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	<title>The adventures of Bob</title>
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	<description>Bob thinks a lot.  Maybe too much.  This is the result.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bob is feeling neglected</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;
Poor Bob
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<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Poor Bob</div></div>
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		<title>Bob Brother</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm.  It seems Gordon&#8217;s lot want to read Bob&#8217;s emails and track his surfing sessions.
They&#8217;re going to need a whole fleet of buses and trains to lose all that data
Sources:
Internet black boxes to record every email and website visit.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hmmm.  It seems Gordon&#8217;s lot want to read Bob&#8217;s emails and track his surfing sessions.</div></div>
<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">They&#8217;re going to need a whole fleet of buses and trains to lose all that data</div></div>
<ul>Sources:
<li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3384743/Internet-black-boxes-to-record-every-email-and-website-visit.html">Internet black boxes to record every email and website visit.</a></li>
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		<title>Understatement in politics is a good thing</title>
		<link>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/understatement-in-politics-is-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So Sarah Palin&#8217;s been quoted saying &#8220;If I cost McCain one vote, I am sorry about that&#8221;
Bob suggests you don&#8217;t worry, Mrs Palin. Given that you didn&#8217;t understand that Africa is a continent, &#8230;
&#8230; can&#8217;t name a newspaper that you read and seem not to even understand the right to free speech
Bob really doesn&#8217;t believe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So Sarah Palin&#8217;s been quoted saying &#8220;If I cost McCain one vote, I am sorry about that&#8221;</div></div>
<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bob suggests you don&#8217;t worry, Mrs Palin. Given that you didn&#8217;t understand that Africa is a continent, &#8230;</div></div>
<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&#8230; can&#8217;t name a newspaper that you read and seem not to even understand the right to free speech</div></div>
<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bob really doesn&#8217;t believe it was a matter of one vote</div></div>
<ul>Sources:
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/sarah-palin-2012-sounds-s_n_141446.html">Sarah Palin: If I Cost McCain One Vote &#8230; I&#8217;m Sorry About that</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku8t_eMYFZ4">Fox News(!)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/palin-fears-med.html">Palin fears media threaten her First Amendment rights</li>
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		<title>Bob likes political analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/bob-likes-political-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/bob-likes-political-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone seems to be excited about something or other political
Bob has been seeking a suitable insight.
Bob knew Anna wouldn&#8217;t let him down:
&#8220;(H)e&#8217;d have to poo diamonds to be as good as people are currently expecting&#8221;
Sources:
Obama wins historic US election
Little.Red.Boat

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<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bob has been seeking a suitable insight.</div></div>
<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bob knew Anna wouldn&#8217;t let him down:</div></div>
<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&#8220;(H)e&#8217;d have to poo diamonds to be as good as people are currently expecting&#8221;</div></div>
<ul class="source">Sources:
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7709978.stm">Obama wins historic US election</a></li>
<li><a href="http://littleredboat.co.uk/?p=2952">Little.Red.Boat</a></li>
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		<title>Will nobody think of the children?</title>
		<link>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/will-nobody-think-of-the-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/will-nobody-think-of-the-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So the number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year.
Surely arresting people&#8217;s the easy bit.  Bob&#8217;s dismayed to note only one conviction is mentioned
Source:
Increase in sex offender arrests

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So the number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year.</div></div>
<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Surely arresting people&#8217;s the easy bit.  Bob&#8217;s dismayed to note only one conviction is mentioned</div></div>
<ul class="source">Source:
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7357389.stm">Increase in sex offender arrests</a></li>
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		<title>Naming and Shaming</title>
		<link>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/naming-and-shaming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/naming-and-shaming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It takes parents 45 hours - on average - to choose a name for a child?
Bob thinks that Wombles - especially Bungo - had the right idea.
Sources:
Get the right name and open doors for your child
ToonHound
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<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bob thinks that Wombles - especially Bungo - had the right idea.</div></div>
<ul class="source">Sources:
<li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1747226920080417">Get the right name and open doors for your child</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.toonhound.com/wombles.htm">ToonHound</a></ul>
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		<title>Hello again</title>
		<link>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/hello-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We apologise for the delayed service from JustASilly.com
Abnormal service will resume imminently (which could mean just about anything)
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		<title>Kids are thick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 10:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So the number of failing schools has risen by 5%
That&#8217;s one more in every 20, kids, if you don&#8217;t understand percentages
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<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">That&#8217;s one more in every 20, kids, if you don&#8217;t understand percentages</div></div>
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		<title>Bob wants to help Tony</title>
		<link>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/bob-wants-to-help-tony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/bob-wants-to-help-tony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Blair wants a legacy from his premiership, Bob hears.  Surely he already has one?
blairing, vb : to react publicly without having thought things through properly.
Sources:
New measures to tackle gun crime
Limit jail sentences, urges Reid

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<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">blairing, vb : to react publicly without having thought things through properly.</div></div>
<ul class="source">Sources:
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6372717.stm">New measures to tackle gun crime</a></li>
<li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6293225.stm">Limit jail sentences, urges Reid</a></li>
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		<title>Bob suggests looking a little closer to home</title>
		<link>http://www.justasilly.com/archives/bob-suggests-looking-a-little-closer-to-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So Labour want to remove benefits for people who can&#8217;t speak English
Bob suggests they try to get school leavers who can punctuate before picking on newcomers.
Source: Unemployed &#8216;must learn English&#8217;
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<div style="float: left; width:200px; height: 200px; background: url(http://www.justasilly.com/comicbg.gif) #fff no-repeat;"><div style="padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bob suggests they try to get school leavers who can punctuate before picking on newcomers.</div></div>
<div class="source">Source: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6352793.stm">Unemployed &#8216;must learn English&#8217;</a></div>
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