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Apparently we have some very unhappy tarantulas.

Here, in the Britain the Tories claim is in the  grip of a wave of violent crime, in a city of 160,000 people, elements of this story made it to the front page of the local newspaper.

CONCERN is growing for the welfare of five baby tarantulas contained in a parcel stuck in the huge backlog of mail at a Royal Mail sorting office.
The tiny spiders, which grow to become very large and hairy, are a gift which was due to be delivered to the Stead family yesterday.

But following a power cut, the exotic package joined the thousands of items of unprocessed mail at the Royal Mail centre in Papyrus Road, Werrington, Peterborough.

May we have many more news days as slow...

by Sassafras on Thu Feb 4th, 2010 at 04:15:57 PM EST
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Power cuts and postal sorting offices... An old unionized order still holds Britain hostage... And babies suffer!

Well, just tarantula babies, you say?

That's biodiversity we're talking about there. Precious species threatened by shadowy men in cloth caps. Industrial action kills the planet.

You obviously haven't been green-dipped yet.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Feb 4th, 2010 at 04:41:33 PM EST
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Electricity is, of course, a free, competitive market, leading to higher efficiency amd lower bills.  Had it still been state owned, the power shortages would be severe enough to affect puppies as well - possibly even kittens.  But fortunately, whichever company the post office electricity contract is with, it's Probably Owned by the French.  So we can safely blame them, and not the creaking infrastructure that privatisation has mysteriously failed to put right.
by Sassafras on Thu Feb 4th, 2010 at 06:08:09 PM EST
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Zut!
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 01:49:55 AM EST
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