Al-Jazeera

Al-Jazeera were planning to launch an interactive service. They decided against it when they realised if they told their viewers to press the red button, half of them would blow themselves up.

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We're both getting a bit tired and we slept heavily last night. Whilst I was in Reading meeting Cara, Jan had a girlie night with friends in Windsor. This morning we had another re-pack, loaded the car again and headed off for Brighton. Another town and another bed, the fifth this trip but we're over half way so that's good. We have three of our offspring in Brighton so it's an essential part of any visit to England. Additionally, we now have two grandchildren here as well.
Another essential for these trips is to choose the mince pies that we will take back to France. So far we have tested Duchy Originals (awful), Waitrose Deep Fill (the filling tasted as if it had been pureed), Marks and Spencer (into the taste off), Tesco Finest (too much brandy but not too bad). We still have to test Sainsburys Deep Fill and Tesco Deep Fill, last years winner. See the effort we go to to get things right (and fat - Ed.).