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Published Thursday 14th October 1999 11:53 GMT

Proof, were it needed, of the mental acuity of the World's puff merchants reaches us from chip design behemoth DeCadence. Chief European spin paramedic Andrew Thomas enquired at his local garage about modifying his gas-guzzling Jag to use unleaded petrol, only to discover the mod had already been made by the car's previous owner -- three years ago. In that time, the hapless puffmeister has clocked up some 90,000 miles using leaded petrol at 25 pence a gallon more than the fuel he could have used which at a rough calculation means he's spent at least £1,000 more than necessary, knocked a massive hole in the ozone layer and caused lead-related brain damage to hundreds of children who will now have no choice but to become PR bunnies when they grow up. ®

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