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Hello, Bugleers and welcome to issue 26 of The Bugle for the week beginning Monday the

28th of April 2008. That means there are 247 days left in the year and 247 is just how

we work at the Bugle always on call. Also today would have been Saddam Hussein's birthday,

so I realised this might seem a bit insensitive publishing a comedy show on this day of all

days buts. On the flip side, John is now a year older than he was in issue 25 through

the retrospective happy birthday, John. Thanks very much, Tony. There's no better happy

birthday than the retrospective happy birthday. I understand that you sang karaoke. Yeah,

that's true. We went out and I got to hear the spectacular sights and sound of Rob

Riggle who combined Elvis's cord in a trap with a full karate demonstration. That is what

would have happened to the king had he been good at karate. As always, some sections of

the Bugle go straight in the bin. This week, a special furniture section, including how

to get the best out of your sideboard. How long should you give it to use a sofa that

a family member has died on? And also, in the sage of instant gratification, we're now

for the show's long. Also in the bin to mark the beginning of the second quarter century

of issues of the Bugle. We're going to take you right back in time and give you as a free

giveaway a recycled compressed version of the first ever issue of the Bugle. Here it

is.

Top story this week and peckish while statistically you probably are. The head of the UN World

Food Program this week described the current global food shortages as a silent tsunami

which knows no borders sweeping the world. That is a beautifully articulated and deeply

depressing point. I'm afraid it's not true for this tsunami is a clear respecter of

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