Wednesday is dumping night for insomniacs at the National Park Transfer Station. Photo / Lyall Crump
Top 20 Favourite Sounding British Words:
1 Nincompoop.
2 Love.
3 Mum.
4 Discombobulated.
5 Excellent.
6 Happy.
7 Squishy.
8 Fabulous.
9 Cool.
10 Onomatopoeia.
11 Weekend.
12 Incandescent.
13 Wicked.
14 Lovely.
15 Lush.
16 Peace.
17 Cosy.
18 Bed.
19 Freedom.
20 Kiss.
(Source: Metro.co.uk - a survey by language computer game maker Ubisoft)
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An entrepreneur from India bought an old
Airbus 300 and now Indians who have never flown have a chance to experience flight without leaving solid ground. The passengers can sit on a genuine airliner, listen to pilot announcements and be served by flight attendants. (Source: the Times)
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The perils of alcohol impairment at Christmas parties: Backfiring tricks ... " One that will stick in my mind was the one at which I, as a senior manager, decided to do the trick of whipping a tablecloth out from under a load of glasses. I had consumed a fair amount and overlooked the fact that nearly all of the glasses on the table were full! A wet and sticky evening was had by many."
Or inappropriate hook-ups: "I ended up going home with a very pretty workmate. Little did I know that she lived with the boss, who had invited everyone back while I was in the living room in a compromising position with my workmate."
And, of course the party that wasn't: "I had a Christmas job at a well-known department store. On 25 October at 11am, they squashed 20 of us into a tiny meeting room. We were handed a plastic cup, half full of a mixture of cheap wine and tap water. This was accompanied by a cheap and nasty mince pie. We were then filed out and the next set of staff were filed in. The whole thing took just over 10 minutes." (Source: BBC online)
* What's your office doing for Christmas? Send Sideswipe any outrageous stories of hi-jinks, blunders or Scrooge-like behaviour.
Today's Webpick: Bollywood cheese with subtitles. Brilliant. Watch it here.
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