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Eunoterpsia (YOO-noh-TURP-see-uh) - The doctrine that pursuing sexual pleasure is the goal of life.
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1950 DIED: George Orwell (46), English author, Animal Farm, 1984, of tuberculosis
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Each nostril registers smell in a different way. The right detects pleasant odours, the left nostril is more accurate.
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12:04
Aaargh. Youtube sucks bad. Buffering like a bastard. Return packets to sender.
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Banks a pain in the bollox. The old men of the airwaves, pain in the bollox. Johnno's mate from Wheatfield prison is getting out after three years, he told me last night at 3am in the hall. His girlfriend is waiting for him this whole time. (Yeah right.) Pain in the bollox.
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Three people have been injured in scuffles between gardaI and Shell-To-Sea protestors who are opposed to a gas pipeline being run in their back gardens. Meanwhile:
An explosion at a gas pipeline in south-west China killed nine people today and injured at least another 10, the official Xinhua News Agency said.18:54
Rugby fans:
Mr Frame denied being involved in the attack but Mr Hussey added that he smirked or smiled when he said this. He punched Mr Frame in the face again and he was then hit on the back of the head and the lip by a "stocky bloke" whom the court was later told was Dermot Laide.[link deprecated - archived ]
Andrew Frame (aged 22), from Nutley Lane, Donnybrook, along with Sean Mackey (aged 23), from South Park, Foxrock, Desmond Ryan (aged 22), from Cunningham Road, Dalkey, all Co Dublin, and Dermot Laide (aged 22), from Rossvale, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan have pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Murphy at Sussex Road on August 31
Lord of the filofaxes:
[The witness] also said he heard a celebratory roar when the youths were attacking Mr Murphy, as if they were all happy they had got him on the ground.