Back to work blues

It is the second day of the working week and already Christmas seems like it was last year! Reality has kicked in and your joggers have been put away for another year in favour of tailored suits and work clothes …

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Need a sleigh?

As sure as we have turkey for Christmas, trains and travel plans will be chaotic for the New Year. Right on time, unusually, transport bosses announce that there are likely to be delays and cancellations for those who want to travel to somewhere else for New Year! …

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Euros for everyone in Utrecht

With the recent outcry in the UK about economic migrants the news that the Dutch city Utrecht is to pay every single one of its inhabitants a ‘citizen’s wage’ of 660 Euros every month, regardless of whether they work or not is surely interesting news …

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Keep the receipt!

Returning presents is a common occurrence after Christmas. You may have received two of something or perhaps something is not the right fit but spare a thought for the man in Minnesota who tried to return a penis pump only to be denied by the store assistant on the presumption that he was using it incorrectly …

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