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#12: Jesus of New Jersey

Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:46:17 +0000

Fittingly at Easter, New Jersey’s Brian McDowell having been caught on video asking sexual favours of a friend blames it all on being like Jesus.

#9: The Fact-Fiction Coalescence

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:58:16 +0000

Truth, Mark Twain said, is stranger than fiction. For Ernest and Heather Franklin of Guilford, fiction may have inspired truth, a little bit too much.

#8 - Justice, By Smart Phone

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:51:11 +0000

Camera phones and the internet fundamentally democratise the perception of justice. That, United Airlines have learnt, for the not inconsiderable price of a billion dollars.

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#7 - The Pain Realisation

Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:15:28 +0000

Heather Lanier reflects on motherhood and the life altering changes a child with a disability brings.

Super babies don’t cry; wrestling pain makes us human.

#6: The Yawn - Intelligence Equivalency

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 19:55:54 +0000

The perfect excuse for letting rip with a big yawn in the middle of a boring work meeting; your above average intelligence. Or over familiarity.

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#4 - The Red Rum Fortuity

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:22:28 +0000

A man who rarely bets, Forty-three years, and a winning bet on Red Rum, all in the week before the Grand National returns. Fortuitous.

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