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Creative Fruit Loop Seeks Exciting New Job Opportunity

Jess 018

Objective: Become a wildly successful full-time writer, working from home in the comfort of my favourite SpongeBob SquarePants pyjamas. Convince Stephen Fry to write the foreword to my first book.Take over the world. Retire on a bed of gold-plated chocolate money.

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12 Things You Really Don’t Want to Hear at a Dinner Party

CATERPILLAR

Things that make you want to punch your host in the face or spit in your guest’s starter.

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The 10 Commandments of Facebook

DISLIKE

Thou shalt not act like a complete cretin on Facebook.

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Salt Lowers Blood Sugar and Other Utterly Preposterous Things to Say

JLS

I have a confession. I secretly love it when other people say really dumb things. Does that make me a bad person? Quite possibly, but I can live with that.

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The Top 8 Pitfalls of Being a Superhero

frizzy hair

I quite fancy being a superhero. Just imagine – I could use my superpowers to rid the world of evil, hatred and Justin Bieber. Being a caped crusader is not without its drawbacks though. Who knew?

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Dearest Spammer, What Can I Say?

Dearest Spammer

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the mass-produced unsolicited marketing material you so thoughtfully sent to me and half a million others today. And yesterday. And every day for the last six and half years.

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If Only I Had a Brain

Come Dine WIth Me Brother...

So, it turns out that staring at a blank computer screen for one hundred and thirty-seven consecutive hours is not the best way to get ideas. Why did nobody tell me?

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Face to Faux with The Hoff

HOFF IN SHORTS

David Hasselhoff needs to explain himself. I still don’t have a talking car named Kitt and who on earth gave him permission to sing? Let’s see what he had to say for himself in this week’s instalment of Face to Faux.

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12 Things I Learnt from My (Less than Brilliant) Vlogging Debut

CLAPPERBOARD

In addition to perfecting my evil dictator laugh, I have begun working on ideas to expand my readership. With this in mind, I foolishly decided to make a video log (or “vlog”).I hope my debut vlogging experience can be used as a cautionary tale, for anyone else crazy enough to even think about trying.

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Face to Faux with Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell smug

When meeting The Queen of England, one must abide by certain royal etiquette. I was unsure of the correct etiquette for approaching television royalty Simon Cowell recently, when I faux-interviewed him. But I felt that a curtsy was in order.

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