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Hacking cough: Tottenham and England great Jimmy Greaves needs your help

 

Below the photo of the young Syrian would-be refugee and the story of escaping death, The People leads with the news that we have 72 hours to “save” Jimmy Greaves. The … (read more)

Posted: 6th, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Manchester United bid £21m for Martial a week before the transfer deadline

Florentino Pérez, the Real Madrid president, says Manchester United tried to sign Gareth Bale, Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos. They got none of them.

Pérez’s spokesman at Real told … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2015 | In: manchester united | Comment


China TV news lolz: mistakes Fleshlight sex toy for rare edible mushroom

 

News from 2012 with Jeremy Ko:
I translated the video myself and added it in using FCP. It is as accurate as I can understand from it. Besides the obscure name of … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment


Hurrah for the migrants: Daily Mail cheers for murderous, scrounging asylum-seeking scum

 

The Daily Mail is overjoyed that migrants have reached the “promised land”.

Daily Mail readers might be tad confused by this take on the news. For years the Mail has told … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Transfer Balls: Manchester United’s £60m for Thomas Muller

Manchester United offered £60m for Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller. According to the Sun, it was only when the bid was rejected that the Red Devils turned to Anthony Martial, the 19-year-old they … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


X Factor: you don’t have to be stoned like Wiz Khalifa to watch it but it helps

 

The X Factor is back. Simon Cowell is one step closer to becoming his own waxwork. Cheryl Cole remains the nation’s sweetheart (that nation being Assad’s Syria). Nick Grimshaw brings … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment


Football: at home with an Arsenal star in 1973

 

On August 4 1973, Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson showed Shoot! readers around his Hertfordshire home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spotter Flashbak … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment


Video: man with the 19-inch penis goes the way of the three-breasted woman

 

When we heard that Roberto Esquivel Cabrera, a 52-year-old Mexican, sported a 19-inch penis, we marvelled. And then we wondered if anyone had a photo of the massive member.

Cabrera says his penis is go … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Who was the best Hannibal Lecter: watch Cox, Hopkins and Mikkelsen go head to head

 

Matthew Morettini let’s us compare and contrast three screen manifestations of Hannibal Lecter with this neat video

I always preferred the 1985 Manhunter, with Brian Cox as the terrifying Lecter. Anthony Hopkins reworked … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Books, Film, TV & Radio | Comment


Woman has large horn growing out of her head (video)

 

To China, where Liang Xiuzhen of Sichuan sports a 13-centimeter by 6-centimeter horn. It’s not stuck on. It’s part of her.

 

 

The 87-year-old’s growth is known as a cutaneous horn. Made of … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Watch: murderer told on TV that victim’s body has been found

 

In 2011 Lauren Giddings had been reported missing. The TV news crew interviewed her classmate and neighbour, Stephen McDaniel.

He was keen to talk.

Look out for the part when he’s told the body … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment


Torquay woman ‘robbed’ of money from her ‘private parts’

 

Questions aplenty in light of the Torquay Herald’s story of Paul Clint Wells, 38, who stood before the Beak at Torquay Magistrates’ Court for the alleged offence of “attempting to rob … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Manchester United news: Sir Alex Ferguson says too much displine cost United titles

Sir Alex Ferguson has new a book out. Titled Leading and featuring a cover photo of Sir Alex looking more business than sporting, the tome is “an inspirational guide to great leadership”.

It sounds … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Books, manchester united, Sports | Comment


French farmers kidnap Alps park boss as wolves attack

‘We strike at noon’

Wolves v French farmers.
French farmers kidnap Alps park chiefs, demanding protection from wolf attacks. “French farmers have kidnapped the head of a national … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


What an English pop song sounds like to Italians

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What do the English sounds like to Italians?
In 1972, Italian singer Adriano Celentano belted out the No. 1 hit Prisencolinensinainciusol. You can sing along if you know the words but if … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: Music | Comment


Manchester United: De Gea takes the clickbait and signs a new Old Trafford contract

 

The Metro’s Jamie Sanderson plugs into his click-o-rama and says “David De Gea to sign new Manchester United contract with Real Madrid transfer interest dead”.

De Gea wants to stay at … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Manchester United: ‘serious questions’ over Anthony Martial as Van Gaal drowns his sorrows

More hangover balls from the summer transfer season in the Mail. As the rumour mill stopped churning on September 1, the Mail’s Chris Wheeler told readers that Man Uniyed had … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2015 | In: manchester united | Comment


You can buy a hat for your man bun

 

The man bun hat “unites the best of contemporary styles in hair and hats for young men,” says the fashionaista at Capitol Hill Seattle, notes Rob Beschizza.

Not yet available as a tattoo.

Spotters: Stylite, Dan … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Fashion | Comment


Manchester United balls: Anthony Martial and Louis Van Gaal’s missing warning

The transfer season might be over, but the Daily Mail is still talking balls. The paper leads with the shouty headline that Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal is a displinarian … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


North Shields mum finds human poo at bottom of log flume, Bill Murray is away

Justine Bell was at the Wet ‘n’ Wild in North Shields with 10-year-old daughter Millie Doughty.  She tells us:
“It was just so dirty. I went to pick my daughter up and there at the … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Arsenal: striker out until Christmas

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck has had knee surgery. He won’t play again until Christmas, says the BBC.

The Gunners are the only club from the top five European leagues not to sign … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment


Nostadamus predicted Manchester United’s transfers, Arsenal put on a front

 

Whereas Anthony Martial’s £36million deadline day move to Manchester United caught most people on the hop, it would appear that all over United’s summer transfers were centuries in the making, … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Here’s why you should never step on a cricket

 

Never step on a cricket. That’s a nematomorpha. … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


The Sun’s proud history in demonising migrants

Migrants, don’t panic. We British have a proud history in letting you in. Sure, we’re not letting you in now, but look at our proud history, you swarming filth. The Sun swells … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment


Galip and Aylan: two dead Syrian boys on the beach become the faces of the migratian crisis

All newspapers lad with the photograph of the dead boy washed up on a Turkish beach.

 

 

The dead boys on the beach were two Syrian refugees. Galip and Aylan, who died … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment