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<h2>Singin' Stop Signs Traffic Trap</h2>
The construction of barbershops at every stop sign in ^C1 has caused a tenfold increase in traffic, says Peabody Gridgirdle, Director General of the Statistics Are Us organization. "Of course, we don't think it's the barbershops alone that are causing all the fuss, but the fact that they've put a barbershop quartet in every one," he said.
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In a related development, the Emperor-in-Waiting of the city's sewage services reported that there were three incidents of straw hats clogging the central drain in the last two weeks.