A customer was less than pleased when he discovered that his van registration plate started with the letters and numbers BJ69. When he prepared to pick up the vehicle from van leasing firm Vanarama he told them the plate was “too rude”. A spokesman for the firm said: “Every year the DVLA make a song and dance about censoring naughty number plates, but somehow they’ve decided ‘BJ69’ isn’t too much.”
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India prepares for first farting contest
The Indian state of Gujarat is holding its first farting contest this week. Yatin Sangoi, the organiser, told Vice: “I farted in the middle of watching a movie with my family and one of them laughed, and said that if there was a contest, I would’ve won.” He has advised contestants to radishes, beans and boiled potatoes ahead of the flatulent face-off.
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