A little fun involving film quotes: Some slick editing at work, and it is fairly easy to guess most of the films.  OK, maybe the first couple of dozen.
Topics: pointless lists, popular culture

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The promised results are now in : Said random French internauts think that Homer Simpson, Richie 'Happy Days' Cunningham, two blokes from Friends and Jack Shephard from 'Lost' (inter alia) would vote for the Socialists. Tony Soprano, Jack.
Topics: France, popular culture

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Since those fine people at the TPA were good enough to send me a copy of 'Ten Years On' ( Cheers Mark ), here's there cinema ad which will shortly be enraging europhiles everywhere.  Stout work, people.      
Topics: EU fun and games, Where your money goes

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Maybe. This from the Japan Times : " Sake made its way into the British Parliament on Wednesday as the House of Lords gave the opening of a new session a twist to commemorate a landmark anniversary of bilateral relations. At a party hosted by the...
Topics: Japan, Parliament, the demon drink

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"Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’.   Source Really? "In our globalized world, new forms of slavery have taken...
Topics: United Nations

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