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Clowns sue banana skins
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Clowns sue banana skins

By simonelli on Oct 24, 2009 in Detritus, Ha! Archives, Ha! History, Humour, Issue2, Short Story, Simon Ellinas

Archive, amended from issue 2, Jan 1995
PARIS. A HISTORIC court action was started here this week. The plaintiffs are the French Association of Clowns who are accusing the defendants, Banana Skins of flasely masquerading as a comic device.
René Pou-Pou, the clowns’ spokesman explained:
“Eets incroyable. Pour trop longtemps ze skins de bananes avez a comic reputation [...]

Hokey Cokey vs the Vatican
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Hokey Cokey vs the Vatican

By simonelli on Sep 30, 2009 in Authors, Ha! Archives, Ha! History, Humour, Issue2, Short Story, Simon Ellinas

ARCHIVE. Amended from original in issue 2, January 1995.
STRANGE-BUT-TRUE department: It appears that the world famous dance practiced in homes throughout Kilburn, the Hokey Cokey, has intersting origins.
Back in Reformation times, the jesters and satirists otherwise known as Protestants made up the dance to mock the Roman Catholics’ communion rites. The myriad movements, twists and [...]

Toilets explode all over Britain
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Toilets explode all over Britain

By simonelli on Sep 30, 2009 in Authors, Ha! Archives, Ha! History, Humour, Issue2, Short Story, Simon Ellinas

ARCHIVE. Amended from original in issue 2, January 1995.
AN ILL-JUDGED household tip on a TV home improvements show was blamed for the sudden wholesale destruction of thousands of the country’s toilets. Toilets in shops suffered a sudden retail destruction.
The programme’s suggested solution to nasty smells left in toilets was: “Simply light a match and those [...]

The Master of Wisdom – Shoplifters will be enlightened
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The Master of Wisdom – Shoplifters will be enlightened

By Mark Kelly on Sep 25, 2009 in Authors, Ha! Archives, Ha! History, Humour, Issue2, Mark Kelly, Short Story

ARCHIVE. Issue 2, January 1995.

THE WHEEL OF LIFE was wobbling as Mu Ling pushed his mortal trolley through the aisles of Infinity Superstores plc. He heard his Master’s voice echoing from within a freezer of frozen vegetables and discovered the learned one thrashing about in the peas and sprouts in search of the half-drunk can [...]

Cod Zen
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Cod Zen

By Mark Kelly on Sep 22, 2009 in Authors, Ha! Archives, Ha! History, Humour, Issue 1, Mark Kelly, Short Story

ARCHIVE. Issue 1, September 1994.

THE MASTER OF Wisdom was well-known to the authorities as the foremost proponent of the twin techniques of thoughtlessness and mindlessness. Released into the community, he was often visited by an eager young student called Mu Ling who had inwardly digested a copy of Zen and the Art of Marketing and [...]

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