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Hay, great idea

Flaming hay bale doused in dam

PEOPLE travelling along the Hamilton highway recently did a double take when they saw a hay bale floating in a dam. Nothing too weird about that surely?

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Shear acting brilliance

Job ad is sheer lunacy

BOY, we all know everyone needs to be multi-skilled these days but should a shearer be an entertainer as well?

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Scarecrow endorses pollie

Hay man, don't I know you?

HANDY hint for surplus hay bales No. 5 - make a billboard.

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A canon of the hottest

Where the bloody hell are you, Lara Bingle?

ON the subject of Mary MacKillop, there are many adjectives to describe her but "hot" does not spring to mind.

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Mo-mentous decision

Oh mo, Alan Webster has lost his famous moustache - all for a good cause

COULD this be a record for the World's Greatest Shave?

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Our Mary's got it covered

Mary MacKillop Day our very own St Patrick's Day?

OK. ENOUGH is enough. We've celebrated St Patrick's Day since the Irish first set foot on Australian soil and declared it a good place to escape the rain.

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Laughing gear

Irish eyes will be smiling at these gags

FLYNN staggered home very late after celebrating St Patrick's Day with his buddy, Paddy.

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A little rail humour

Model rail enthusiasts may be the answer to Victoria's rail problems

FOLLOWING up unusual names, Lindsay Collins said model-railway buffs like to play with the names on the model shops and factories that line their tracks.

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Dear Agnes

I'M A farmer but have quite a few city friends who shop at those big discount superstores where the trolleys are the size of Hummers.

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A crop at the top

Children plant rice in a Japanese office building

BLIMEY, we all know they're not making any more land - especially in Japan where farmers no longer have to travel into town because they are already there.

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MLA turns to Twitter

MLA turns to Twitter

IT'S incredible what you have to do to get the attention of your Gen-Y consumer these days.

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