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Newcastle United fans forced to stop selling Magpie Brand shirts after owner’s threats
Newcastle United have banned The Magpie Brand from selling its black and white tops. The shirts are a popular alternative to the sell-out Wonga-embossed official kit.
Newcastle’s lawyers threatend The Magpie Brand. Stop … (read more)
Daniel Craig: James Bond is a ‘sad old man’
James Bond is a bit of wally, says Daniel Craig, the latest actor to make the character from Ian Felming’s books flesh and blood.
Craig has been talking to Esquire 007 in readiness for … (read more)
Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Celebrities, Film | 0 Comments
The Lifesize David Bowie Pillow Doll
Who doesn’t awant a full-size David Bowie pillow doll? Proxy Shop on Etsy is offering them for $400a pop.
The Lifesize David Bowie Pillow stands 66” tall and is the ultimate gift … (read more)
Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, The Consumer | 0 Comments
Tiffany White-Wine saw red: woman arrested for alleged drunken attack
Nominative Determinism Watch spots 29-year-old Michigan woman Tiffany B. White-Wine. She’s been charged with assaulting her roommate.
White-Wine had been drinking before she saw red.
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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | 0 Comments
Transfer Balls: Arsenal ‘buy’ Cavani on super agent’s secret twitter account
George Bellshaw declares:
Paris St Germain have accepted a £45million transfer offer from Arsenal for Edinson Cavani…
The … (read more)
Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | 0 Comments
Transfer Balls: David De Gea’s move from Manchester United to Real Madrid collapses
The BBC … (read more)
Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | 0 Comments
Manchester United: David Dea Gea leaves
All those vows that David Dea Gea would be made to honour the final year of his Manchester United contract unless Real Madrid made a world-record offer … (read more)
Posted: 31st, August 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | 0 Comments
Other Parents: Cherish Peterson left her child in a shopping trolley
Gilbert, … (read more)
Posted: 31st, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | 0 Comments
Transfer Balls summer 2015: Arsenal bought Vidal, Benzema, Aurie and Schneiderlin
Arsenal Buy Arturo Vidal
June 28th 2015, Chile midfielder Vidal joins the … (read more)
Posted: 31st, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports | 0 Comments
Transfer Balls: Manchester United panic buy a striker
Manchester United have signed Anthony Martial from Monaco for £36m. The 19-year-old scored eight goals in 31 Ligue 1 appearances last season.
Just before that move, the BBC reported:
Best of luck to Man United’s third most expensive … (read more)
Posted: 31st, August 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | 0 Comments
Anorak heroes: Oliver Sacks dies at 82
Oliver Sacks has died. The metastatic melanoma finally took the life of the great neurologist and writer. He was 82.
Dr Sacks, most famous, perhaps for his book The Man Who Mistook His … (read more)
Posted: 30th, August 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | 0 Comments
Watch: Arsenal denied clear-cut penalty against Newcastle
Video: Arsenal denied a clear-cut penalty by … (read more)
Posted: 29th, August 2015 | In: Sports | 0 Comments
Arsenal: ‘respectful’ Man United fan Gary Neville calls Wenger ‘arrogant, naive and insane’
Posted: 29th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | 0 Comments
The Sun shows Everton’s Toffee Terrorists where Chelsea target John Stones is hiding
Posted: 29th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | 0 Comments
Stephen King: the productivity of writing books
Posted: 29th, August 2015 | In: Books, Celebrities | 0 Comments
Minions toy body wash will give your kids nightmares
The Minions 3-in-1 bodywash does not do what it says on the tin: it will not cause your child’s eyes to bleed. Probably.
Spotter: Ash Warner … (read more)
Posted: 29th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | 0 Comments
eBay dogging and murder caravan goes viral
On eBay the caravan “suitable for affairs or murders” is for sale.
“Apparently I owned this utterly crap caravan for three weeks before actually setting eyes on it.
“My husband drunkenly bought … (read more)
Posted: 28th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | 0 Comments
Watch: man refuses to stop shagging in VR sex simulation demo
Give a man a VR headset and a plastic doll and he’s good to go.
And go…
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Posted: 28th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Technology | 0 Comments
Migrants: they come not to live but to conquer or die trying
Can you imagine the horror? Seventy-one bodies have been discovered in the back of a lorry in Austria abandoned on motorway near the Hungarian border.
The dead – 59 men, eight women and … (read more)
Posted: 28th, August 2015 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Transfer News: Everton fans drive John Stones out, Chelsea want Linpeng, Arsenal meet Higuain asking price
It was obvious, really. The way to keep John Stones from leaving Everton is for the club’s fans to make him “flee” his Widnes home and hide out in a hotel. … (read more)
Posted: 28th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Manchester City, Spurs | 0 Comments
Transfer Balls: Tottenham play poker with Berahino, West Brom player holding twitter cards
Tottenham’s move for West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino will come to nothing. Albion chariman Jeremy Peace is unimpressed with Spurs’ recent bid of £22 million (made in “stage payments and add-ons”). He wants £25m … (read more)
Posted: 28th, August 2015 | In: Sports, Spurs | 2 Comments
Artist Shinji Nakaba makes brilliant pearl skull jewelry
Shinji Nakaba turns peals into skulls.
Spotter: here … (read more)
Posted: 28th, August 2015 | In: The Consumer | 0 Comments
Arsenal Transfer Balls: Cavani a ‘cert’, Benzema dead and alive, Wenger’s deadline day dash
We … (read more)
Posted: 28th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | 0 Comments