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No. 210 - Missing Metsola Pride
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No. 209 - I Came In Like A Racketball
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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
No. 209 - I Came In Like A Racketball
No. 209 - I Came In Like A Racketball
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I'm fairly certain that the bottom end of my freezer contains stuff that should've been waste a long time ago
No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly
No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly
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I don't understand. Isn't this guy Russel Crowe's PR agent in Malta? Why is he talking about securing my job?
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...
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We all get so much more work done when the boss is on holiday, right?
No. 205 - Turn Around, Bernie
No. 205 - Turn Around, Bernie
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Old school Twitter, with its strict character limit, would've solved plenty of problems here
No. 204 - Varistian Vaguebooking
No. 204 - Varistian Vaguebooking
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Winds are largely superfluous in an island-ful of windbags
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
No. 201 - The Heat is On
No. 201 - The Heat is On
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
No. 199 - The Love Island Hangover
No. 199 - The Love Island Hangover
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
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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
No. 192 - Loving the Island
No. 192 - Loving the Island
Those Busker sweaters seems to have been the linchpin of their entire vibe. Won’t work in summer...
No. 191 - Back to Busking
No. 191 - Back to Busking
