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Brad just rolled his eyes when Angelina came home from yet another shopping spree.
The best caption ever from World Of Wonder's weekly caption contest (see above).

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A nameless Kerikeri farmer took his cellphone out with him while making hay in case he needed to be contacted. Despite this excellent rural communications planning, the wife of said Kerikeri farmer rang the mobile and was unable to get hold of him. When the farmer returned home, it transpired that the mobile phone was lost and assumed to be snugly packed in a bale of hay stacked in the shed ready for next winter.

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Extreme multi-tasking: In morning peak hour traffic on Friday a reader followed a woman driver who spent much of her time looking into her back seat and then turning and looking into the passenger seat. In the process, her car weaved freely about her lane and she executed some exciting sudden stops when she looked up and found the traffic in front had slowed. It turned out she was sorting and folding her washing, taking items from the back seat, folding them and placing them in a neat pile on the front seat.

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What's yours is mine: The day after attending a wedding at an upmarket venue in eastern Manukau City a reader from Howick realised that she had left her jacket behind. She went back to the venue and asked if there was a Lost & Found. She writes: "The woman who was the duty manager from the previous evening told me that if anything was left behind - there are often cameras, cellphones, bags - the cleaners or other staff get to keep it. I was so horrified I contacted the management. Within a few minutes another woman rang me back to say she had my item and returned it within an hour. PS: There was also some suspicion staff ate the remains of the wedding cake."

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Is there nothing your trusty mobile can't do? Chicago-based PDAHealthWare has spawned the latest mobile trend for wanna-be reproducers. The EggAlert program sends customers a text message to let them know they are ovulating and therefore most likely to conceive. Women submit their cellphone number and enter data detailing their last month's menstrual cycle to give the system a baseline. The EggAlert software predicts the next ovulation period and sends out a message five days before their expected peak fertility day. The company also offers a text message alert six days before the probable start of their next menstrual cycle. Helpfully, partners of the women can also get the message. (Source: Wireless Week Magazine)