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Funny planet --par Mark Annouchi--
[20/12/2002 15:11]

Deprived of Santa Claus

SYDNEY (AP) - Santa Claus is not the only one who can be a shit
([From a French theater play, humoristic satire, called "Le P�re No�l
est une ordure" : "Santa Claus is a shit"]). A holidays village
located in the center of Australia has forbidden to the small
Aborigines to see its �Santa Claus�.

The direction of the village Yulara, near Uluru,  red giant monolithic
also known under the name of Ayers Rock, has refused to comment.

The president of the community of Mutitjulu, Graham Calmed, has
asserted Friday for the Australian radio that all children of this
community had been refused and can not see Santa Claus.

Aborigines of this community regularly come in this holiday village
for their supply in food and fuel.

AP

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A doll Bush that threads �bushismes�...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new doll representing the president of the United
States is currently selling like hot cakes on Internet. We should add
that the object is resemblant enough and that it speaks, featuring
also some famous �bushismes�.

�We knew that it concerned a promising article, but we did not wait
such a big rush�, has recognized Jim Wessling, co-founder of the sales
company Talking Presidents.com, located in California.

Among 17 sentences that pronounces this doll of 31,75cm high if one
presses the button situated on its back, great part of them are
related to the terrorism and features famous �howlers�.
�Terrorist attacks can shake foundations of our highest buildings, but
they can not shake foundations of America�, tells among others good
words this puppet with a voice very close to the original one.

�There is nothing offensive or ridicule in this doll, that well
represents the president�, assures John Warnock, the other co-founder
of the company, while recognizing the use of �two or three bushismes�.

It remains unknown what thinks the chief of the White House of this
doll sold for the price of 29,99 dollars each.

AP

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Swedish policemen want to change color 

STOCKHOLM (AP) - To be more visible in the long Scandinavian winter,
the Swedish police has decided to change the color of their patrol
cars.

The cars are currently blue and white and policemen would want to
adopt the blue and the yellow. Scientists have indeed discovered that
when associated, these colors constituted the duet attracting the most
the attention of the human eye, has explained to the Associated Press
the Police spokesman, Per Waerdig.

The fact that these two colors are also those of the Swedish national
flag is only pure coincidence, insists Waerdig. �In some British
counties, police services have adopted these two colors. I do not
think that is to make some publicity to Sweden ...�

Waerdig adds that this desire of change occurs after that several
accidents have  implied police cars, knocked by others cars while they
were stopped to make the streets safe of accidents. In first time,
only about ten vehicles will raise the new colors so as to test them.

AP

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Guinea Pigs break the hut [which also means "make a good score"]

ROYAL OAK, Michigan (AP) - A Guinea pig, it is OK, but more of 440...
wait for the mess ! For sure that was what have said firemen who
intervened in a ranch made of bricks in an opulent quarter of the
suburbs of Detroit, where the colony of rodents has caused such
damages that the house had to be razed.

The owner, that today no longer lives at this address, had left
animals freely living in his house. It is a social worker intervening
on behalf the owner family who has alerted municipal authorities.

Rodents crawled in all rooms, as well as in walls, the driven and even
in the boiler, has underlined a spokesperson of the municipality. The
urine of animals had impregnated the ground of the lobby and reached
the basement.

"Employes have entered the house with firemen and they have had to
carry a complete respiratory machine like the ones used in fires�, has
specified Robert Hudson. �I was standing near the door and my eyes
were burning out.�

Almost all pigs have been placed in animal refuges. A demolition team
has razed the house on Monday.

AP

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Conscience-stricken...

LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) - A conscience-stricken thief has returned by
mail a bracelet and wedding earrings made of gold to a jewellery,
he has stolen ... 34 years ago.

In the parcel received by the jewellery Sartor Hamann of Lincoln,
Nebraska, the two jewels as well as a letter explaining the repentant
gesture: "here are two objects that I have stolen in 1968. I am very
distressed, I should have never stolen your good. These two jewels
belong you, not to me. I was wrong and I would want to ask you to
forgive me for my act.�

Still incredulous, the owner of the jewellery, Gift Hamann, has
explained that the letter and the parcel received Tuesday did not
enclosed any signature.

Except for the postmarking mentionning the village of Boys Town
(Nebraska), the parcel provides only few indices. Although perfectly
cleaned, jewels seem to have been carried. They will be exposed for
the centenary of the shop in 2005.

AP

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And now, news of the day :

Always hurting, goal shoots can also be mortal
[2002-12-20 14:45]

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have brought medical evidences
of a well-known phenomenon of amateurs of soccer: goal shootings hurt the heart.

After a study of the course of the English team during the 1998 World
Cup, scientist of the university of Bristol and Birmingham have
established that heart attacks had increased of 25% when England has
been eliminated by Argentina after a thrilling set of penalties,
reports the British Medical Newspaper.

"That comes to support the thesis stating that heart attacks can be
provoked by an emotional shock, as to look your soccer team losing an
important match, particularly during the penalties."

Scientists have specified that fans of soccer have lived particularly
thrilling moments during the England-Argentina match, an old rivalry
opposing the two teams.

Scientits have, for their study, analyzed entries to the hospital for
infarctus, heart attack, self-mutilations and car accidents, the day
when England was playing and five days after, in comparison with next
and preceding years, and with datas from the month preceding the competition.

The number of persons entering the hospital for cardiac attack has
increased of 25% the day of the match, 30 June 1998, with a strong
proportion of men.

Authors of the study suggest, in the interest of the public, that the
rule of penalties to be suppressed.

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Cat alert at Cairo airport !
[2002-12-20 21:11]

CAIRO (Reuters) - An American tourist has found back her cat lost in
Cairo airport of Cairo two months ago thanks to her insistence towards
the aiport employees.

Cathryn Chartez had taken her white and brown cat in holidays to
Egypt, but had lost it when departing. She had then alerted the
tourism police and airport staff, without success by that time.

She has returned in Egypt Monday to restart searches and what a
miracle : an electrician has found Friday the feline that was escaping
the first rains of the Egyptian winter.

The man has refused the reward of 110 euros/dollars proposed by the
woman.
She is flying back for United States on Saturday ... with her cat !

72!
Claude


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