Bruce writes: "When I saw this plate I thought the lads at Universal Plumbing in Morningside must have been offering gynaecological services. Apparently not, but U can Try them.
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"Parents were banned from attending their children's school sports day to protect pupils from potential child abductors and
paedophiles. Organisers of the regional Athletics Day for primary schools in Bedfordshire said allowing parents would make it impossible to prevent "unsavoury" characters from also attending. The host school said it could not "guarantee the children's safety" if parents were to attend.
The man responsible said: "All unsupervised adults must be kept away from children ... An unsavoury character could have come in and we just can't put the children in the event or the students at the host school at risk like that. The ultimate fear is that a child is hurt or abducted, and we must take all measures possible to prevent that." (Source: Telegraph.co.uk)
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Philip writes: "As this seems to be the season to grumble about the irritating habits of TV and radio personalities, for me, Tamati Coffey's permanently blocked nose is high on the list. I had been wondering if I was the only person in New Zealand risking finger injury scrabbling for the mute button at the first hint of a Tamati appearance, but judging by the tone of recent correspondence there are plenty of other curmudgeons out there. It's hard to understand how an otherwise excellent presenter can allow such an annoying condition to continue when it's (probably) easily fixed."
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A German bar-owner was sent to prison for 41 months for a drinking duel with a teenager which plunged the schoolboy into a fatal coma. The 28-year-old Berlin bar owner cheated, mainly pouring himself water, while the 16-year-old drank at least 45 shots of tequila and died.
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Security screeners at an airport in Columbus, Ohio, couldn't tell what was in a sealed can inside some luggage. The owner insisted it was pickles. They got a bomb squad to blow up the can and found it contained ... pickled mangoes. (Source: Reason.com)
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Lucy caught a Regency cab from Ponsonby to Kingsland and didn't realise until later she'd dropped her keys. "I rang Regency Cabs, who had found them. The keys were delivered to me by the original cab driver who told me that he had gone into all of the restaurants in Kingsland after dropping me off, trying to find me. That is impressive and such excellent customer service."
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