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For a start, Elmer Fudd was a hunter who only really ever hunted one rabbit: Bugs Bunny. Admittedly, this was certainly a noble beast, given that it was so often depicted as being taller than he was, considerably smarter and that it possessed a trait largely unheard of among rabbits: the ability to talk. Howe… Read more »
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Last night I went to a party for my grandmother's 80th birthday. As you would expect, it was a fairly subdued affair, especially given that the average age in the room could still have qualified for a free bus pass. But it was, nevertheless, held in a function room and there was, of course, the obligatory mob… Read more »
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I first got into the grunge band, Nirvana, the same way nearly everyone else I know did. Somebody I used to hang around with had a copy of Nevermind on cassette that circulated the group and/or was played at various social gatherings. Not even the original, but a taped copy. At the time, I had two social grou… Read more »
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There's something about a smile that can do things to a person. To be smiled at by the right person—or even by someone entirely random—can inspire a shift in mood that makes the rest of that day seem all the more bearable. It's said that the very act of smiling can even make you feel better. In various scient… Read more »
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Somewhere along a rather paradoxical line of thought, I've come to view normal people as being, well, a little odd. I never excelled at 'fitting in', and indeed for the longest time I tried to do anything but. These days, however, my approach has more in common with indifference. And it is from this healthy v… Read more »
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I recently had the pleasure of attending the Northern Broadsides production of William Shakespeare's Othello when the tour visited Coventry's own Belgrade Theatre. It was a genuine treat to see. In a break from his more traditional roles, Lenny Henry played the title role and gave a superb performance, but I… Read more »
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The other night I went to a party for a friend's birthday. It was a simple do in the function room of a working men's club, complete with dance floor, mobile disco and friends and family of the birthday girl. Among the guests were several notable beauties. And with that our scene was set. Were I the Fonz, ap… Read more »
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Having noticed that Coventry's city centre hadn't had many holes in it for a while, the council recently decided to dig most of it up. The result is that navigating the city by any other means than on foot has become a bit of a challenge. Whole roads have effectively been rendered closed by the destruction of… Read more »
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I recently read an article about Birmingham City Council refusing to make use of the apostrophe on any signs they produce from here on in. Furthermore, their spokesperson suggested that they had in fact been attempting to phase out this valuable piece of punctuation since as early as the 1950s. Birmingham is… Read more »
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I'm not a very sporty person. I've never found one I particularly enjoy, and always managed to find something more interesting to do with my time instead. I work in an office environment where many of my colleagues have at least one sport that they're keen on. For most, it's football. One of them is an aggre… Read more »