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		<title>Derren Brown and the Big Con &#8211; sorry System</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AngryOldWoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night we watched Derren Brown, sois-disant Mentalist (mental might be the word) or illusionist, who had trailed his Channel 4 show, The System, as a foolproof way of beating the bookmakers. He purported to show a single mother, whom he had e-mailed anonymously with five horse racing winners in a row, then was to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reality TV &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m a Celebrity, get me out of here&#8221; in particular.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wjms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think the trade descriptions department needs to be activated for this piece of televisual garbage. The latest UK installment has just started, and even without having watched any of it, it has already earned a mention on this erudite website. I have certain problems with Reality TV shows, but using viewer discretion, I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why doesn&#8217;t that surprise me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AngryOldWoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this day and age of transparency, when even the smallest parish councillor must declare an interest if an agenda item is in any way connected to him; and when professionals such as lawyers, accountants and the like must at all times be aware of any potential conflict of interest, why does this care-fulness not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Crazy Frog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bindi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never has there been a more infuriating little frog. On the scale of wierdness, the Toad out of The Wind and the Willows was pretty strange -but he was a gentleman of sorts and certainly didn&#8217;t have his male genitalia hanging out. The incomprehensible &#8220;Daa Daa Di Daa Daa&#8221; etc also adds to the perverse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ink Cartridges</title>
		<link>http://www.shitopedia.org/ink-cartridges-44/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shitopedia.org/ink-cartridges-44/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jumbo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying a printer for your PC is usually fairly inexpensive, they are often packaged into the deal with the computer. However, when you go to buy ink for the things, that is when you realise why companies are practically giving printers away: ink cartridges are hideously expensive. For one printer I had, the colour cartridges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Not O&#8217;Clock News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AngryOldWoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my complaints of yesterday (see Telly Vision), this morning&#8217;s offerings from the great and mighty BBC Breakfast, a &#8220;news&#8221; programme were the following: 1. Picture of &#8220;reporter&#8221; still living it up in Playa de Luz, Portugal, outside police station yet again telling us there was nothing to tell us. 2. Interview with McCanns&#8217; new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow-up to chain e-mails</title>
		<link>http://www.shitopedia.org/follow-up-to-chain-e-mails-35/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wjms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another bane of the e-world we now live in are e-hoaxes or well intentioned warnings that are promulgated to all and sundry in your address book. An example: Dear All If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying that he or she is a company engineer, or telling that they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cherie Blair &#8211; Autobiography</title>
		<link>http://www.shitopedia.org/cherie-blair-autobiography-32/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wjms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enough said I think. According to the Beeb&#8217;s website, the book is &#8216;eagerly anticipated&#8217; and due to be published in October 2008. I can barely wait. Soft, strong and so very absorbant. She is a widemouthed frog with a disagreeable husband and distinctly dodgy leanings &#8211; remember her representing the &#8216;poor&#8217; Afghan hijackers in their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>ITV Play</title>
		<link>http://www.shitopedia.org/itv-play-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shitopedia.org/itv-play-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jumbo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Host: &#8220;Complete this sentence: &#8216;Puff the Magic ____&#8217; &#8211; I&#8217;ll give you a clue, the word begins with a &#8216;D&#8217; and ends with &#8216;ragon&#8217;. If you know the answer, call the number at the bottom of this screen. All calls will cost £1 per minute, and there is a good chance you won&#8217;t get through, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cashback Offers</title>
		<link>http://www.shitopedia.org/cashback-offers-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jumbo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Buy this bed for £1,499 and get £100 cash back!&#8221; How about I just buy it for £1,399? Or, rather, not buy your Chinese bed at all. It&#8217;s not cashback, you&#8217;ve simply increased the price and offered me credit. The worst thing about these offers is that it encourages people to enter into finance arrangements [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Taxi Meters</title>
		<link>http://www.shitopedia.org/taxi-meters-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jumbo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxi meters seem to have no rhyme or reason. For a start, when you first get into a taxi, the meter is already at a fairly high number, which seems entirely arbitrary, particularly given that you had to go to the taxi rank on foot. Following this, the meter keeps ticking up at a rapid [...]]]></description>
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