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"We have to fight for privacy or we're going to lose it" - Eric Schmidt Eric’s face had turned a sickly shade of green as the Gulfstream banked steeply over night-time Pyongyang. Down below, the metropolis was almost pitch black, the sky illuminated only by the traditional North Korean welcome of tracer fire. It didn’t improve …

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  1. TeeCee Gold badge
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    "Body of Steve Jobs - brains of Alan Sugar.”

    You bastards. How dare you put in a punchline like that without prior warning?

    I've still got tears rolling down my cheeks and I have a desk to mop now.

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    1. Rampant Spaniel
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      Re: "Body of Steve Jobs - brains of Alan Sugar.”

      damn right, best laugh I've had this week. Part of me hopes the supreme smurf gets to read this. Not sure I would like to be the one to tell him about it.

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  2. Admiral Grace Hopper

    Summer is nearly here

    Are you doing Burning Man this time round, Bongster?

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    1. hplasm
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      Re: Summer is nearly here

      Or busily manning a burning Bong?

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      1. oolor
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        Re: Summer is nearly here

        “You bring grass? I want grass now!”

        And I thought that meant some new fangled tech device.

        < I'm going with blueberry/purple in a pipe

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Wow, cool!

    *Trolls off to Ebay to look at Em@ilers and G4s*

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    i've been to a bunch of marxist countries, and they are nowhere as bad as the capitalist ones. the reason why spin doctors can make marxists look bad is because most people dont understand them, so the spin doctors can say whatever they want and most people wont be able to verify the information.

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    1. Alfred
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      Whilst arguments about whether or not NK is Marxist can rage....

      I've been to the DPRK and it's horrible. Truly grotesque.

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  5. Flywheel

    No Sushi

    Apparently it's different in NK - there is sushi, but you have to catch it yourself and deconstruct the fish. Simples.

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