Madcap French coach Raymond Domenech has revealed that his French side to face Uruguay in the World Cup this week was picked after an in-depth conversation with Hindu God Ganesha. The zany Indian God came to Domenech to warn him of the alignment his ascendent and Uranus, and the inherent dangers of picking Thierry Henry.
June 11, 2010 | Posted in
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The village of Bisous-sur-Fesses in Normandy is today in shock after three people were killed and five more injured at the unveiling of a new cheese. The cheese, Chaussettes de Fesses, has officially been labelled the smelliest cheese in the world by the Institute de Fromages qui Puent, and has been quarantined until further notice.
March 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Cross-channel relations are at an all-time low as Shytte-on-Sea mayor Winston Cumbersome tore up the twin town agreement between his town and the French village of Coquine-sur-Yvette. The discovery that Coquine had twinned itself with at least five other towns left Cumbersome in despair, with “no alternative” but to find a more “loyal” twin town for Shytte-on-Sea.
March 21, 2010 | Posted in
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has appealed for reason after Sunday night’s televised film ended without the death of a leading protagonist. The French nation is believed to be in a collective state of shock after the happy ending, which was judged by many to be “excessive” and “totally un-French.”
February 3, 2010 | Posted in
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The dish: cold. The service: rude. The place: the Cafe des Connards, on the famed rue des Merdes in Paris, which claims to be the restaurant with the rudest waiters on earth, and le garcon has just told me to shit myself a new head.
January 15, 2010 | Posted in
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that the wearing of bow ties in public spaces is to be banned. The Loi Papillon comes into force immediately with a fine of £700 for anyone caught wearing a bow tie in public, except for public carnivals and fetes nationals. Fines, however, would be doubled for wives who force their husbands or sons to wear bow ties in public.
January 11, 2010 | Posted in
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