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Watch The Ugandan Expendables and upgrade your action movie demands
To Wakaliga, Uganda, where Ramon Film Productions is knocking them bandy with action films of a unique strain. Nabwana IGG, who gave us the terrific Who Killed Captain Alex (budget 200), presents Operation Kakongoliro! The Ugandan … (read more)
Posted: 7th, January 2016 | In: Film | 0 Comments
Babypod lets a foetus know its parents are idiots
In the race to get their children ahead, those Other Parents will stop at nothing. They will buy Baby Einstein books, move to the best school catchment zones and transport their … (read more)
Posted: 7th, January 2016 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True, Technology | 0 Comments
Swedish TV host tricked into eating marijuana cookie – hilarity ensues
Posted: 7th, January 2016 | In: TV & Radio | 0 Comments
Transfer Balls: Ronaldo and Bale to Man United, Messi to Man City, Pep to Chelsea
Transfer balls: The British Press is obsessed with Real Madrid. The latest news is that Cristiano Ronaldo will definitely leave Real Madrid in the summer, with Manchester United and Paris … (read more)
Posted: 7th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | 0 Comments
Watch Australian policeman’s delight at seeing Mckinlay river flow for first time
Just before Christmas, the lone police officer in Mckinlay, Queensland, Australia, (population 20), watched a river flow for the first time in his lifetime.
Language is NSFW:
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Posted: 7th, January 2016 | In: Strange But True, TV & Radio | 1 Comment
Transfer balls: Gareth Bale to Chelsea, Hazard to Real, tabloids to guessing
Transfer balls: It’s going to be a month of Gareth Bale this and Gareth Bale that.
The Daily Mail says Bale will head to Manchester United for £75m. There he will hook up … (read more)
Posted: 6th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, manchester united, Sports | 0 Comments
Transfer news: Newcastle fan tosses his shirt in Jamie Vardy’s garden
Posted: 6th, January 2016 | In: Sports | 0 Comments
Getting high on God: Watch televangelists explain their use of private jets
They say it’s hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. But US TV evangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jesse Duplantis are making ready their appeal. Why do … (read more)
Posted: 6th, January 2016 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True, TV & Radio | 0 Comments
Listen to Brian Eno’s 10 albums for Obscure Records
When Brian Eno’s Obscure Records closed in 1978, the ten albums he recorded for the label became tricky to find. Now Ubuweb has links to all ten albums.
Obscure Records (1975-78)
Obscure No. 1: … (read more)
Posted: 6th, January 2016 | In: Music | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Liverpool ‘get’ Grujic, chase Gundogan, Sane and Aubameyang
Posted: 6th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | 0 Comments
Watch a great video history of David Bowie getting annoyed
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Posted: 6th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities, TV & Radio | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Arsenal ‘targets’ Elneny and Aubameyang are ‘missing’
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Arsenal, Sports | 0 Comments
Manchester United: Bentley for losers
The car’s the star in the tabloids. Manchester United players love a Bentley.
Daily Mail: “Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal arrives at favourite restaurant in a Bentley”
The car’s value is not … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Money, Sports, Technology | 0 Comments
Chelsea v Dr Eva Carneiro kicks off soon
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Chelsea, Sports | 0 Comments
Arsenal join Man City, Chelsea and Man United in chase for Pep Guardiola
He told the Press:
“I need a new challenge and … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | 1 Comment
Chris Gayle fined for asking weak, pathetic woman out on a date
Jamaican Chris Gayle plays cricket. He’s pretty good at it. He’s a big wham-bam thank you, ma’am sort of player. He attempts to obliterate the ball in the Big Bash … (read more)
SkyDeck: ride a plane in a panoramic bubble
With SkyDeck, there is a whole new layer of air travel class. SkyDeck, created by the Everett, Washington-based Windspeed Technologies LLC, is, it says here, a “revolutionary new in-flight entertainment product.”
It’s a bubble … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Technology | 0 Comments
Simon Danczuk: Oral sex, rape and Rochdale lab rats
Danczuk: a look at Labour MP in the media.
The Sun: “Karen Danczuk probed by police over oral sex claim against sex-text MP’s ex”
Probed. Eu!
EXCLUSIVE: Selfie queen claimed love rival romped … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Arsenal want Watford captain Troy Deeney for £20m
“EXCLUSIVE,” says the Daily Star. “Arsenal eye shock move for Watford captain Troy Deeney.”
They are? And, yeah, it would be a shock. It would also be insane.
We’re not not told … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | 0 Comments
Is Siddartha Dhar A British spy?
Snuff TV’s Jihadi John 2 – the replacement for the first Jihadi John who left the planet in series 1 – is Siddartha Dhar. The Star says Dhar “fled Britain … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Manchester United ready huge bid for ‘disappointed’ Bale
The Daily Mirror, The Times and Daily Mail all agree this will happen.
But … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united | 0 Comments
Manchester United unveil new Adidas kit designs
The BBC’s headline is interesting: “Man Utd’s playing style ‘not exactly what Adidas want to see’.”
Adidas make sporting goods. They also sponsor Manchester United for – get this – £75m-a-year. … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: manchester united, Sports | 3 Comments
British man arrested in Krygyzstan for sausage horse penis gag
Michael McFeat, 39, of Abernethy, is in Krygyzstan, where he works at the Kumtor gold mine.
As part of the Hogmanay celebrations, McFeat is served a sausage horse meat dish called the chuchuk. He considers the hideous lump … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | 1 Comment
Teen brandished machete gift at mother during Christmas board game despute
To West Jordan, … (read more)
Posted: 5th, January 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | 0 Comments