Interim Chief Executive required for The National Endowment for Science, Technology and The Arts. An interest in science, technology and the arts is desirable but not essential.

Advertisement in The Guardian.

Important: On page 8 line 27 in our Easy Sky Diving book the words ‘state zip code’ should read ‘pull rip cord’.

Yorkshire Evening Post, requoted from a Texas newspaper.

A dog neutering roadshow has been planned for the west of Gateshead. It follows successful initiatives in east Gateshead offering cut price neutering and spaying for people on benefit.

Gateshead Evening Chronicle.

Tokyo commuter Katsuo Kategoru caused havoc on a crowded tube train when his underpants suddenly inflated. The rubber underwear was made by Katsuo himself and designed to inflate to 30 times their original size in the event of a tidal wave. I am terrified of water and death by drowning is my greatest fear said. Katsuo, aged 48. Unfortunately I set them off accidently whilst looking for a boiled sweet. They were crushing everybody in the carriage until a passenger stabbed them with a pencil.

Japan Times.

This is a personal letter to express my thanks to Essex Police Force for the assistance we received during the Stansted hijacking. The professionalism of Essex Police Force which was shown in the handling of the incident is of the highest order which resulted in the safe execution of the passengers and crew.

Letter from airline pilot in The Law.

Wanted lady for shy caring 26 year old gent. You must be 20-30, experienced at giving grief, spending money and re-arranging furniture. Good sense of humour advantageous.

Gosport Journal.

Things began to go wrong for Guisseppe Cazino of Peroni, Italy, from the moment he became a postman in 1995. He was rather malcoordinated explained postmistress Carla Droppi. On his first day alone he managed to set fire to the sorting office and run me over in his van. This was just a prelude to the disasters that were to follow. In 1996 Mr. Cazino lost the villages entire Christmas post after crashing into a river while the following year he had to be rescued on no less than seven occasions after getting his hand stuck in letterboxes. The last straw came when he accidently ran his postmistress over a second time whereupon he was finally sacked. We had to tell him by telephone explained a superior as his letter got lost in the post.

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