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najaB

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The problem with this kind of story is the forum is the sinking feeling that the forum will be awash with puns.
 
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I appreciate that the current situation with the winter storms in the US isn't something to necessarily joke about, but I did have to have a small chuckle at the BBC News article covering the storms that mentioned that Hell had literally 'frozen over'.

www.bbc.co.uk

US winter storm: Icy blast hits 250m Americans and Canadians

At least 19 deaths are linked to the freeze, which has brought blizzards and floods to the US and Canada.
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The US National Weather Service (NWS) said its Friday map "depicts one of the greatest extents of winter weather warnings and advisories ever".

Temperatures in Elk Park, Montana, dropped to -50F (-45C), while the town of Hell, Michigan, has frozen over.

It was 1F (-17C) in the snow-covered community on Friday night. Emily, a bartender at Smitty's Hell Saloon, told the BBC: "It's pretty cold here, but we're having a hell of a time."
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Nevertheless, it's pretty scary thinking about how parts of the US right now are as cold as the Antarctic as a result of these storms.
 
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Yes my best friend who now lives on the Illinois-Iowa border was telling me how his wife has sent him out to get her some groceries in -20C (plus wind chill). Serves him right for marrying an American. :lol:
 
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www.bbc.co.uk

Santa-filled armoured truck gets stuck in Cornwall lane

The Santas, who were thought to be on a pub crawl, got wedged in a hedge in Cornwall.
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Devon and Cornwall Police were called at about 19:40 GMT on Thursday after reports that a vehicle had been damaged. No-one was arrested.
Fisherman Ian Jepson, who shot video of the Santa jam, said the lane was blocked for about two hours. He said the Santas were on an annual pub crawl. "They shot past me singing and we later found them stuck where the lane narrows," he added.
"They were quite tightly jammed but it says no parking. "It was quite funny as they tried to free themselves."
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Just hear those police sirens going ring tingle tingling too
Come on, it’s miserable weather for an APC ride with you
Outside the dusk is falling and drivers are shouting ‘**** you’
Come on it‘s miserable weather for an APC ride with you

Our faces are as red as our coats, embarrassed are we
We’re snuggled up close to a roadside hedge you see
Lets clear the road and move a four by four or two
Come on, it’s miserable weather for an APC ride with you

(With apologies to the Ronettes.)
 
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High Dyke

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Gloster said:
Just hear those police sirens going ring tingle tingling too
Come on, it’s miserable weather for an APC ride with you
Outside the dusk is falling and drivers are shouting ‘**** you’
Come on it‘s miserable weather for an APC ride with you

Our faces are as red as our coats, embarrassed are we
We’re snuggled up close to roadside hedge you see
Lets clear the road and move a four by four or two
Come on, it’s miserable weather for an APC ride with you

(With apologies to the Ronettes.)
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:p
 
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If you look in the Encyclopaedia Britannica for "pwned" (online editions only of course) you just get this tweet.
 
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GBNews reports Tate’s original tweet in what I can only describe as approving terms. Strangely there is no reference to Thunberg’s riposte.
 
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So Andrew Tate inadvertently revealed he was in Romania in a video attempting to comeback to Greta, and has now reportedly been arrested in Romania on trafficking charges, as Romanian officials concluded he was in the country:


Now confirmed that Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania in a human trafficking probe.

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The self-styled misogynist internet celebrity Andrew Tate has reportedly been arrested in Romania on human trafficking charges.
https://t.co/YNCut6ejaS
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brad465 said:
So Andrew Tate inadvertently revealed he was in Romania in a video attempting to comeback to Greta, and has now reportedly been arrested in Romania on trafficking charges, as Romanian officials concluded he was in the country:




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If this turns out to be how it initially looks like it might do, we may well have one of the most classic moments of instant karma that we’ve ever seen taking place here…
 
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He has been arrested in Romania before on human trafficking charges earlier this year but then the charges got dropped. So i wonder if that will happen again or if he will actually be charged and prosecuted with something this time. There does not seem to be much information on what the allegations are.
 
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ABB125 said:
Is Andrew Tate involved in human trafficking?
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He's on record as saying that he prefers to 'date' young women (under 20) because he can "make an impression" on them. (More likely its because anyone older wouldn't put up with his bull***t). The human trafficking allegations surround two teenage women who were found in his company - it's reported that they said that they came into the country against their will, he says that they were there willingly. This followed an earlier instance where a 21-year old American woman related a similar story.
 
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A big head right wing grifter, after being humiliated by a teenage girl, doxxed himself to the authorities by filming himself ordering a pizza, the perfect nutty end to a nutty year!
 
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According to leaked news, what to do with the Millenium Dome, including plans to move it to Swindon under the Blair administration

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...s-reveal-plan-move-millennium-dome-o2-swindon

The “Swindon Dome” does have a ring to it.

It has emerged Tony Blair’s government received a proposition to move the Millennium Dome – later redeveloped and rebranded as the O2 – to Swindon.


The building in south-east London was mired in controversy from its conception right through its opening on 1 January 2000 and on to the days in which ministers agonised over what to do next with what critics called a monument to government ineptitude.
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