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Professor will live as David Bowie for a year (Mick Jagger not in on the plan)

3rd July 1973: Adoring fans reaching out to touch the hand of the English pop star, David Bowie, during the concert at the Hammersmith Odeon where … (read more)

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

Transfer Balls: Arsenal in for Ibramovich and Cavani in PSG clearance sale

 

Transfer Balls: “Manchester United and Arsenal in for Zlatan Ibrahimovic?” asks the Guardian. To which the answer is: no idea. And reading on in the Guardian, we find out that … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Drudges are dead: minimum wages creates robot waiters

A “female” robot waiter delivers meals for customers at robot-themed restaurant on May 18, 2015 in Yiwu, Zhejiang province of China. Sophomore Xu Jinjin in 22 … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Technology | Comment

Video: how to make a frisbee into a lethal weapon

 

Now to get a Hard Ticket to Hawaii – scroll down for the killer frisbee.

Spotter: b3ta … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: Technology, The Consumer | Comment

Transfer Balls: Chelsea chase Antoine Griezmann in a human centipede of tabloid news

Transfer Balls: The Daily Star has been talking about Chelsea FC. It has a scoop.
Chelsea Transfer News: £40m demand, flying in to seal deal, Griezmann approved
The £40m player is Everton’s … (read more)

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

Manchester United banter: German star Schweinsteiger recalls an English joke

One day when Bastian Schweinsteiger is on the after-dinner speaking circuit, he will surely hark back to his days at Manchester United. Speaking to German newspaper Bild, Schweinsteiger has given us all a … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Chelsea: Jose Mourinho says his side are even better this season – panic buys John Stones

The season so far has exposed Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. Defeated by Arsenal in the Community Shield – a cup that when he wins it counts as a major trophy and … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Pedro Loses His Mind And ‘Agrees’ To Join Manchester United From Barcelona

Manchester United “hope” to sign Pedro from Barcelona this week, writes the Times. They are determined to get their man. Ed Woodward, United’s executive vice-chairman, is in Barcelona, looking to sign the 28-year-old for … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Chelsea get John Stones for £35m as Everton read the future

 

When you read the Sun’s news that “Stones haunts John Terry” you feel sorry for the ghost. Of course, this is about Everton’s John Stones, who is on his way to … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comments (2)

EastEnders: June Brown is deaf and blind but you should see Dot Cotton

 

The dystopian hell of BBC TV’s EastEnders isn’t all a middle-class liberal’s merlot-induced dream about the lower classes – it’s a fly-on-the-wall documentary. The Sun catches up with one of the show’s stars, … (read more)

Posted: 18th, August 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment

Watch: this magical hypnotising model train spiral

James Risner made this model train track. The train goes on. The train never stops.

Spotter: Gizmodo … (read more)

Posted: 17th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Technology | Comment

Free speech: watch bigots on both sides at Liverpool’s National Action White Man March

There was a chance for anti-fascists to dust off the football-style chants in Liverpool when the neo-Nazi National Action held a White Man March.

It was always going to be nasty. The Liverpool … (read more)

Posted: 17th, August 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Manchester United: Wayne Rooney can’t stop scoring

Wayne Rooney of Manchester United celebrates his 1-0 win in the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on August … (read more)

Posted: 17th, August 2015 | In: manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Nicolas Otamendi agrees Manchester United but joins Manchester City

 

Is Nicolas Otamendi going to play for Manchester United? Or is the Valencia defender off to play for Manchester City?

There’s been lots of talk about Nicolas Otamendi joining Manchester United. Stories … (read more)

Posted: 17th, August 2015 | In: Manchester City, manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment (1)

Man draws gun: British man holds up Polish bank with artwork

To Warsaw, Poland,where a 33-year-old British man is holding up a bank. He draws a gun. He hands the cashier a piece of paper. The bank worker sees the drawing. He … (read more)

Posted: 17th, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Chelsea: Offical Blues website meets Pravda in biased Man City match report

 

Tonked 3-0 at Manchester City, Chelsea were clearly the inferior side. Well, so you’d think. But it turns out that football according to the offical Chelsea FC website is a little … (read more)

Posted: 17th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Eva Carneiro: doctor’s crime was exposing Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as a ‘cheat’

Why was Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho so enraged when Dr Eva Carneiro dashed on to the field of play and treated a writhing Evan Hazard?

Dominic Lawson has an idea, writing in … (read more)

Posted: 16th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Christian sex: ‘Jon eats a raw potato to take himself out of the mood’

 

Spotter: @69hunna … (read more)

Posted: 16th, August 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Kiss and tell: my sex and more sex with sex mad Chelsea doctor sexy Eve Carneiro

Did you know that Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro is “sex mad”? It’s all she thinks about.

When Arsenal fans are asking “Have you ever had a Gooner up your arse?” and Manchester United … (read more)

Posted: 16th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Thomas Muller: ‘Ask Manchester United If They Will Pay More For Me’

Is Thomas Muller heading to Manchester United?

MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 23: FC Bayern Muenchen head coach Louis van Gaal (L) and Thomas Muller celebrate victory at the … (read more)

Posted: 16th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Manchester City, manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Design fail: University of North Texas coffee mug

 

 

Spotter: $10, Karen! … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2015 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)

Transfer Balls: Arsenal £45m for Benzema accepted on twitter and tabloids

 

 

Are Arsenal buying Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema? Italian journalist Emanuele Giulianelli says they are:

 

Benzema deal is on: best offer is from Arsenal, £45mln. They will take a decision soon. … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Tottenham new boy Clinton Njie was waiting for the Arsenal highjackers

Tottenham have signed Cameroon international Clinton Njie from Lyon. The 22-year-old cost Spurs €14million plus another €3million in bonuses.

As Spurs fans rush to find out who Njie is (he scored seven goals in 30 appearances for … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Chelsea: Jon Fearn is the real victim of sexism

 

It’s sexism, isn’t. The row between Jose Mourinho and his medical team is all about sex and gender. It’s Jose Mourinho v Dr Eva Carneiro. No one spares a thought for Jon … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Edward Heath the peadophile: Jimmy Savile’s nephew says, police trawl, Myra Ling-Ling Forde’s tame coppers

9th January 1979: Edward Heath, British Conservative politician and prime minister (1970 – 1974) playing the piano to the amusement of Kermit the Frog and Paddington … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

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