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Plucked from the headlines, online and in print

Cricket bat and ball

Big news, apparently

Shane Bond is retiring from cricket. You know, that weird “sport” that can take three days to play and still not get a result. I mean really, the “sport” is so slow I’m surprised he can tell the difference between being retired and not being retired. I suppose when you’re not retired someone occasionally chucks

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The underdog (or undermouse)

I’m not sure what Seymour the Wonder Cat would do if a mouse stood up to him but a cat somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere got such a shock when that very thing happened that it’s prey ended up escaping. Go the mouse! (I’m guessing the location, the story doesn’t actually say where it took place but

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So the diet’s going well, then?

A bunch of dieters in Sweden got a wee fright at their Weight Watchers meeting: the floor of the room they were meeting in collapsed. Imagine that, you’re standing around feeling all fabulous and self righteous over all the cottage cheese you’d been “enjoying” in your efforts when BANG … it’s not the rug being

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