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From the Newsfront: Whips and Gravy

BELFAST, IRELAND -- A judge rejected plans for a restaurant called School Dinners, which intended to outfit its waitresses as schoolgirls with short skirts, black lace stockings and whips to punish anyone who didn't finish his meal. Belfast's lord mayor declared, "This is not fun, this is filth." A local councilman said, "Our lord mayor is a fuddy-duddy," and posed for pictures while being spanked by a waitress. The restaurant manager is scouting for another location, presumably one that is zoned for dining, spanking or both.

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