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EU Directive No. 456179a

By Eyebee, on August 10th, 2008

In order to meet the conditions for joining the Single European currency, all citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland must be made aware that the phrase ‘Spending a Penny’ is not to be used after 31st December 2009.

From this date, the correct terminology will be: ‘Euronating’.

Thank you for your attention.

Brussels Bureaucracy.

Silent Crackers This Christmas

By Eyebee, on December 10th, 2007

Friends of the UK forces seeking to send a bit of festive cheer to troops fighting on the front line have almost been thwarted by bureaucracy. Volunteers were forced to defuse 650 Christmas crackers before the British Forces Post Office would accept them, on “safety” grounds