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Today's call – with the usual caveat that I've only heard one side of the story… He's out somewhere, a bit drunk, and pinches a woman's bum. Enough of a fuss is created for him to be arrested and held … Continue reading
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Coo – an email from the late Sanni Abacha's wife and one from his second son. I'm a bit sorry for her, though. Apparently, second son knows about an account with FORTY MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS, but … Continue reading
In 1994, HM Customs & Excise decided that since the introduction of VAT in 1973, they had been wrong to categorise Marks & Spencer's tea cakes as 'biscuits wholly covered in chocolate' (hence liable to the full rate of VAT) … Continue reading
"Wigan have had a dream start. They were at two games and no points and if that run had continued they would've been in a bit of trouble." Let's look at that… Wigan's 'dream start' consisted of them losing their … Continue reading
I hope someone asks him if he regrets not contesting the previous one. I still think a) he knows that had he stood, he would have beaten Michael Howard but b) he chose to step aside then because he knew … Continue reading
"A few years back, Mr Mandela arrived at the restaurant I worked at in Westminster. It was my job to serve him his carrots. While doing so, I felt compelled to ask him a personal question – a once in … Continue reading
Today's was from someone who's being charged under section nine of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. While talking to them, I check just what that is… ah, sexual activity with a child. Just let me run this past you to … Continue reading
I remember using it when it was very much in 'beta' (a habit they've kept!) following a recommendation on cix. At the time Alta Vista – which was then something like www.altavista.digital.com – had been the most useful search engine, … Continue reading
… for between 2.6 and 4.1 billion dollars. (The actual price depends on future performance) That's a minimum of forty million times Skype's forecast earnings this year (371 million times last year's actual earnings!) I know Ebay is rich (it … Continue reading
… but I've just noticed some people on the .com have a little "badge" on their customer reviews. I've seen the "top n reviewer" ones. This one is new to me: "real name" and means that the user name is … Continue reading