Seven Times Unlucky
‘THERES safety in numbers. Thats why the papers love them. Here are some things we learned last week
7 An illegal immigrant has been sent away by UK immigrations officials seven times
15 Ludicrous X Factor wannabe Chico Slimani says before he found God he used to sleep with 15 women at a time
18 The Government looked into raising the legal age of buying cigarettes to 18
20 If awarded the first of his Liverpool side three goals against Wigan, Peter Crouch will have taken 20 hours and 25 minutes of football to score for his club
120 The new King Kong film used 120 miniature scale trees and 104,000 pieces of foliage
174.2 The average private car sold last year produced 174.2 grams of carbon dioxide, up from 173.6g/km in 2003
196 A study by Woolworths found parents spend nearly £196 more on Christmas presents for their sons than their daughters
2036 In 2036, should a 390-metre wide asteroid named Apophois pass through a keyhole in space, it will collide with Earth
5,070 Essex Police force tore up all 5,070 speeding ticket issued to its officers. The force claims the tickets were earned in the line of duty all of them!
8,800 The worlds first Christmas card, commissioned by Sir Henry Cole in 1843, was sold to Jakki Brown, general secretary for the Greeting Card Association, for £8,800
20,000 A 245-mile flight taking Prince William to pick up a pair of new Army boots cost 20,000 (Mail) or £10,000 (Sun)
100,000 Princess Dianas spare wedding gown sold at auction for £100,000 to a private collector in the US
102,000 Michael Owens £102,000 a week pay packet makes him the highest paid footballer in the Premier League
500,000 Express reports on rumours that the director of a Premier League football club won £500,000 on a bet that Harry Redknapp would become manager of Portsmouth FC
2 billion Researchers at Brunel University says £2bn worth of presents will be binned, given to charity or resold on the web’
Posted: 10th, December 2005 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
