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[doyle]

This has to be the only time the BBC has ever used the phrase "plague of ferocious badgers" in a news report:

'British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra.'

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[thesecondevil]

"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."

How did the press officer say this without bursting out in laughter?