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Other parents: police hunt family who left their baby inside a hotel room safe

You want to look after your kids, prevent harm befalling them and keep them safe. But keeping them in an actual safe might be a tad over-protective.

Police in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, … (read more)

Posted: 21st, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Man trapped in IKEA hell leaves trail of small pencil-drawn penises

IKEA is a low circle of Hell. You do what you can to survive it. A 31-year old man from Aalborg, Denmark, used one of the store’s wooden pencils to draw small penises … (read more)

Posted: 21st, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


TV Blooper: West Ham says QPR’s Charlie Austin has ‘no ligaments in his right dick’

Why aren’t West Ham United bidding for QPR’s Charlie Austin?

 

More here.

 

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Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Sports, TV & Radio | Comment


Transfer Balls: Arsenal signed Benzema and his mate last Friday

Transfer Balls brings you the mega news that Arsenal have signed Karim Benzzzzzzzzema.

Like you, we’re getting tired to the rumours that Karim Benzema is going Arsenal. Every summer since 2013, the … (read more)

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Key Posts, Sports | Comment


Watch: In 1987 Margaret Thatcher reviewed records on a BBC kids TV show

 

In 1987, Maggie Thatcher was well into her second term as British Prime Minister. With an election looming – which she won – Thatcher thought it a good idea to … (read more)

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment


For sale: kinky pagan leggings with hoofs

 

Blair Ondria’s Etsy shop Chaos Costume gives you the chance to dress like an extra from the Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe. 
“The construction of these hooves will be of high strength … (read more)

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


Arsenal Balls: Gunners buy Benzema and his diamond ball

The news cycle whirls with what might be the most specious football story of the year. The Sydney Morning Herald tells us:

Arsenal target Karim Benzema spends a fortune on a diamond … (read more)

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports, The Consumer | Comment


British man was right to build a patio from children’s gravestones

Now twinned with ‘Bob’

In a story grim enough to satisfy our lust to find a daily hate figure we read of “millionaire” Kim Davies, who created … (read more)

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


The Story Of British Road Signs

 

On Flashbak, the story of British road signs.
You might not know the name Margaret Calvert, but the British know her work. In 1964 Calvert and Jock Kinneir (1917-1974), her former tutor at … (read more)

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Chelsea club statement on signing Pedro contains sly dig at Manchester United

 

Chelsea have hired Pedro. The Spaniard never did join Manchester United, preferring life in London to playing under Van Gaal at Old Trafford.
Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce the … (read more)

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment (1)


Manchester United fans in David De Gea horror chant

 

The Sun is shocked. It has heard that Manchester United fans have been singing nasty things about wantaway goalkeeper David De Gea. Presented as an “exclusive”, the paper writes:
De Gea, … (read more)

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


Chelsea Balls: tabloids say Mourinho put Eden Hazard’s life at risk

The Sun continues to hammer the spat between Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and club Doctor Eva Cerneiro. And today it gets deadly:
Muamba: Player could die Ex-Bolton star warns Jose over pitch … (read more)

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Manchester United: the incredible reason why Pedro joined Chelsea

Why did Spanish footballer Pedro join Chelsea and not Manchester United?

Chelsea gazumped United

The Times’ says losing out on Pedro is a “blow” to United. Oliver Kay says Chelsea outbid United for the … (read more)

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Hilarious: bad lip reading the 2015 Republican debate

 

The first GOP debate of 2015 is given the Bad Lip Reading treatment. It’s a cracker:

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Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Newcastle United: £12m newboy Thauvin starts work as a Sports Direct model (photos)

View image | gettyimages.com

 

Florian Thauvin has joined Newcastle United from Marseilles for £12m, with Rémy Cabella heading in the opposite direction on a season-long loan. In summer 2016 Cabella will join the … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


The saddest aisle in the supermarket (photo)

 

This is the saddest aisle in the supermarket.

Spotter: @TechnicallyRon … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: The Consumer | Comment


Daily Telegraph’s ‘Madison Marriage’ reports on Ashley Madison hacking scandal

The Daily Telegraph continues to employ writers on the value of their name alone, witnessed by the paper’s story that millions of knobs trying to arrange extra-marital sex via the … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Blue whale interrupts man talking about the difficulty of spotting a blue whale

Zoologist Mark Carwardine was keen to show us how hard it is to spot a whale. A few second after highlighting the issue, a massive whales arrived. It’s easier to spot … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Manchester United Let Pedro Joined Chelsea And Other Fairytales

 

Pedro was shoo-in to join Manchester United, said all the British Press. But the Barcelona winger has joined Chelsea for a fee of £21m.

Did the mainstream media see this one coming?  No.

On … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment (1)


Chelsea Sign Pedro For £21m, Manchester United Gutted

After all the talk of Pedro to Manchester United, the Barcelona winger has joined Chelsea for a fee of £21m.

The BBC says the 28-year-old is flying to London to finalise … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, manchester united, Sports | Comment


Transfer Balls: Chelsea break the bank for Everton’s John Stones

Chelsea are desperate to land Everton’s John Stones. Having failed to impress The Toffees with a John Terry-led charm offensive (and how could that have failed?!), and bids of £20, £26m and £30m the … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment


German town invites male drivers to park between a naked woman’s legs

 

The “men’s parking space” invites drivers to park between “Steep mountains, moist valleys”. The “Männerparkplatz” in the Black Forest town of Triberg is just a joke, says Triberg Mayor Dr. Gallus Strobel claims.

But gender equality … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Woman put stolen clams down her shorts and a pizza in her ‘purse’

 

Debra Marceau, 52, was charged with retail theft follwing an incident in Florida where she put clams down her shorts. Whilst in the Publix store in Palm Bay, Marceau opened a box of … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Call David Icke: woman finds lizard man in her Starbucks latte

 

Lizards. They are everywhere. David Icke taught us that. Unsurprising, then, to find one of the powerful elite drinking a Starbucks latte in Phoenix, Arizona. But Kim and Brian Dillon don’t believe … (read more)

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment