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ohhh penny smith. i hate fiona phillips. argh!

There is something a bit annoying about her. Can't work out why though. I think it's how she thinks she knows all about everything. It's like anything Daily Mail she has views on. Binge drinking, obsesity, she'll have something to say.

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Ah right, I don't tend to watch GMTV, I either watch BBC morning TV or kids TV if I'm up that early.

This We Are Scientists song is really good, I'm glad I bought tickets to see them.

I can't find any clothes to wear so I'm in my pyjamas, it's very comfortable.

'Forget happiness I'm fine, I'll forget everything in time'

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Ooohh so my five minutes of fames over?! darn.

It wasnt me, I got a text from Emma and I was like er no. At the time I was eating an Ice bun and shopping-fact.

It was just someone who was trying to be me but failed obviously.

twitter.com/emgreatorex

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Yeah, back just in time for the last hour!

Anyone else around?

Hi there... Seems Hadouken are going to play R1's Big Weekend. Sounds about right, Radio 1 are all over them like a rash.

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Rihanna seems to be banning umbrellas from her tour as they pose "security risks". How odd, 12 months ago and there she was giving out free promotional Umbrellas and everyone was waving them around at the Big Weekend.

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Tomorrow we're getting a new geography teacher who, accordin to our old teacher is "young and hunky/dishy/quite hot". He's 30, and - according to our old teacher - "it'll be hard for the girls to concentrate on what he's saying".. :P

Il n'y a qu'un devoir, c'est d'être heureux; il ny'a qu'une vertu, c'est la justice -Denis Diderot

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Tomorrow we're getting a new geography teacher who, accordin to our old teacher is "young and hunky/dishy/quite hot". He's 30, and - according to our old teacher - "it'll be hard for the girls to concentrate on what he's saying".. :P

I don't believe that, they don't exist!

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I don't believe that, they don't exist!

Haha, neither do I. But we'll see...

I hope he's just as cool as our old teacher, but that's almost impossible :( Yes, our old teacher really was/is cool, we all really like him. We don't want a new teacher!

Il n'y a qu'un devoir, c'est d'être heureux; il ny'a qu'une vertu, c'est la justice -Denis Diderot

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Hi Jono,

We've setup a University project to do with redefining the English dictionary.

You find a word best associated with your website and then your website becomes the new definition for that word.

We've been launched for a week and have over 2,000 redefined words already.

Treacle is still available and thought you might be interested in it.

http://www.thebigwordproject.com/search?word=treacle

Have fun!

Thanks

Lee

Is that not just a rip-off version of Urban Dictionary? Don't think I can afford $7 just to register 'Treacle' :confused:

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still searching for the escaped hamster. We've had two sightings.No luck in capture though.I have placed everyone under house arrest and if your name isn't hamster catcher you aint coming in.

What i meant to say is I'm here for last hour

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