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You shouldn't hoard them all for yourself, but really and truly there's no hard-and-fast rule that's stopping you
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No. 209 - I Came In Like A Racketball

No. 209 - I Came In Like A Racketball

I'm fairly certain that the bottom end of my freezer contains stuff that should've been waste a long time ago
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No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly

No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly

I don't understand. Isn't this guy Russel Crowe's PR agent in Malta? Why is he talking about securing my job?
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No. 206 - They Can Take Our Freedom, But They'll Never Take Away Our Rebates

No. 206 - They Can Take Our Freedom, But They'll Never...

We all get so much more work done when the boss is on holiday, right?
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No. 205 - Turn Around, Bernie

No. 205 - Turn Around, Bernie

Old school Twitter, with its strict character limit, would've solved plenty of problems here
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No. 204 - Varistian Vaguebooking

No. 204 - Varistian Vaguebooking

Winds are largely superfluous in an island-ful of windbags
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The Skinny - No. 203 - Winds of Wind

The Skinny - No. 203 - Winds of Wind

Who cares about a well-rounded human experience when you can be a zombied-out consumer?

No. 202 - Total System Collapse, Baby!

No. 202 - Total System Collapse, Baby!

Heat, like traffic and prime-ministerial U-turns, is just a perception. Trust me, bro
I'm tired of kids hogging all the attention. Let adults be adults

No. 200 - Do It For The Kids

No. 200 - Do It For The Kids

Love Island winners Allen and Chelsea calling it quits nary a week after the cameras stopped rolling at the villa
I paid an overdue parking ticket last week. Will the PM cut a ribbon for me too?

No. 198 - Celebrating Caqnu

No. 198 - Celebrating Caqnu

It's what we've come to expect from this particular government on any issue that inspires even a modicum of queasiness

The Skinny - No. 197 - Aborting Progress

The Skinny - No. 197 - Aborting Progress

This censorship thing sure delivers quite the nostalgic kick, huh?

No. 196 - Preparing Potatoes

No. 196 - Preparing Potatoes

Underdog Consultancy does have a nice ring to it

No. 195 - Underdog Whistles

No. 195 - Underdog Whistles

Bit boring, all of this. Call me up when we're doing the altered states of the nation

No. 194 - State of the Obvious

No. 194 - State of the Obvious

Dogs getting high and coke in banana crates. This isn't the apocalypse I signed up for

No. 193 - Deepest Desire for Smoke

No. 193 - Deepest Desire for Smoke

It's easier to love the callow kids among the cast of Love Island than it is to love Malta, at this point
Those Busker sweaters seems to have been the linchpin of their entire vibe. Won’t work in summer...