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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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[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Yup, that one made the pages of USA Today.

[paratti.livejournal.com]

It's a smokescreen for the deployment of the elite squirrel batallion.

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you can just hear the journalist giggling as they type...

[captainlucy.livejournal.com]

The squirrels need no smokescreen to go in unnoticed, for they have their l33t ninja skills to conceal them!

[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?

[darkpoole.livejournal.com]

I first read that as "a plague of ferocious bludgers."

Which honestly did not make it any weirder.

[thisficklemob.livejournal.com]

It's also one of those rare times I immediately and categorically believe a denial issued by a military.

[lafemmedarla]

Oh, man. Who gave up the details of our secret master plan?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Someone had a rather amusing day at work, me thinks.

[paratti.livejournal.com]

No insurgent nuts are safe!

[lcsbanana.livejournal.com]

the headline is pretty glorious too....i imagine it's a very special day for a copywriter when they get to use alliteration AND badgers in the same headline.

[owl]

I LOL'D

[tehomet.livejournal.com]

Just looking at that post, I thought I was having a flashback. :)