Writing - 10 news snippets
A fine collection of b*******s this week. The items range from age related nuisance problems to rainbows in the dark - enjoy.
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1. Shanghai's Ikea frowns upon elderly daters clogging up its cafeteria.
My advice - leave them alone they will spend more in the store.
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2. It's possible to run a marathon in three hours 56 minutes at the age of 85.
I better get into training.
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3. You can't return or rescind a Nobel prize.
I find it slightly strange for people to refuse to accept awards, prizes whatever on principle. Usually they are awarded by a body that has observed you or your work favourably irrespective of what it is you do or who they represent.----------------------------------------
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4. India has Uber, but for tractors.
I tried to get an Uber taxi in London this summer and think I would have been better off requesting a tractor.
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5. School textbooks in Turkey must not contain geometry puzzles featuring the letters F and G - the initials of the out-of-favour cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Looks a nice old guy.
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6. Half of American adults are in a facial recognition database.
No mirrors at home?----------------------------------------
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7. Aggressive drivers think driverless cars will be easier to bully.
Aggressive drivers think - really!
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8. An Exeter City supporter has bet £10 on his club to win 4-1 in every game they have played since April 2008, and believes he is around £600 up.
He reckons! Spending that amount of money I would know.
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9. Buying an unfinished nuclear power plant in Alabama would cost you at least $36.4m (£29.6m).
I'll have 2 please.----------------------------------------
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10. Rainbows can also occur at night.
Great!!
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God Bless
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1. Shanghai's Ikea frowns upon elderly daters clogging up its cafeteria.
My advice - leave them alone they will spend more in the store.
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2. It's possible to run a marathon in three hours 56 minutes at the age of 85.
I better get into training.
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3. You can't return or rescind a Nobel prize.
I find it slightly strange for people to refuse to accept awards, prizes whatever on principle. Usually they are awarded by a body that has observed you or your work favourably irrespective of what it is you do or who they represent.----------------------------------------
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4. India has Uber, but for tractors.
I tried to get an Uber taxi in London this summer and think I would have been better off requesting a tractor.
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5. School textbooks in Turkey must not contain geometry puzzles featuring the letters F and G - the initials of the out-of-favour cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Looks a nice old guy.
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6. Half of American adults are in a facial recognition database.
No mirrors at home?----------------------------------------
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7. Aggressive drivers think driverless cars will be easier to bully.
Aggressive drivers think - really!
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8. An Exeter City supporter has bet £10 on his club to win 4-1 in every game they have played since April 2008, and believes he is around £600 up.
He reckons! Spending that amount of money I would know.
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9. Buying an unfinished nuclear power plant in Alabama would cost you at least $36.4m (£29.6m).
I'll have 2 please.----------------------------------------
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10. Rainbows can also occur at night.
Great!!
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God Bless
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