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A 30 year old woman was today praised for getting a small, fluffy, white dog, despite still intending to go on and have children. She bought the Pomeranian, popular with various shades of female who have all but given up on even starting to attempt the arduous slog of finding a male capable of being relied upon, from a breeder renowned for padding out the modern lives of the anxious with dependable love.


The dog, which she has tentatively named, Strongandwontletmedown, apparently had no idea that its role was to be that of a companion rather than fetus substitute. ‘Little Strongandwontletmedown is yapping away for all the world as if I’m going to be one of those sorry sights pushing a dog down the street in a pram. I am not,’ she emphasized with just a tinge of evolving bitterness.


Strongandwontletmedown is a white a Pomeranian, a comparatively rare colour in the bloodline. Commentators are expressing fears that this extra level of pure cuteness may .distract the owner from the urge to motherhood. ‘She’s going to get a lot of positive attention on the street,’ said one male serial monogamist familiar with letting down women between the ages of 29 and 35. ‘The constant praise of Strongandwontletmedown’s beauty is inevitably going to mislead the woman into believing she had some genetic role in the dog’s looks and health. I’m worried that when Strongandwontletmedown dies she may move onto cats.’


‘I’ve seen it all before,’ said another tinder jockey. ‘Woman gets dog, says dog is not kid substitute, woman eventually dyes hair orange.’ But others are offering support. ‘By saying she can raise a dog and aspire to produce a human child she’s breaking new ground in the fight for something or other,’ it is thought a few female academics may have postulated. Meanwhile a mother of a teen on Mumsnet simply said, ‘I’ll swap.’


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Conservative MPs have belatedly embraced the concept of social distancing, but only as far as the Prime Minister is concerned. 'I don't want to catch what he has,' pointed out one Conservative MP, 'I've a narrow majority to retain in two years' time.'


Many MPs want to see the back of Boris Johnson but are afraid of getting too close to sticking the knife in. 'You don't know where he's been,' suggested one MP. Another wore a mask, but only in the hope of not being recognised. 'As soon as we can get back to doing what we want with impunity, the better,' he said.



First published 21 Dec 2021



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Prince William has given an interview to Hello! magazine in which he denies that being the son of King Charles played any part in his achieving his current position.


”Yeah, OK, so the King’s my dad,” said the disgruntled royal slaphead. “Which is more than certain ginger tosspots can say, but let’s not get into all that.


”But I do wish people wouldn’t just focus on that, as if I just waltzed into the job of heir to the throne without having to make an effort. If anything, I have to work twice as hard as everyone else, just to prove myself.


”I even tried going by a different name, William Wales when my dad’s name’s Windsor, so people wouldn’t realise. That’s how determined I was to make it on my own merit. It’s not my fault if people looked at photos of me, which have been constantly in the press since the day I was born, and realised who I was.”


One of the prince’s aides then concluded the interview, as it was time for his valet to shave and redress him for an evening engagement.


”Not idea what it is. Some sort of banquet, probly - they’ll tell me on the way. Hope it’s not more of those ‘commonwealth’ johnnies - I always think of the impressions grandpapa used to do of them, and it’s so hard not to laugh.”


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