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tony cooper - 30 Sep 2008 06:51 GMT

Has BBC News been taken over by "The Onion"?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2854189.stm

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Bream Rockmetteller - 30 Sep 2008 07:35 GMT

> Has BBC News been taken over by "The Onion"?
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2854189.stm

It really does sound like Onion-fodder. Oy Vay!

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Peter Duncanson (BrE) - 30 Sep 2008 11:47 GMT

>Has BBC News been taken over by "The Onion"?
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2854189.stm

Date line 2003

...a carp [shouted in Hebrew]...the end is nigh.

Even prophetic talking fish get it wrong.

Mind you, the fish was absolutely correct about its own imminent demise.

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Purl Gurl - 30 Sep 2008 12:58 GMT

> Has BBC News been taken over by "The Onion"?

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2854189.stm

Reads to be a lipstick-on-a-fish story.

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So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind
like a man's bad fitting hairpiece.

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