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THE SKINK |
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Volume 1, Edition 18 - Monday, 31st July 2000 - www.theskink.com |
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Australia's Weekly Sports News Review |
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A. They pay more for stuff. |
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Issue of The Week Q.How has the GST affected ordinary Australians? |
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LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - A British teenager lost four pints (two litres) of blood after having her tongue pierced. STRASBOURG, France, July 27 (Reuters) - Workers who threatened to blow up a French brewery if it was closed said on Thursday they were on the verge of signing an accord to end their dispute. SAO PAULO, July 27 (Reuters) - A Brazilian politician might have become a successful fund-raiser had be not been caught with a press and enough ink to make a lot of money, police said on Thursday. |
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PHNOM PENH, July 28 (Reuters) - A drunken prank turned sour for one Cambodian man after his neighbour was stung to death by hornets and he was due to be charged with murder, a local newspaper reported on Friday. |
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AFL to review its cap rules Melbourne, Friday: The demand that AFL clubs pay at least 95 per cent of the salary cap to their players each season is to be reviewed before the end of the year. The demand that newspapers stop filling their sports pages with political boardroom money crap is also under review. |
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Sharks pair trade blows At the pair's judiciary hearing high-profile celebrity lawyer Chris Murphy argued, successfully, that such was the violent nature of rugby league that the pair actually forgot they were teammates. "It's a common enough phenomena," said Murphy. "Players such as Long take a pounding to the head week after week. Last week I defended a guy for forgetting he wasn't allowed to defecate in someone's shoes!" "Jeez I'm fuckin' good," he added. |
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Fasalibad, Thursday: Former Pakistan cricket great Imran Khan has questioned the explanation given by Australians Mark Waugh and Shane Warne for why they took money from an Indian bookmaker in 1994. Khan's marriage to Britain's 3rd richest woman Jemima Goldsmith was "of course entirely without moral question." "Money means nothing to me!" Khan fumed. "I've got shitloads." |
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Dwyer has money for Berne Jonah Lomu, Olivier Magne and Andre Vos have also been approached after Dwyer wasn't able to find sufficient rugby talent in the entire state of New South Wales. |
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"Do I hear 55 rupees?" - Imran auctions the '92 World Cup. Is nothing sacred? Some cows. Are sacred. |
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Big Job Bob--huge. |
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North Melbourne Kangaroos, also known as the Vodaphone Whores. |
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"What the fuck are you looking at? - The Nathan Long Story" on sale at all good rugby league book stores now. |
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Guess who...sweet peach pants. She won the other day. 1st rounder! Go baby! If you win you can root us. |
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Rugby Tips from ex-Canberra Royals half-back and feisty, Gary Freeman-like scrapper Brian Jones. A must for rugby juniors, prostitutes and trans-sexuals... |
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Canberran rugby identity. Brian 'BJ' Jones. A really top bloke. |
