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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 5 Dec 2015

    Sofa floats down flooded street in Appleby, Cumbria. Latest #StormDesmond updates: http://bbc.in/1N2N04I http://snpy.tv/1jFu8hQ 

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      1. Giles Dilnot‏Verified account @reporterboy 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews sweeties....that's an armchair

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      1. Miles King‏ @MilesKing10 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews how is that a sofa?

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      1. Samantha Cobb‏ @sm_cbb 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews that's a chair not a sofa........

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      1. Seymour Gits‏ @Gitner 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews @newslineweather That's an armchair.

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      1. Free2SaySo‏ @JeSuisPas1 5 Dec 2015
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        .@BBCNews . GOOD NEWS from @Number10gov is that we are Adding to National-Debt by BOMBING INNOCENT SYRIAN CIVILIANS out of THEIR Homes too

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      1. Fiona Kierton‏ @k77x7 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews Oh, those poor souls living in that 😯Heartbreaking

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      1. BROKEN James (HyperVoxel)‏ @HyperVoxelRBX 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews Looks fun

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      2. Foxxeh‏ @_CurlyMe_ 5 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews @dr_urbanus 😱😳what a disaster! 😕 #StormDesmond

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      3. Martin McAlinden‏ @dr_urbanus 5 Dec 2015
        Replying to @_CurlyMe_

        @_CurlyMe_ @BBCNews Don't even know how that could happen! Awful situation, hope those homes aren't seriously damaged.

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      1. Copo‏ @Copo1966 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews @CarterCollectab yep that's a sofa.....a sofa for dwarfs 👀 #armchair

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      1. Catherine Raftery‏ @catraftery 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews Oh the horror!

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      1. CGO Ecology‏ @CGOEcology 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews @EdenRiversTrust BBC reaching a new low when it can't tell the difference between a sofa and an armchair!

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      1. Andrew Gibson‏ @andrew2891 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews shame it's not Appleby horse fair this weekend

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      1. dave hitchin‏ @HitchinDave 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews Terrible. Feel so sorry for those poor people. Take care

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      1. ian thompson‏ @ian601 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews we used to use lollysticks

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      1. Iain Clucas‏ @clooky 6 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews If the Beeb can't work out the difference between a sofa and an armchair then what hope do we have for their reporting in Syria?

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      1. Christine Hunt‏ @ChristineGHunt 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews funny looking sofa thought it was an arm chair. Lol

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      1. Paul Stubbings‏ @PaulJStubbings 5 Dec 2015
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        @BBCNews @chekissyab Thats' a bad storm.

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