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This week, Australian Betty Brawn balances two break dancers on a plank for the AIB street performance championships in Dublin. But what's being said?
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. SeanieSmith
Joan Collins' wardrobe department test new shoulder pads.
5. TheRealCatherineO
"For the love of God, Piers, BUZZ ME NOW!!"
4. eltelsopwith
In an ancient Salfordian ceremony, Hazel Blears faces her toughest test yet.
3. SimonRooke
DFS announce they're hiring staff and also that they have a new range of sofas.
2. AmusedofSwindon
Initial testing at Silverstone showed that the new Brawn had somewhat reduced handling, but did meet the proposed 2010 cost constraints.
1. generalhague
"It's a film...
Sounds like...
1st syllable....
Brokeback Mountain."
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Comment number 1.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:Betty's colleagues were actually trying to tell her she suffered from BO
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Comment number 2.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:Betty would make a great MP - at least she's good at balancing figures
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Comment number 3.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:Britain's Got Talent features more octogenarian break dancers
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Comment number 4.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:Betty never could get the hang of pole dancing
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Comment number 5.
At 18th Jun 2009, Stephen - Leader of STROP wrote:After the duck house furore, Sir Peter Viggers MP is glad no-one questioned the expenses for the see-saw
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Comment number 6.
At 18th Jun 2009, Marquee wrote:The protests against the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s controversial changes to their international web pages take to the streets.
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Comment number 7.
At 18th Jun 2009, Stephen - Leader of STROP wrote:Ryanair's ultra low-cost flights didn't seem entirely viable!
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Comment number 8.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Betty claims she's not all brawn - her assistants proudly display her IQ on their shirts : "Almost maximum" said Betty
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Comment number 9.
At 18th Jun 2009, penny-farthing wrote:Balance-a-trois.
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Comment number 10.
At 18th Jun 2009, Neil wrote:Modern 'street-puppetry' is a little shocking for the unsuspecting participant.
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Comment number 11.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Unfortunately, Betty couldn't continue with the advert, as she found all eight telephone digits too heavy
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Comment number 12.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:Bravissimo take their quality control seriously.
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Comment number 13.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:I came, I see-sawed, I conked out
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Comment number 14.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Betty always wears a low-cut top to prove she isn't really an Amazon
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Comment number 15.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:After Betty's disastrous night in a curry-house, the two guys suddenly find themselves in the dock
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Comment number 16.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Betty's internet-dating video was not a success
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Comment number 17.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:Betty's new taxi service was enviromentally friendly but not for the mentally unbalanced.
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Comment number 18.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:Betty started the act after losing out to Keira Knightley as the face of Chanel
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Comment number 19.
At 18th Jun 2009, Tableturn wrote:The cannibal regretted eating all those dried apricots at lunch-time.
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Comment number 20.
At 18th Jun 2009, mikehaz90 wrote:I wonder how I could justify this under expenses....
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Comment number 21.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 22.
At 18th Jun 2009, Tableturn wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 23.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:They really should have done something about Betty and her belief she was an elephant, but it beat waiting for a bus.
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Comment number 24.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:Bet Lynch-pin
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Comment number 25.
At 18th Jun 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Does my fulcrum look big in this?
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Comment number 26.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:"Hold on tightly, lads," yelled Betty as she began her inaugural flight over Dublin
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Comment number 27.
At 18th Jun 2009, Candace9839 wrote:I'll never be your beast of burden, eh?
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Comment number 28.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:The first couple were easy enough, but the rest of the so solid crew would be a challenge.
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Comment number 29.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:So you're Margery Daw
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Comment number 30.
At 18th Jun 2009, youngWillz wrote:Instead of whistling, the builders decide to come down from the scaffolding and get up close and personal with their lady passers by. By nailing a piece of wood to the lady's spine.
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Comment number 31.
At 18th Jun 2009, cragster76 wrote:Just one final crank of the giant mechanical key and Betty's return flight to Sydney would be assured
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Comment number 32.
At 18th Jun 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Betty was beginning to truly despise her new personal trainers
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Comment number 33.
At 18th Jun 2009, bexwalton wrote:Reactions to Ryanair's latest cost-cutting scheme have been decidedly mixed
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Comment number 34.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:With unemployment rising, the human equivalent of the Black and Decker Workbench was proving popular with carpenters across the land.
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Comment number 35.
At 18th Jun 2009, Tableturn wrote:The urban street-scales were surprisingly accurate.
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Comment number 36.
At 18th Jun 2009, caroline-m wrote:Strictly Judge Arlene Phillips was unimpressed when she discovered what the new support role would be.
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Comment number 37.
At 18th Jun 2009, Candace9839 wrote:When you said I'd be in your video, this is NOT what I had in mind
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Comment number 38.
At 18th Jun 2009, youngWillz wrote:Two By Phwoaaarrr!!
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Comment number 39.
At 18th Jun 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Betty: I'm board
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Comment number 40.
At 18th Jun 2009, Tableturn wrote:Ireland's first Swine Flu carrier was quickly identified and restrained.
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Comment number 41.
At 18th Jun 2009, Kitwemiller wrote:Betty is shocked to discover that these weren't the correct bouys for her river outting.......
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Comment number 42.
At 18th Jun 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:The threesome made a lovely Brawn cocktail
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Comment number 43.
At 18th Jun 2009, Tableturn wrote:"Super Girl has really let herself go, hasn't she?"
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Comment number 44.
At 18th Jun 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:I don't know, but she's certainly got a chip on her shoulder about it..
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Comment number 45.
At 18th Jun 2009, youngWillz wrote:Break Dancer on Left: "Oooooh the Deadwood Stage is a-coming on over the hill....."
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Comment number 46.
At 18th Jun 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The lads dared not lose their balance. Betty had eaten the last one that fell off.
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Comment number 47.
At 18th Jun 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:Chiropractors, you wait around all day and then two come along at once.
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Comment number 48.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:They were an outside bet for this year's Flugtag event.
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Comment number 49.
At 18th Jun 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Betty: No, I said I wanted a pair of 80DDs
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Comment number 50.
At 18th Jun 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Betty suddenly needed a doctor, but all her directories were torn up
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Comment number 51.
At 18th Jun 2009, youngWillz wrote:It took a while but the shadow puppeteers finally got the effect of "water tank with mobile phone aerials attached".
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Comment number 52.
At 18th Jun 2009, Dry Boak wrote:Even with two friends insisting she "ate nothing", it was obvious the diet wasn't working.
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Comment number 53.
At 18th Jun 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Betty BUPA
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Comment number 54.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:Button couldn't wait to have a go on the new Brawn.
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Comment number 55.
At 18th Jun 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:She'd bought the new cape and everything, but she still couldn't work out why she couldn't get off the ground..
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Comment number 56.
At 18th Jun 2009, mainbass wrote:Destruction testing at Tena Ladies.
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Comment number 57.
At 18th Jun 2009, Tableturn wrote:Since Birds of a Feather ended, Pauline Quirke has been eeking out a living as the world's laziest super heroine.
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Comment number 58.
At 18th Jun 2009, youngWillz wrote:She doesn't look underweight but she is under weight.
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Comment number 59.
At 18th Jun 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Betty's Dad had been wondering where his Charles Atlas body-building-by-post packages had been getting to
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Comment number 60.
At 18th Jun 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:In the wake of so many financial scandals, the Chartered Institute of Accountants were now demanding a practical demonstration of graduates balancing abilities.
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Comment number 61.
At 18th Jun 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Lorraine Kelly proves shs'e not just a pretty face
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Comment number 62.
At 18th Jun 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:When she applied for the job as waitress, Betty had to prove she could balance eight teas ...
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Comment number 63.
At 18th Jun 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:The new Speaker of the House of Commons had to demonstrate a fair and balanced approach.
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Comment number 64.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:Australian proves they are not all as thick as planks.
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Comment number 65.
At 18th Jun 2009, Gresleygal wrote:AS you can see, I have two well balanced men in my life.
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Comment number 66.
At 18th Jun 2009, Gresleygal wrote:Okay, now tell me how to get these two jokers off my back!
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Comment number 67.
At 18th Jun 2009, bmerren wrote:The Political Correctness Brigade ruined the updating of the phrase "Dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants"
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Comment number 68.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:Auditions for the next Mrs Andre were well underway.
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Comment number 69.
At 18th Jun 2009, bmerren wrote:Apple's new recession proof iPod
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Comment number 70.
At 18th Jun 2009, Mr Snoozy wrote:You must be joking, I'm not going South of the river at this time of day.
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Comment number 71.
At 18th Jun 2009, MuteJoe wrote:Got Your Number.
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Comment number 72.
At 18th Jun 2009, Original-Democratus wrote:Does my bum look big in this?
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Comment number 73.
At 18th Jun 2009, Helenepitpony wrote:"All right, Stace, weight's occurring."
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Comment number 74.
At 18th Jun 2009, Noel wrote:Stud work.
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Comment number 75.
At 18th Jun 2009, Mr Snoozy wrote:Betty showed she enjoyed a balanced diet, but the whereabouts of the rest of the breakdance crew remained a mystery...
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Comment number 76.
At 18th Jun 2009, MuteJoe wrote:Marjory Daw demonstrates her new piece of playground equipment.
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Comment number 77.
At 18th Jun 2009, Mr Snoozy wrote:Ok, two 80 kilogram dumbells is a doddle, bring on the guys wearing 120!!
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Comment number 78.
At 18th Jun 2009, bmerren wrote:Broke Back Mountin'
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Comment number 79.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:The new ride at Alton Towers was hardly white-knuckle
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Comment number 80.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:The only thing that worried Betty was John Prescott waiting in the wings
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Comment number 81.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 82.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:The new speak your weight machine included phrases such as 'one at a time luv' and 'gerroff your breaking me back!'
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Comment number 83.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:None of the judges were brave enough to give anybody else first prize
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Comment number 84.
At 18th Jun 2009, MuteJoe wrote:It was the most entertaining thing to happen at the docks since Fred's weather map streaker.
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Comment number 85.
At 18th Jun 2009, Pendragon wrote:Why am I am a strongwoman? Well, I was a lousy secretary - I got through three typewriters a day.
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Comment number 86.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Unfortunately, Betty was arrested for kerb-crawling and picking up men
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Comment number 87.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:Aussie women! Always picking up men.
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Comment number 88.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:The dancers were backing Betty for the title.
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Comment number 89.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Bernie Clifton's certainly updated his ostrich act well
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Comment number 90.
At 18th Jun 2009, CairngormMcWomble wrote:The latest adrenalin rush hits Dublin: Wing-Walking for aerophobics
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Comment number 91.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:And for my next trick, I'll eat three Shredded Wheat.
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Comment number 92.
At 18th Jun 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Betty hoped she'd like Dublin as much as Liverpool - when she got back to her car there, somebody had fitted wheel-discs on it for her
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Comment number 93.
At 18th Jun 2009, MediaCat wrote:Next time she's going to try 118 118.
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Comment number 94.
At 18th Jun 2009, rogueslr wrote:Out of the four of them, only the plank had any practical value.
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Comment number 95.
At 18th Jun 2009, haggis1876 wrote:Backstreet Boys versus Bjork
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Comment number 96.
At 18th Jun 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:In the wake of so many financial scandals, the Institute of Chartered Accountants were now demanding a practical demonstration of graduates balancing abilities.
Amended at the insistence of an accountant.
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Comment number 97.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:Guiness, for strength.
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Comment number 98.
At 18th Jun 2009, Senator Clay Davies wrote:While the Wright Bros celebrated the wonders of flight, The Wrong Bros were still living up to their name...
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Comment number 99.
At 18th Jun 2009, Presto West End wrote:Guinness, for strength!
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Comment number 100.
At 18th Jun 2009, KP_lcfcFan wrote:Pimp my ride took a turn for the worst.
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