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Coming of age just got more expensive

How do you make politics even more unpopular with the youth of today, at the same time as making sure hundreds of pubs close week on week? Simple, you ‘clamp down’ on on drinks offers.
Now I say ‘clamp down’ in inverted commas because it’s not exactly a clamp down. In reality what you’re doing [...]

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7 Things Review – November

It doesn’t feel all that long ago I wrote the last one. Well, it was only last month, but let’s gloss over that fact. I haven’t really done a lot this month, but I can see next month – the final 7 Things post evarrr – being where the plan comes together. We shall see, [...]

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So, is Christmas here yet?

BAM! Christmas is here now you’ve heard that song. It’s scary, but a month today you’ll be pulling crackers with Nan and donning the paper hats as you tell the jokes even Russell Brand thinks are awful.
It’s a scientific fact. That song gets most people in the Christmas mood the most. My sources? The same [...]

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Origins of the Bus Driver Wave

You know what I’m on about. Some people – me included – might even look out for them. Those brief, almost compulsory exchanges of affection. It’s a topic that even has a Facebook group. But why do bus drivers wave to each other?
Thanks to the complete lack of parking spaces anywhere around Poole and Bournemouth, [...]

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So, what’s a stupler, anyway?

So when people ask me for my username for something, I tell them. I usually have to spell it for them. It usually gets accompanied by the question – five minutes later, sometimes – "Why did you choose that as your username?" and my answers vary. Sometimes I go into a deep, mystical reason [...]

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