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Cc: Caroline Zitter, Ted Berry, Sally Wilton
Sent: 12 January 2009, 15.59
Subject: The police
 
I will be writing to the Police Complaints Authority, but I wish to place on record my disgust at my treatment at the hands of Detective Constable Hindley. Even though I was the one that reported the missing photocopier, she treated me as a suspect. She subjected me to brutal questioning, denied me my fundamental human right (under EU law) to a toilet break and, despite the fact that she didn't have a search warrant, she insisted on going through my filing cabinets (which contain both confidential company files and certain personal items).
 
I have never had so much as a parking ticket and I am a member of three Neighborhood Watch groups. I have also been commended by Crime Stoppers for making over 500 reports (with accompanying photographic documentation) of litter louts. To be treated as a common criminal in this way has severely knocked my faith in our police force.
 
I am too upset to complete my work and I am leaving for a session with a post-traumatic stress counselor. I will reclaim the cost of this from the company.
 
Neil Godley (Accounts)
 
From:
Janice Crutton
To: David Crutton
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.17
Subject: Re: Tonight
 
I was joking about baby names and nursery decor, by the way. Just that you've been ominously silent.
 
From:
David Crutton
To: Dotty Podidra
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.20
Subject:
 
Nip out to Waterstone's and get a refund on those books.
 
From:
David Crutton
To: Sally Wilton
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.22
Subject: Neil Godley
 
Something about this self-righteous arse bugs me. He gives me an unsettling sense of déjà vu. Can we do something about him? At the very least remove his e-mail privileges.
 
From:
Bill Geddes
To: Liam O‘Keefe
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.27
Subject:
You catching some Zs? I've just spotted your dog sprinting down the corridor. He looks very pumped. Has he been down the gym?
 
From:
Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier
To: All Staff
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.29
Subject:
 
Can whoever owns the disgusting off-white dog please come and sort it out immediately. It's just done something vile on my leg and my Wolfords are completely shredded.
 
From:
Kazu Makino
To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.31
Subject: Re:
 
Thanks, Susi. That would explain the no. 2 in the lift. I thought someone from our RNIB client must have mistaken it for the loo!
 
From:
Róisín O'Hooligan
To: All Staff
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.37
Subject:
 
Just in case anyone cares, the dog has our Trebor client cornered by the giant yucca. I think it can smell his Liquorice Allsorts samples because it's going mental. Oh, Mr. Fraggles has just turned up and he's trying to lure it away with a string of comedy sausages. Thoroughly entertaining as this is, I think someone should deal with it before it gets out of hand.
Róisín
Reception
 
From:
Sally Wilton
To: All Staff
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.34
Subject: This is not a practice!
 
Do not ignore the fire alarm and, if you come across the dog, do not attempt to tackle it. Please vacate the building in a calm and orderly fashion. A SWAT team is on its way.
 
From:
Harvey Harvey
To: All Staff
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.35
Subject:
 
I can hear a bell and it won't stop. Can anyone else hear it or have my voices come back?
 
From:
Sally Wilton
To: Harvey Harvey
Sent: 12 January 2009, 16.36
Subject: Re:
 
IT'S THE FIRE ALARM, HARVEY. LEAVE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY !
Tuesday
Mood:
97% gay
Dog Day Afternoon in
Adland
 
Meerkat360, the London advertising agency that brought us the notorious horny guide-dog viral for RNIB, went to the dogs in an entirely different way yesterday afternoon.
 
Work at the agency's Soho office halted when a pit bull terrier set off on a terrifying orgy of violence and destruction, injuring three people and causing thousands of pounds' worth of damage.
 
By the time police marksmen arrived, computers had been destroyed, desks overturned and valuable artwork shredded, and the dog was dead. Zlatan Kovaćević, the company's Serbian art director whose father is a veteran of the siege of Sarajevo, apparently killed it with a single blow to the throat. “It was easy as pissing,” Kovaćević said. “My father teach me. In former Yugoslavia Bosnian Muslim teach their dogs to attack Christian. In the army he learn to liquidate them with bare hand.”
 
Several employees are believed to have filmed the incident on camera phones and the police have appealed for mobiles to be handed over so that they can piece together what happened.
 
There was speculation that the dog had been under the influence of drugs and that this had contributed to the frenzied nature of its attack. The police declined to comment, although they did confirm that the animal would undergo an autopsy and blood tests would be carried out.
 
The dog rage marked the climax of an eventful day at Meerkat360. Earlier, emergency services were called to rescue an employee stranded on a fifth-floor window ledge.
 
David Crutton, Meerkat360's CEO (his business card assigns him the title of The Man), sought to put a positive spin on both incidents. He said, “These kinds of things are exactly why a day at Meerkat360 can never be described as just another day at the office. Here we thrive on the unpredictable. Creativity feeds on adrenalin and the incident with the dog will only serve to raise the level of our output and give us a competitive edge. Believe me, I wouldn't be surprised if our rivals aren't now thinking of introducing big cats and grizzly bears into the creative mix. By the way, do not refer to me as The f****** Man. I am the CEO.”
youtube.com
Today's most viewed videos
1.
Dog goes mad in office
Like Columbine except with a dog instead of goths!! Views: 378,423
2.
Dog bites clown
See Pierrot get it in the arse. Hilarious! Views: 322,612
3.
Jumper saved by firemen
Awesome clip. Michael Jackson meets Larry Grayson. The suicide guy actually does a mincing moonwalk along the ledge. And check out the tie, people. It spells out “homosexual” in paisley. Views: 225,089
4.
Clown bites dog
Pierrot's revenge. Views: 184,284
5.
Serbian execution techniques
Zlatan demonstrates how to take out a family pet with a single blow to the throat. No dogs were seriously harmed in the making of this video. Views: 101,738
blogass.co.uk
Posted by
The Gaydar Guy
13/01/09, 09.32 GMT
 
Moonwalking Pigeon Rescuer
 
The latest subject of the Gaydar treatment is the window-ledge dancer on YouTube. Gay or straight? I'd say card-carrying fudge nudger, but you the public must decide. Watch the YouTube clip here, check out his MySpace profile here, then vote in my poll here. Results later, Gay Gazers.
Poll archive:
Prince Edward
The Teletubbies
(but not Dipsy)
Cliff Richard
(boring, I know, but it has to be done)
The Pillsbury Dough Boy
Tom Cruise
 
The Entire Church of Scientology Shaggy & Scooby
(these two are just too tight, if you know what I mean)
Velma
(can't get a boyfriend? More like
won't
)
Beenie Man & Buiu Banton
(methinks they doth protest too much)
Eminem
(see above)
David Beckham
(a boy can dream, can't he?)
Merrill Lynch
(I know it's an American investment bank, but it's such a gay name)
 
Milt Shake
 
Male
28 years old
London
Mood: fruity

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