Oil dips below $50
California - A kilo of Sonoma County Best macrobiotic organic lactose-free olive oil salad dressing has nudged $49.99 for the first time since the OPEC crudites crisis of '99. In brisk trading on the Nasduck Monday the price of restaurant-grade av...
Read full storyPalace Deny Duke of York Had 10,000 Men
Buckingham Palace issued a new denial Sunday of allegations that the Grand Old Duke of York ever 'had' 10,000 men. The ten thousand men, identified in legal documents only as "John Doe #1 - #1000," have alleged, in a child's nursery rhyme, that th...
Read full storyBookies Celebrate 2015 with London Bash
Sir Philip Mebag, chairman of the United Federation of UK Bookmakers, compered an end-of-year mammoth banquet last week at Coventry's Masonic Hall, London. 2014 had been a great year he reminded over four hundred guests from the worlds of enterta...
Read full storyComet Lovejoy in near miss with International Space Station
The Cosmos - Astronauts aboard the ISS were carrying out a critical damage assessment after part of Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 struck the Station's septic tank and sent six months' of space shit into the Quadrantids shower. Emergency works to the ta...
Read full storyIsle of Wight News - Cargo Ship Carrying News Runs Aground
A cargo ship carrying news of the outside world for the last six months was deliberately grounded off the Isle of Wight Saturday evening after it began to list. Captain Sigge Olafson of the Hoege Osaka said he ordered crew members to jettison new...
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