"King Pineapple" <saddlehill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Clowns miss Livingstone with custard pies
>
> The Mayor of London managed to avoid the group of angry protesters
> campaigning against his traffic plan.
>
> Armed with custard pies, the clowns from Zippo's Circus claim the
congestion
> charges to be brought in on February 17 will cost them wages.
>
> "Our circus has 70 vehicles and we criss-cross London all through
the year,"
> said the circus owner, who calls himself Zippo.
>
> "We've worked out it's going to cost us £20,000 a year. Now the
Mayor says
> he wants the price of show tickets to go down - but how are we
expected to
> do that?
>
> "We're not going to reduce prices because of this, so it's going to
have to
> come out of the clowns' pockets."
>
> The clowns' plan of attack was thwarted this morning as Mr
Livingstone
> managed to get into his City Hall office, near Tower Bridge,
unharmed.
>
> A spokesman for Mr Livingstone denied being tipped off over the
planned
> attack.
>
>
> Photo at:
>
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_742703.html?menu=news.quirkies
Heh.
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