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Higgs spends Nobel money on pimped-out SUV

NOBEL Prize recipient Peter Higgs has spent his prize money on a customised lilac sports utility vehicle.

Higgs, professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the University of Edinburgh, said: “I’ve dropped some serious Nobel cheddar on this bad boy.

“It’s sick.”

Higgs, who is currently deliberating between the license plates PART1CLE or H1GG5, said: “In the place where I grew up, physics was the only route out.

“I saw neighbourhood physicists in their sports cars and designer clothes and thought yeah, I gotta get some theories.”

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Your astrological week ahead, with Psychic Bob

Libra (23 SEP-23 OCT)
You’re fired as a Hollywood casting agent this week for suggesting the only actor that could play a DNA-manipulating scientist is Gene Hackman.

Scorpio (24 OCT-21 NOV)
After inventing a sci-fi / horror crossover on Monday with a vampire robot called Nosferatu D2, you take the rest of the week off.

Sagittarius (22 NOV-21 DEC)
You haven’t watched a single episode of The Wombles this month. Stoptobermory is going well.

Capricorn (22 DEC-19 JAN)
You wished you’d learned to play an instrument as a youngster but did Yehudi Menuhin ever clock Sonic in one sitting?

Aquarius (20 JAN-19 FEB)
‘Too early’ to have a drink has now been pushed back so far that you’ve rigged your teasmade up to mix margaritas.

Pisces (20 FEB-20 MAR)
You made a point of getting up early on Sunday to get two Glastonbury tickets. Now for ten enjoyable months of annoying arseholes by telling them you’ve no intention of using them.

Aries (21 MAR-19 APR)
Don’t waste your life waiting for hairy backs to come into fashion.

Taurus (20 APRIL – 20 MAY)
You’ve managed to teeter on the edge of being fired for so longer that your next probationary review has been cancelled to make way for your retirement party.

Gemini (21 MAY-20 JUN)
Instead of using the internet reviews why not try going into the street and ask random strangers what you should spend your money on?

Cancer (21 JUN-22 JUL)
You always tidy the house before going on holiday, because you worry about what burglars might think.

Leo (23 JUL-22 AUG)
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me squint and have really aged my face.

Virgo (23 AUG-22 SEP)
Printed on 100% recycled cosmos.

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