http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47000 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47000#post-134982 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:10:15 +0000 Gerontius 134982@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The Ecuador government has accepted Julian Assange’s request for political asylum but have told the Wikileaks whistleblower that the only place they have vacant at the moment is a one bedroom apartment on the isle of Pinta.<br /> The property only became available earlier this month when the previous occupant - a Mr George Lonesome – vacated the premises after spending the last 110 years there.<br /> A spokesman for the Ecuadorian government told Mr. Assange that the property would need a little spring clean to remove some old lettuce leaves and possibly a new lick of paint here and there but was pretty much ready to move in to.<br /> Mr.Assange was said to be delighted with the move but also a little disappointed to find that the apartment would probably be too small to take the antique chaise-lounge that was a present from his late grandmother.<br /> More assange later.<br /> <a href="http://s727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/peteralexanderwhite/?action=view&amp;current=lonesome-george-galapagos-turtle-extinct_55497_600x4501.jpg"><img src="http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/peteralexanderwhite/lonesome-george-galapagos-turtle-extinct_55497_600x4501.jpg" alt="lonesome-george-galapagos-turtle-extinct_55497_600x4501" /></a> </p>