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		<title>Sorry for Nick Griffin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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The furore over BNP leader Nick Griffin&#8217;s appearance on BBC TV&#8217;s &#8216;Question Time&#8217; shows no sign of abating. I have to say, I knew very little about Nick Griffin or his past comments before the show. What surprised me was how much the ordinary people in the street who were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tallstories.wordpress.com&blog=667943&post=206&subd=tallstories&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Checks on adults supervising children</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must join the ranks of the voices raised against the plans and the new quango set up to bring tighter controls and background checks on people who have more than a passing contact with children other than their own. I do not believe there are paedophiles lurking behind every tree although I concede sensible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tallstories.wordpress.com&blog=667943&post=204&subd=tallstories&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Husbands and wives</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rodney Dangerfield
A good wife always forgives her husband when she&#8217;s wrong.




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David Bissonette
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. 
Sacha Guitry
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can&#8217;t face each other, but still they stay together.
Socrates
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		<title>Joined the Twitter generation and trying to work it out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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I have been a trifle late getting on board the Twitter bandwagon. I am not sure I can be bothered with Facebook or MySpace. People say they are good for business but I think you&#8217;d have to spend an inordinate amount of time tweeting and pasting and commenting etc to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tallstories.wordpress.com&blog=667943&post=194&subd=tallstories&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Socializer &#8211; free automatic social bookmark submission</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socializer &#8211; free automatic social bookmark submission.
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		<title>£1m to walk in the countryside</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was staggered to hear that the UK Lottery Fund is to make £1m available to be spent on encouraging ethnic minorities to experience the British countryside &#8211; walks, treks, exploration and all that goes with it &#8211; weather and all. I am all for everyone enjoying the countryside but why pick on ethnic minorities? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tallstories.wordpress.com&blog=667943&post=189&subd=tallstories&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religious fundamentalism &#8211; Shit happens!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to:
TAOISM
Shit happens
BUDDHISM
If shit happens, it isn&#8217;t really shit
HINDUISM
This shit has happened before
ISLAM
If shit happens it is the will of Allah
CATHOLICISM
Shit happens because you deserve it
PROTESTANTISM
Let shit happen to somebody else
JUDAISM
Why does shit always happen to us?
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		<title>Aspiring TV and film writers summer school</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>callinan</dc:creator>
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The TAPS summer school still has places left for aspiring UK-based screen and TV writers.
360° Commissioning with Gina Fegan, Chief Executive of the SEMN.
· Comedy – TV Sitcom Workshop with Charles Garland, “Allo Allo”, “Dad’s Army”, “Hi-De-Hi”, Paul Mendleson “May to December”, “My Hero”  and comedy veteran Steve Nallon.  Have 5 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tallstories.wordpress.com&blog=667943&post=182&subd=tallstories&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Capitalists Tale &#8211; timely short story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>callinan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am indebted to an old friend and relative for this timely tale of capitalist ingenuity.
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tallstories.wordpress.com&blog=667943&post=179&subd=tallstories&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Torment of Saint Anthony- naked truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>callinan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just heard the news that an original painting by Michaelangelo, &#8216;The Torment Of Saint Anthony&#8217; is going on show in New York.
A quickie: when I was growing in Ireland and the UK it was common to say a quick prayer to St Anthony if you had lost something.
It was just &#8220;Saint Anthony guide me&#8221;. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tallstories.wordpress.com&blog=667943&post=172&subd=tallstories&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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