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ALL hail! We neglected to wish the Chief congratulations on completing
his 71st year on Monday; the best of years to you, Sir. May there be many
more glorious birthday cakes and happy celebrations!
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MORNING tea trivia: Napoleon abdicated as Emperor of France and was
exiled to the island of Elba 193 years ago today. Bet you always wanted
to know that. Go on, admit it …Well, how about this one: In 1968, Lyndon
Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, one week after the assassination of
Martin Luther King.
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AND for the younger generation, contemporary wailer Joss Stone turns 20
today. Ah, 20 … just imagine. Those were the days of our tertiary youth,
when we slept in forgotten wartime underground railway tunnels and shared
stale bread, fag ends and cheap red with a small circle of voluble and
poetic tramps.
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COME very early morning, those of us with faint memories of A Good
Upbringing would take a quick icy splash in a rococo fountain in an
adjacent park, one eye on the equally naked mermaid statuary spouting
water and the other peeled for marauding coppers.
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THUS refreshed we were ready to greet the day, whatever it might hold.
Reciting Shakespeare on street corners for a capful of pennies, mainly,
then trudging a mile or two to university, in pursuit of the greater
learning and the sometimes reluctant females. What a hoot!
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WE’RE still waiting for some in-depth policies from the majority of the
established parties – not that we expect any. Yet candidates are
reportedly dismayed that some voters are selling their votes to the
highest bidder. Who can blame them, when candidates have taught them to
do just that for more than three decades?
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THESE African chappies are becoming quite creative. Yesterday’s e-mail
sender allegedly worked with the Bank of Africa in Burkina Faso; the
deceased multi-millionaire was a German who had perished on that
ill-fated Concorde crash that spelled the end of the supersonic jetliner.
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ALL our African friend needed, apart from a good dictionary, was our
credit card and bank account
numbers, passport details … everything bar the colour of our polka dotted
underwear. Oh well.
– Dee Nesenolis
 
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