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Vegetarian man offended by the smell of meat threatened fellow train passengers with knife

To the Traunstein to Munich train, Germany, where a vegetatian, 29, has been driven berserk by the smell of meat.

It is past midnight and a group of eight other passengers, ages 18 and 20 … (read more)

Posted: 13th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Chelsea owe Roman Abramovich £1,041,243,000 and rising

Chelsea were by far this season’s best Premier League team. Roman Abramovich, the club’s owner, must be chuffed with his side’s success. But was it worth it? Fordstam, the company … (read more)

Posted: 13th, May 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Lord Janner: 203 votes on the law and police PR with dead Jimmy Savile

Lord Greville Janner: a look at reporting on the beleaguered Labour peer.

Daily Mail: “Labour peer Lord Janner attended the House of Lords 634 times and voted 203 times even after … (read more)

Posted: 12th, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Fighting on a Clapham Junction train was just an everyday commuting ‘nightmare’ in London

 

Quote of the week comes to use via the Daily Express. The paper’s report on a travel “nightmare” at London’s Clapham Juncion station is headlined: “Commuters brawl as power cuts … (read more)

Posted: 12th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Reader photocopies his Kindle to make a more expensive physical backup

 

Artist Jesse England’s “E-Book Backup” project sees him photocopy his Kindle version of George Orwell’s 1984. He photocopied every page, one by one. He then uploaded the scanned copy to his Kindle.

It’s … (read more)

Posted: 12th, May 2015 | In: Books, Reviews, Technology | Comment


Manchester City Balls: Guardiola’s tabloid journey takes him to Manchester United

Is Pep Guardiola heading to become the next manager of Manchester City? The Sun has been relating the story.

On Friday May 8, curent Manchester City boss Manuel Pelligrini was “sweating”. He … (read more)

Posted: 12th, May 2015 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment


Police scrape smugged heroin from inside man’s foreskin

 

The man on a train from China to Tibet has secreted heroin inside his foreskin.

Having spotted the man behaving in an agitated manner, police patted him down. They found nothing. He took … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Why Survation and the Daily Mirror failed to publish the poll that showed the Conservatives on course for victory

The polls got it wrong. The Conservative Party won the General Election. But one poll you never saw was spot on-ish:
The polling firm Survation admitted that its final poll showed the Conservatives … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Politicians | Comment


Welsh bus company pull ad with topless model offering wa*kers the chance to ‘Ride Me All Day For £3’

 

A Welsh bus company has used a topless woman to encourage wa*kers (that’s not just ‘walkers’ – ed) to “Ride Me All Day For £3”.

N.A.T Group thought the idea brilliant, funny and … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Beyond parody: ‘Is vandalising the Women of World War Two memorial OK?’

The Tab wanted to answer the question: “Is vandalising a war memorial ever OK?”

To which we’d answer. No. But if you must do it, make it funny.

 

 

When many in London were … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Father becomes a criminal to give his 2-year-old epileptic daughter marijuana

Would you treat your child with marijuana?
Alex Repetski gives his two-year-old daughter Gwenevere oil-based medical marijuana to help control her seizures. The Thornhill girl’s epileptic seizures are being treated with … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Lord Janner: the name is erased, the elite weep for justice but the stench lingers

Lord Janner: A look at Labour peer Greville Janner and allegations that he abused children. He says he’s innocent.

Hinkley Times: “Lord Janner U-turn urged by victims’ lawyers”

Well, they would want … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Transfer Balls: Paul Pogba pays less tax at Manchester United (and never left Manchester United)

Transfer Balls spots Paul Pogba news. Manchester City are celebrating a Tory win in the General Election by offering Paul Pogba £250,000 per week – net – to pick them (top rate … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment


Watch every time Owen Wilson says ‘Wow’ in a movie

Owen Wilson likes to say “Wow”. If the script contains enough ‘wow’, Owen Wilson is in. Had William Shakespeare wrote “Wow, to be or not to be” or ‘Wow is that … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Celebrities, Film | Comment


Teacher demands students take exam naked

 

“It’s just wrong,” says the mother of a student at University of California, San Diego. “Is this the memory that my daughter’s going to carry with her for the rest of … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


That interview with Russell Brand made me realise how stupid the Left think we are

 

Everything you needed to know about how stupid the high-brow newspapers think tabloid readers, everyone on the web and the youth are is encapsulated in an Independent headline.
This interview with Russell … (read more)

Posted: 11th, May 2015 | In: Celebrities, Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Transfer balls: Arsenal get three players they don’t want

Transfer Balls spots this gem in the Daily Express: “CONFIRMED: Arsene Wenger reveals the THREE players joining Arsenal this summer.”

Can it be that after playing his cards so close to … (read more)

Posted: 10th, May 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment


Guardian readers cope with a Tory election victory by drawing faces on fruit

How do readers of The Guardian live with a Tory victory in the General Eleection? That question is rhetorical The answer is: draw faces on fruit.

 

Spotter:  @IssyFlamel … (read more)

Posted: 10th, May 2015 | In: Politicians | Comment


Transfer balls: Pep Guardiola to Manchester City with Paul Pogba as bait

Transfer Balls hears that stylish Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola, 44, has decided that Manchester City will be his next job. Well, so reports Qatari-owned BeIn Sports.

The Manchester Evening News relays the tweet that created … (read more)

Posted: 10th, May 2015 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment (1)


Transfer Balls: Chelsea offer £40m and £21m for Manchester United target Koke

Transfer balls: How much is Koke worth and are Chelsea or Manchester City or Manchester United going to sign him?

The Sun says Chelsea’s are in pole position to spend £40million on Atletico Madrid’s … (read more)

Posted: 10th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Kent mother unhappy about son’s ‘bullet through head’ homework question

 

Alex Garrod’s 11-year-old son Harry was asked to respond to an unusual homework question delivered by Eastchurch Primary School in Sheerness. His mother tells Kent Online of the puzzler that requried Harry to … (read more)

Posted: 10th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Florida school principal Krista Morton student interrupted smoking pot with student

The head

 

To Florida, where high school principal Krista Morton has been caught in a car with an 18-year-old student and marijuana – “her shirt was unbuttoned”.
Krista Morton, … (read more)

Posted: 9th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Armed police threaten and arrest man with 666 tattooed on his forehead in church

 

Here’s a story from Florida to get your teeth into. Michael W. Holman, 44, visited the First Assembly of God Church in Milligan at around 9:15pm last Wednesday. He was … (read more)

Posted: 9th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


The Lean Muscle Suit turns wimps into bulging, venin-popping gym gods

 

Hey, you, skinny!. Yeah, you. It’s time to get ripped, man. You need a muscles that draw you skin tighter than a Hollywood wife’s smile. But you’re too lazy and weak … (read more)

Posted: 8th, May 2015 | In: The Consumer | Comment