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As a woman's saviour, it seems to me the main difference
between 'Pepper, the Humanoid Robot' and a knight in shining
armour (news item), is that whilst any knight worth his salt
comes riding in on a charger, Pepper has to plug himself into one...

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(Vincent Hefter, Mail on Sunday, June 26)
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Returning from imprisonment in Peru, Melissa Reid is described as a 'drugs mule'.
Why 'mule'? I've always thought of such people as complete asses...
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As a chastened PM prepares to start his journey from Downing Street to downing
pints, at least we know there's no chance he'll pass Nigel Farage going the other
way. I think he'll find it's one-way street...
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Coffee chain Pret a Manger are to train prisoners to be baristas (news item).
Do newly-released prisoners really want to work in chains?...
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Apple paid only £12.9 in corporation tax last year despite more than £1.3billion
in UK sales. Talk about being rotten to the core...
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Prince's 'Yellow Cloud' electric guitar sells for £103,000. That's a lot of notes -
but not nearly as many as it's played...
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