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Animals

February 2006

"Are we presently seeing the emergence of new classification of human being that is better adapted to eating chips...?"

Sandals

February 2006

"There has been much controversy following the announcement made by His Holiness the Pope prohibiting the wearing of sandals..."

Birds

December 2000

"If we don't act quickly this country could soon be brought to its knees by an unstoppable ornithological onslaught..."

That's Crap!

New Horizons in Business Management

February 2006

"Every member of our customer-facing retail contingent is passionate about bathroom fittings..."

Christopher Columbus Discoveries

March 2003

"Still haven't found what you're looking for...?"

Butterfly

September 2002

"Professor Jim Spanners of the Pennsylvania Institute for Making Stuff Up believes that butterflies are directly responsible for most of the world's major problems..."

Bristletech

The Thoroughfare of Success

November 2002

Motivational keynote speaker Dick Smidgin takes time out from his busy schedule to provide us with a unique insight into his philosophy and methods.

Motorcycle Display Teams

February 2003

"The finest example of skill, precision and discipline to which the human race can aspire?  Or just a bunch of blokes, with nothing better to do, twatting about on bikes?"

An Appeal on Behalf of Mountain Rescue

Rob Hammond's Guide to Buddhism

July 2003

"Hello, I'm Rob Hammond, and as a veteran of the Territorial Army, I've been specially trained to kill using nothing more than a raised elbow..."

Collect Amateur Stamp Collector Collector!

A Brief Word from Detective Inspector Barker Harris of the Metropolitan Police Force

September 2003

"Being a brief word from Detective Inspector Barker Harris of the Metropolitan Police Force..."

The Sandwich Advisor

June 2005

"It's a well known fact that buying your lunchtime sandwich is the third most stressful thing you can do, after moving house and sleeping with your boss.  Especially if you do all three on the same day..."

Art

March 2003

"One of the more controversial artists of recent years is Guy Parker, the latest enfant terrible to disrupt the art scene..."

Kicking Up a New Stink

February 2001

"In the face of much scepticism and derision, Quentin Tote has discovered a new smell..."

Had an accident?  Cash in now!

Fats Porker - Blues Whinger

August 2002

"It is with great sorrow that we report the sad loss of Fats Porker, the reasonably famous blues whinger..."

Oven Chimps

The First Annual Bleeding Obvious Award for the Achievement of Outstanding Celebrity Without Really Doing Very Much

February 2003

"Who could be more worthy of our admiration than those who have achieved fame, fortune and notoriety without having to perfect their art, struggle for recognition or develop any kind of talent?"

Shave the Moon!

August 2003

"I believe the nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon, shaving it, and returning him safely to Earth..."

Songs of Inspiration and Devotion

Invitation to a Monk's Tea Party

April 2004

"On the Tuesday before last I was fortunate enough to attend the famous 'Monks' Tea Party' in the grounds of the magnificent Rumpleford Abbey..."

Dolby Noise Reduction Sausages

Optimum Leaning Levels

March 2005

"It's not easy to look hip and cool and trendy and windswept, but it is possible. It's a question of angles..."

Bing Crosby Boxing

Noblock and Kerfanderbuck

April 2004

"Noblock and Kerfanderbuck,
All smileytangled cockrock strop..."

Aaaarrrrrr, pirates!

Jazz Bomb

May 2005

"What he really needed was some sort of high energy musical accelerator with which to bombard raw music.  All he actually had was a trumpet, and even that was slightly bent..."

Cock: The Magazine for Young Gentlemen

Caught by the Fuzz

May 2004

"Thwack!  All the lights go out and it's goodnight Vienna. Next thing you know, you're sitting in a police car by the side of the M5, eating chips out of a bag and listening to the football on the radio..."

Time

Previously Unpublished

Extract from an unfinished article, circa 2004

Traditional Wisdom

Previously Unpublished

Alternative Version

Operation Mutton (Long Version)

Previously Available in Print

Now with more and even deadlier sheep

Dirty Bookshop

Previously Unpublished

Alternative Sketch Version of Dirty Book Club

Sir Ronnie  Balls' Dirty Book Club

The 4th International Child Slapping Championships

November 2001

"Personally we believe that there is nothing finer than the sight of a grown man thumping the living daylights out a small, defenceless child..."

The Metropolitan Police Choir presents...

Fatquake

January 2004

"Shock news reached us yesterday when we heard that Mr Buddy Vats, the world's fattest man, suffered a fatal earthquake in the early hours of the morning..."

Pokebug

10 Things You Never Knew About Frogs

August 2004

"The biggest frog in the world is called Keith Baxter and he lives under a slab in Somerset..."

Get your wonky flappers sorted

Rod & Enya's Rock 'n' Roll Mysteries

January 2004

"Dear The University of the Bleeding Obvious, I have a brilliant new idea for a story that you should do..."

Out now from Obvious Records

Teaching Carrots to Fly

August 2005

"Ask anyone in the street how they feel about carrots and you're bound to get any number of different answers, from a phlegmatic shrug of the shoulders to a more than emphatic belt in the mouth..."

20/20 Vision

Diagnosis

June 2005

"We're delighted to welcome Professor Kendrick Wimple to the studio, one of the world's foremost experts on Tourette's Syndrome..."

Quickfire Questions

July 2005

"It's time once again for that part of the show that we call Quickfire Questions..."

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