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POLITICIANS WHO LAUGHS AT THEMSELVES A former Labor Member of Parliament for Consett in England named David Watkins has proved that he has a sense of humor. His autobiography is aptly named: "Seventeen Years In Obscurity: Memoirs from the Back Benches."

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a $24,000 fine. FRAUD DOESN’T PAY... IN THE END! BIG FRANK Big Frank was having his hair styled at the hairdresser's when a large truck smashed into a car, outside. Draped in a cape, his hair divided with aluminum clips, Frank, an ex-paratrooper corporal raced out to the car and found the driver unhurt. The truck driver, however, was slumped over the wheel, unconscious. Big Frank lost no time in applying his army acquired CPR techniques, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The truck driver recovered consciousness several times, but kept passing out again. Soon the ambulance arrived with the paramedics and took over, and Big Frank returned to his barber's seat. 'I just don't understand why he kept passing out,' he said to the hairdresser. 'I did everything they taught me.' 'Well, put yourself in the truck drivers place, 'said the hairdresser. 'He's driving down the street without a care in the world. The next thing he knows, he's waking up to see some big guy in a green cape

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