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“Westminster gives way to end-of-term japes as we struggle to prop up Nick Clegg”
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“They just call their japes "irony," and throw a few glib observations at you and call it humor; and why don't you get the joke?”
“Fondly recalling japes from the days when Formula One was little more than disjointed bunch of 'garagistes' - japes which Ecclestone almost inevitably profited from - Mosley argues that, contrary to popular belief, the birthday boy is not irreplaceable.”
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“ÂNo matter how many entertaining japes he might make about illegally gaining power over the single most dangerous strike force since the Dirty Dozen, Lyle still managed to be a very capable and professional Legionnaire when things heated up.”
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“However, watching old election coverage is an engaging and occasionally hilarious education in the broadcast technology and social mores of the period – with the opportunities for idiotic CGI japes limited, anchors are forced to fall back upon informed comment.”
“• What japes they are having at the Audit Commission, one of the first organisations to be thrown on to Eric Pickles's bonfire of the quangos.”
“Last week we looked at some of the 'best' April Fools' Day japes from the world of football.”
The Guardian: Did King Olav V of Norway really take a trip to Selhurst Park?
“If he does, that might cut short the tiresome bromantic japes.”
“I asked, the small town in Oxfordshire lending itself to such obvious japes, rather like the Ugley Women's Institute (in Norfolk), and the Idle Working Men's Club (near Bradford).”
The Guardian: Jim Rosenthal digs for Europa League victory | Martin Kelner
“Compare this with Britain's other modern mummy, Jeremy Bentham, whose severed head has been repeatedly pinched by students amid dubious japes.”
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