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One of those gem emails that goes around from time-to-time. I feel it deserves to be embedded somewhere so here it is. I hope you enjoy:
ONE-POINT DARES
1. Run one lap around the office at top speed
2. Groan out loud in the toilet cubicle (at least one other ‘non-player’must be in the toilet at the time).
3. [...]

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Requirements:
Largish pan, depending how hungry you are
Cocoa powder
Rice Bubbles/Krispies
Lyles Golden Syrup
Slightly salted butter
4 oz (proper) slightly salted butter.
Cut it up and melt in pan.
Whilst melting, add 5-6 tablespoons of Lyles Golden Syrup.
Mix all into a caramelly soup.
Don’t boil it! Just warm it up, let it bubble.
Add 5-6 tablespoons of cocoa. Taste it. If not cocoa-ey [...]

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Hmmm. Where to begin really…*
(*if you know me, or work with me, I will not confirm which if any of these events are real)
- Turning up at 9am on the first day. Turning up at closer to 10am pretty much most other days. Isn’t flexi-time great. Getting home closer to 7pm than 6pm most [...]

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A little while back I was interested to read the below article about the best places to live in the world.
My ears tend to prick up at these sorts of surveys. I’ve lived in two countries, and visited many, mostly as a child. I enjoy travelling, and would do it more if finances and time [...]

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© Duncan Wheeler 1997-2007
Here’s a poem I wrote to commemorate a special event that happened to me last Sunday night:
The stars, the stars, the cars and the bars,
Twitching under my itchy palms
On the roof while looking afar
I made a fire that blew afar
It went into the highest stars
And made my heart begin [...]

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