The question may sound absurd, but there are plenty of lottery winners who have done just that.

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It may sound absurd as more of us each year aspire to own a metal box that cleans their clothes.

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On the face of things, such a stringent world view would sound absurd in the chaotic diversity of modern Britain.

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My idea does sound a bit absurd, but it is just an extreme and very direct attempt at a solution, because this really is a huge crisis and something drastic does need to be done.

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So in my speech in 2002 I made an absurd yet financially sound offer.

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