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Was Michael McGurk Keyser Söze? Police Probe New Theory.

Until (at least) September 3, 2009, a man calling himself Michael McGurk walked among us on the streets of Sydney. On that day, we are told, he was shot in the head and killed.  

According to media reports since, his favourite pastimes included (in no particular order) beating people up who owed him money; beating people up who owed other people money; paying people to beat up other people and smash their cars with sledgehammers; throwing petrol bombs at people’s houses; attempting to blackmail people who didn’t owe him money (but whom, he felt strongly, should give him some anyway); mysteriously involving himself in large and very suspect property developments; stealing the retirement funds of dozens of people and finally, we are told, kidnapping and torturing pensioners.  He is even said to have tried a suit on in a large department store and to have walked out wearing it, having only handed over half of the sale price. The man was hard!

He has been described variously as a “standover man”, a “loan shark” and a “great dad”.  One business associate claims to have seen him drink a litre of diesel for breakfast.

In a stunning new development, police are this week following fresh information which suggests the man calling himself McGurk may in fact still be alive, and is actually the legendary underworld figure Keyser Söze – said to be of Turkish origin, and known to have similar pastimes as “McGurk”.  

One striking similarity between McGurk and Söze is their ability to carry out high-level organised crime for years without ever being seriously investigated by police.  Just as was said about Söze in a well-known movie depiction, McGurk seemed to be “protected from up on high by the Prince of Darkness Himself”...(possibly Graham Richardson?)

And if it all seems a bit too far fetched for you, just remember... “the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.”

And like that, poof...he's gone...

The End Of Gaddafi (or however you spell it...)

Well, they finally got him. After Saddam and now Gaddafi, the next deposed dictator will surely think twice before hiding in a hole - it just doesn't seem to work out well, long term. 

We're left with burning car wrecks, burning bodies, and at least one burning question - just how did The Mad Dog of Africa become so mad?

Well, one explanation emerging in the light of his unceremonious and (judging by the look on his face at the time) somewhat painful dispatch at the hands of rebels a few days ago is that he could not, for love or oil, figure out how to spell his own name.

There are currently at least 112 different variations of it used by the world's media. These are:

• Qaddafi, Muammar
• Al-Gathafi, Muammar
• al-Qadhafi, Muammar
• Al Qathafi, Mu'ammar
• Al Qathafi, Muammar
• El Gaddafi, Moamar
• El Kadhafi, Moammar
• El Kazzafi, Moamer
• El Qathafi, Mu'Ammar
• Gadafi, Muammar
• Gaddafi, Moamar
• Gadhafi, Mo'ammar
• Gathafi, Muammar
• Ghadafi, Muammar
• Ghaddafi, Muammar
• Ghaddafy, Muammar
• Gheddafi, Muammar
• Gheddafi, Muhammar
• Kadaffi, Momar
• Kad'afi, Mu`amar al
• Kaddafi, Muamar
• Kaddafi, Muammar
• Kadhafi, Moammar
• Kadhafi, Mouammar
• Kazzafi, Moammar
• Khadafy, Moammar
• Khaddafi, Muammar
• Moamar al-Gaddafi
• Moamar el Gaddafi
• Moamar El Kadhafi
• Moamar Gaddafi
• Moamer El Kazzafi
• Mo'ammar el-Gadhafi
• Moammar El Kadhafi
• Mo'ammar Gadhafi
• Moammar Kadhafi
• Moammar Khadafy
• Moammar Qudhafi
• Mu`amar al-Kad'afi
• Mu'amar al-Kadafi
• Muamar Al-Kaddafi
• Muamar Kaddafi
• Muamer Gadafi
• Muammar Al-Gathafi
• Muammar al-Khaddafi
• Mu'ammar al-Qadafi
• Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi
• Muammar al-Qadhafi
• Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi
• Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhāfī
• Mu'ammar Al Qathafi
• Muammar Al Qathafi
• Muammar Gadafi
• Muammar Gaddafi
• Muammar Ghadafi
• Muammar Ghaddafi
• Muammar Ghaddafy
• Muammar Gheddafi
• Muammar Kaddafi
• Muammar Khaddafi
• Mu'ammar Qadafi
• Muammar Qaddafi
• Muammar Qadhafi
• Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi
• Muammar Quathafi
• Mulazim Awwal Mu'ammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi
• Qadafi, Mu'ammar
• Qadhafi, Muammar
• Qadhdhāfī, Mu`ammar
• Qathafi, Mu'Ammar el
• Quathafi, Muammar
• Qudhafi, Moammar
• Moamar AI Kadafi
• Maummar Gaddafi
• Moamar Gadhafi
• Moamer Gaddafi
• Moamer Kadhafi
• Moamma Gaddafi
• Moammar Gaddafi
• Moammar Gadhafi
• Moammar Ghadafi
• Moammar Khadaffy
• Moammar Khaddafi
• Moammar el Gadhafi
• Moammer Gaddafi
• Mouammer al Gaddafi
• Muamar Gaddafi
• Muammar Al Ghaddafi
• Muammar Al Qaddafi
• Muammar Al Qaddafi
• Muammar El Qaddafi
• Muammar Gadaffi
• Muammar Gadafy
• Muammar Gaddhafi
• Muammar Gadhafi
• Muammar Ghadaffi
• Muammar Qadthafi
• Muammar al Gaddafi
• Muammar el Gaddafy
• Muammar el Gaddafi
• Muammar el Qaddafi
• Muammer Gadaffi
• Muammer Gaddafi
• Mummar Gaddafi
• Omar Al Qathafi
• Omar Mouammer Al Gaddafi
• Omar Muammar Al Ghaddafi
• Omar Muammar Al Qaddafi
• Omar Muammar Al Qathafi
• Omar Muammar Gaddafi
• Omar Muammar Ghaddafi
• Omar al Ghaddafi  

Is it any wonder the guy was confused? Anyhoos, no more Bunga Bunga for Gaddafi - however you spell it!

Court Dude's Cool Springtime Ginger Refresher

Ingredients

	880 gm (4 cups)  caster sugar 100 gm ginger, finely grated 3 mint sprigs, plus extra to serve 2 Lebanese cucumbers, seeds removed, plus extra, thinly sliced juice of 2 limes, plus extra, sliced chilled ginger beer Pimms, optional
	Preparation
	1    Combine sugar and 750ml water in a saucepan, stir over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Add ginger and mint, bring to the boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer until infused and a light syrup forms (8-10 minutes), remove from heat. 2     Meanwhile, process cucumber in a food processor until finely chopped, add to syrup and refrigerate until cool. Strain through a fine sieve, pressing on solids to extract liquid (discard solids), add lime juice, then refrigerate until required. Makes about 1 litre. 3     To serve, pour chilled syrup into glasses, top up with ginger beer to taste, and garnish with cucumber ribbons, lime slices and mint sprigs.