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Arsenal balls: ‘devastated’ Ramey back in three weeks

“Devastating”

Arsenal Injury Balls: Having read about the “devastating” injury to Aaron Ramsey in the Metro and how the Welsh footballer will miss ’10’ matches, the Mirror … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, October 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Petra László ‘sues’ refugee she tripped and prepares to seek asylum in Russia

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Posted: 22nd, October 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

Arsenal balls: Ramsey and that ‘devastating injury’

The media loves an injury. Arsenal midfielder and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey was injured during the Gunners’ match against Bayern Munich. The Metro picks up the player’s medical charts. And gasps:

 

 

Devastating? Ramsay had his … (read more)

Posted: 21st, October 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Back To The Future Day: Keith Lemon and ITV2 waterboard nostalgia

It’s Marty McFly / Back To The Future Day when we all get to wear self-tying shoelaces, ride on hoverboards and watch TV’s suicide note on ITV2:

 

 

And you still wonder … (read more)

Posted: 21st, October 2015 | In: Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment

How to turn your McDonald’s drink cup and straw into a dubstep amplifier

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Posted: 21st, October 2015 | In: Music, Reviews | Comment

Martin McFly Day: USA Today leads with the film star’s arrest

Today is the day when Martin McFly, star of the Back to the Future film, arrives when he travels to the future? USA Today shares the joke:

 

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Posted: 21st, October 2015 | In: Film, Reviews | Comment

Watch Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0

Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the Champions’ League. The ball hit Giroud on the head and went in.

 

2 minutes and 51 seconds after coming off the bench, Giroud puts … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

Manchester United balls: rip-off ‘revealed ‘

The BBC’s annual Price of Football study is a pretty useless exercise, unless, that is, you work in the media in which case it’s a rich source of bilge about how terrible football … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

You can buy this ‘Channel’ taxidermy thong

 

 

Spotter: Crappy Taxidermy. DM … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comment

Chelsea balls: Mourinho fights FA ban by blaming his bad English

 

Is Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho hiding behind his grasp of English?

The Times reports:
In the FA’s written reasons for giving Mourinho a one-match stadium ban, suspended for 12 months, and a … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Arsenal: Dynamo player failed drugs test, Bayern can be beaten, Ospina injured

Can Arsenal overturn the form book and beat Bayern Munich in tonight’s Champions’ League match at the Emirates? Can a team defeated by the ordinary Dynamo Zagreb and Olympiacos beat the mighty … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Hunters mistakenly enter zoo and kill two elk

 

To  Norway shot dead two elk only to realise seconds later that they had been shooting through the fence into a zoo.

“I reacted with disbelief, and the first few seconds afterwards … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Indians threaten to skin Autralian man with tattoo of Hindu Goddess on shin

 

We’ve yet to see anyone brave / stupid  enough to sport a tattoo of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. But Matthew Keith, 21, thought it a sound idea to get the Hindu Goddess Yellamma … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Things found inside vinyl record sleeves

 

Over on Flashbak, the story of one man’s collection of things found inside record sleeves. Ever hide anything inside yours?

See them all here.

 

 

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Posted: 20th, October 2015 | In: Music, Reviews | Comment

John Waters on why you should watch filth and the obscene

John Waters agrees: we all (as Brendan O’Neill puts it) have a duty to offend:

 

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Posted: 19th, October 2015 | In: Celebrities, Film, Reviews | Comment

Liverpool balls: Jurgen Klopp says one of his side is the ‘complete footballer’ (no, not him)

Keen to convince his Liverpool team that they are the players he’d have chosen to buy, new Reds’ manager Jurgen Klopp says one of them is the “complete footballer”.

Klopp told reporters:
“We don’t have … (read more)

Posted: 19th, October 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment

Aston Villa: David Moyes’ failure in Spain is no qualification for Premier League success

Great news for Aston Villa fans comes via the Sun’s back page. Villa are on “alert” because fans of Real Sociedad want team manager David Moyes sacked. It’s pretty rum when … (read more)

Posted: 19th, October 2015 | In: Reviews, Sports | Comments (2)

Scotland ‘Rabbed’ at rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup isa t the semi-final stages. Like many British spots fans, we too will be following the proceeding in traditional manner with a trip to B&Q. New … (read more)

Posted: 19th, October 2015 | In: Sports | Comment (1)

Hoff His Head: ‘invisible’ David Hasselhoff wows to fight ISIS like Rambo would

The big news in the Daily Star is plain to see: “This paper cost just 20p.” Below that news is the other news that David Hasselhoff is “HOFF TO FIGHT … (read more)

Posted: 19th, October 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment

Ola Jordan naked photos: the comments are ‘Strictly Come’ uncensored

 

Ola Jordan, the saucy Strictly Come Dancing strumpet, has a calendar out. In it she appears nude in a series of soft porn-style photos.

Daily Mail readers have their say:

 

 

 

That’s … (read more)

Posted: 18th, October 2015 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Manchester United: Mata tells Chelsea manager Mourinho what he’s missing

Juan Mata, of Manchester Untied , has been talking to the Times:

On Jose Mourinho calling him a “luxury”:
“If a luxury player is a player who scores and assists and has … (read more)

Posted: 18th, October 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Man has ears cut off to look more like his pet parrots

Parrot fashion

Ted Richards has inked his face and eyeballs to look more like his pet parrots Ellie and Teaka. Last month he had his ears cut off. … (read more)

Posted: 18th, October 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Clickbait football: Surprising facts about Arsenal for Metro readers

 

The “surprising” stat is that Arsenal have won more Premier League games than any other team in 2015. Trouble is that season runs from August to May – so its means nothing.

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Posted: 18th, October 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Liverpool balls: stats prove Klopp has Reds playing like Burnley

Klopp Watch: more bilge on the new Liverpool manager in the Metro.
Stats show the Jurgen Klopp effect is already in full flow at Liverpool
 

Liverpool drew 0-0 away at Spurs in … (read more)

Posted: 18th, October 2015 | In: Liverpool, Reviews, Sports | Comment

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