French Spiderman to tackle Gib Summit

The Canberra Times Thursday 31st March, 2011

FRENCH Spiderman Alain Roberts, fresh from conquering the tallest building in the world (the towering Burj Khalifa in Dubai) on Tuesday, will be welcomed in Bowral with a fully formal Mayoral Reception by Mayor Ken Halstead this morning.The council has invited the international celebrity to visit Bowral and make an assault on The Gib.While the Burj Khalifa is a staggering 825 metres high, The Gib, at 863m, is taller by 35 metres. Showing his usual concern for others, Mayor Kay Haitch, as he is affectionately known to intimates, is planning a gala welcoming event, complete with a pipe band and a bevy of marching beauties, each of whom he plans to introduce personally to the gallant Frenchman.He will learn the quaint local custom of informal evening meetings with such young ladies high on Th...

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