The week as we saw it

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Cliff Diving Championship, La Rochelle, France.

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http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/may/18/airbnb-float-a-house-on-the-thames-in-london

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Wetherspoons fined for racial discrimination.


Spot the irony of the Daily Mail Headline.

Irish gipsies sue Wetherspoons



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2865580/Irish-gipsies-sue-Wetherspoons-pub-100-000-race-discrimination-turned-away.html

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Extreme Wingsuit Base Jumper Dean Potter was killed when a dive in Yosemite went wrong on Saturday.

He was famous for taking his dog, "Whisper" everywhere, even on base jumps, though on this occasion, Whisper was not present.

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Wetherspoons fined for racial discrimination.


Spot the irony of the Daily Mail Headline.

Irish gipsies sue Wetherspoons



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2865580/Irish-gipsies-sue-Wetherspoons-pub-100-000-race-discrimination-turned-away.html

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What chance would they have had if their group hadn't included Catholic priest, top lawyer and retired police inspector?


BTW- There are no Irish Gypsies, be they upper or lower case. They are Irish Travellers, a totally separate ethnic minority.

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Wetherspoons fined for racial discrimination.


Spot the irony of the Daily Mail Headline.

Irish gipsies sue Wetherspoons



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2865580/Irish-gipsies-sue-Wetherspoons-pub-100-000-race-discrimination-turned-away.html

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What chance would they have had if their group hadn't included Catholic priest, top lawyer and retired police inspector?


BTW- There are no Irish Gypsies, be they upper or lower case. They are Irish Travellers, a totally separate ethnic minority.

No chance at all.  That is what made me laugh about this case.

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very brave man Prince C. to turn the other cheek after what happened to Mountbatten. i know he has to meet and greet loads of rogues in his public role, but this was a quantum above that.

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http://www.southwestnews.org.uk/news/elver-eating-competition-returns-to-frampton-on-severn-after-30

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...and completely unconnected, this photo came up whilst I was looking for the stuff above - whatever happened to Mac Fisheries?

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very brave man Prince C. to turn the other cheek after what happened to Mountbatten. i know he has to meet and greet loads of rogues in his public role, but this was a quantum above that.

It was a photo I never thought I'd live to see. I'm glad it happened, though.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3088189/Pilot-hailed-hero-steering-stricken-aircraft-away-crowded-motorway-crashed-ground-killing-passenger.html

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...and completely unconnected, this photo came up whilst I was looking for the stuff above - whatever happened to Mac Fisheries?

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They branched out into beefburgers.

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very brave man Prince C. to turn the other cheek after what happened to Mountbatten. i know he has to meet and greet loads of rogues in his public role, but this was a quantum above that.

"Rogue" - I wonder if Adams has ever been described in such a gentle way before?  Struck me as an "interesting" turn of phrase.