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'Bluetooth laser virtual keyboard encased in elegant possum.'
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via Mind Hacks, an extraordinary article about an ultra-long distance cyclist: 'The craziness is methodical, however, and Robic and his crew know its pattern by heart. Around Day 2 of a typical weeklong race, his speech goes staccato. By Day 3, he is belligerent and sometimes paranoid. His short-term memory vanishes, and he weeps uncontrollably. The last days are marked by hallucinations: bears, wolves and aliens prowl the roadside; asphalt cracks rearrange themselves into coded messages. Occasionally, Robic leaps from his bike to square off with shadowy figures that turn out to be mailboxes. In a 2004 race, he turned to see himself pursued by a howling band of black-bearded men on horseback.'
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including such gems as:
'Uptown Wally
She's been living in a Tesco trolley
And now she's going out with Action Man
They've been shagging in the A-Team Van' -
'New York circa 1900. "Yard of tenement at Park Avenue and 107th Street." 11 x 14 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.'
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'Madeleine Albright, who served as the first female Secretary of State under President Clinton, was fond of using jewelry to express herself on the job.'
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