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Vol. CXII · No. 4,822Late Drizzle EditionPrice: One Tablet
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Good News

Street Spends Saturday Tying Down Each Other’s Trampolines; Friendships Form

Rope shortage reported at fictional hardware shop.

Ropes, doing good.

Ropes, doing good. Photo: Frank van Mierlo, May 1, 2006, “Double eight -2”, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

PERTH — Neighbours across the city spent Saturday helping each other secure garden furniture and bins, which Perthetic considers the best thing about storms. Several people learned each other’s names for the first time in 11 years.

“Turns out Brian next door is lovely,” said one. “He’s still not getting his ladder back.”

The real story: Fictional.

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