One of the chaps pictured below is a political firebrand best-known for dispensing pearls of wisdom in a no-nonsense manner while staying glued to his chair.

The other is Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson, who made a flying visit to Croydon.

But can you identify which is the actor - and which is Advertiser reporting legend Ian Austen?

Answers on a postcard to the usual address.

And speaking of people in unusual situations, it may be conforting to know that Pope John Paul II is alive and well and surfing the net in a library in East Sussex...

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The client has requested this ad is labelled so that you don't blame the design department:

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And here's a rather more unusual rejection letter for a (perhaps) conventional reporting job: 

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And finally, a folking good press release unearthed and sent in: 

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