology industry magazine called the Pocket Protector Quarterly, an article by a New Jersey JAVA programmer has caused controversy in offices across the U.S. Bob Forgreen, the author of the article, asserts that there are...
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Santa's Lingerie Model Clones for Teenagers Very Popular With Men

In a follow-up story to one that this publication printed yesterday, our reporters have learned that Santa has been inundated with requests for his cloned lingerie models ( see original story here by Bargis Tryhol ). The requests for these models, h...
Funny story:  Report Dismays Breastmilk Lobby - Activist President Threatens Suicide
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Report Dismays Breastmilk Lobby - Activist President Threatens Suicide

Breastfeeding activists say they are "dismayed" by a draft report for the food watchdog that actually finds few problems with advertising for follow-on milk adverts. Most parents aren't confused by the adverts and it is quite clear that te adverts a...
Funny story:  NHS joins forces with Burger Bean
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NHS joins forces with Burger Bean

For many, hospital food has long been derided. In a report published in 1997, families told how their loved ones had simply 'given up and died' rather than face another day of hospital food. The NHS hit back by insisting their meals were 'nutriou...

Funny story:  Office Plant Magnate Dies And So Do Plants
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Office Plant Magnate Dies And So Do Plants

Terry Aldous Greenthumm was found dead and partially decomposed in his New York apartment this morning, apparently expiring from natural causes up to two weeks prior. Greenthumm, owner of the largest conglomerate of commercial building plant supplie...
Funny story:  Ford's 3rd Quarter Income Hits $1 Billion!
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Ford's 3rd Quarter Income Hits $1 Billion!

DEARBORN, Michigan - Ford investors are jumping for joy as their company posted an astounding third quarter income of $1 billion. Company spokesperson Ricky Snowheimer stated that at the last Ford stockholders meeting when the report of the stupen...

Funny story:  New cloning process allows Santa to bring a lingerie model to every teenage boy this Christmas!
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New cloning process allows Santa to bring a lingerie model to every teenage boy this Christmas!

Promising a 'stocking-stuffer like no other...And actually in a real pair of stockings,' Santa Claus announced today that a new cloning process will allow him to fulfill every male teenagers sexual dream this Christmas! The fabled North Pole Chris...
Funny story:  Spiders with Massive Webs Start New Business
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Spiders with Massive Webs Start New Business

Scientists had no sooner discovered a special type of spider that spins HUGE webs than these spiders decided to open a global business, "Snare The Bad Guys." What this unique spider service does is to grab up offending people and/or products, s...

Funny story:  Pay cuts could drive out talent from bailed out too big to fails
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Pay cuts could drive out talent from bailed out too big to fails

WASHINGTON, DC - The Czar of incompetent executive over-compensation, according to my source, Heinze Kissinger, said pay cuts may drive executive talent away from companies bailed out by U.S. taxpayers. According to Heinze, golden handcuffs shoul...
Funny story:  KFC To Undergo Name Change
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KFC To Undergo Name Change

KFC, the well-loved fast food outlet that serves fried chicken amongst other unappetising shite, is to undergo a major change as it rebrands itself as what will be known as Kentucky Fried Chicken. The change comes as a direct response to customers...
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    Solar Powered Vibrator Rattles Store Shelves this Christmas
    Sacramento, CA. - Sensitive to public interest in energy conservation and a reduction in hazardous landfill waste including discarded AA to D sized batteries, Happy Time Latex Products announced the availability of a full line of alternatively fuelle...
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    Phone Company Adds Booty Calls to List of Services
    The telephone company said that Booty Calls will be added to the list of optional services provided to their customers. Booty calls will be charged in a similar fashion to call forwarding, call waiting, and 3 way calling (which can be used in conjun...
  • View 'Sperm bank blaming uncertain economy for premature withdrawals!'
    Sperm bank blaming uncertain economy for premature withdrawals!
    Boston, MA - The Evans First National Sperm Bank has aggressively sought new donors for the past 16 months, but due to the sagging economy, deposits have fallen off by at least 70%. General Manager, Carl Grist has also implemented a penalty for 'e...
  • View 'Jewelry Repair Shop Offers Free Bridal Mounting'
    Jewelry Repair Shop Offers Free Bridal Mounting
    Royal Jewelry Repair Shop has extended their services and now offers free Bridal mounting, in addition to thier free cleaning and low cost repair services. The store, which has been in business for five years, is owned by Ted E. Duke and Roscoe King...
  • View 'Christmas office party ban could cost the UK plenty'
    Christmas office party ban could cost the UK plenty
    With the recession still ringing in the ears of many UK companies, some are taking drastic action to reduce costs. Worse than making people redundant; office Christmas parties are being cancelled. This has left many office workers with a problem;...
  • View 'British Airways- Iberia Murder Latest.'
    British Airways- Iberia Murder Latest.
    A real whodunit developed yesterday when the first instalment of a new murder mystery was announced. The muddy plot led to plane-spotters shaking their fists at Iberia planes landing at Heathrow Airport. "They knew there would be an outcry. They'v...
  • View 'Popular Toothpaste and Vaginal Cream Companies Merge'
    Popular Toothpaste and Vaginal Cream Companies Merge
    Another recent corporate merger has led to the creation of a new line of products for the consumer. Vagifix and Colpaste companies will now combine their product offerings into a new multi purpose cream. Based on the science of combining only nat...
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    US trade gap a wide shock
    Cambridge, MA - M.I.T. economists are perplexed over a largely wider trade gap in September. According to calculations run on the data, as reported by Norance Hornaby of East Campus, Americans must be producing much less and buying much more. "I...
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    Osama Bin-Regulator?!
    Sex Offenders and Monkeys have failed, stupid knee-jerk reactions to mortgage problems and vain attempts to look like they do something have had no impact, the British public still think that ailing financial regulators are still about as useful as s...
  • View 'Cadberry and Krafft Close to Merger Agreement'
    Cadberry and Krafft Close to Merger Agreement
    The two food processing giants are close to formal agreement for merger, says one insider to the negotiations. Working through the last details, executives are close to decisions affecting both companies, including paint colors for the merged office...