Emmerson: Larger classes
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 13 September
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- Daily crossword, Friday 13 September
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- Couple convicted of exploiting Pacific migrants have convictions thrown out
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Ah Jeez. Just for the briefest of moments I thought Emmersons was going to be served in larger glasses. Need coffee.
I thought Emmersons was going to offer lager classes đ
See how easy it would be to make the world a much better place? đ
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Do you think we killed this conversation before it even got started?
that’s probably a good thing………
Ah, but what a low life thing to have done. So lacking in class! Even (if I could be so bold as to employ a newly coined phrase) ‘low class’.
Clever cartoon. For some, too close to the truth for comfort. Suggest taking it seriously (with a wry laugh).
So much truth beneath this drawing, representing the situation in many countries, especially south America. Not to mention how distorted is the education in eastern Europe.