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China’s Window of the World amusement park offers a cremation simulator

‘You have to be this long to die’

 

Chinese looking for a thrill can take the “death simulator” at the Window of the World amusement park in Shenzhen, … (read more)

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

Listen as fans react to seeing Star Wars for the first time in 1977

As Star Wars: Episode VII gets ready to hit the silver screen, you can listen to what it was like watching the first film in 1977. Youtuber William Forsche recorded his trip to … (read more)

Posted: 8th, May 2015 | In: Film | Comment

Transfer Balls: Manchester City pay £20m too much for Paul Pogba in the Star

Transfer Balls: a look at reporting on Paul Pogba in the tabloid press. The good news is that Manchester City are looking to bring talented French Paul Pogba to the … (read more)

Posted: 8th, May 2015 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment

Woman delighted to find cocaine in Nature Valley granola bar

Now testing

 

Public Health UK take note: granola bars in Texas come with free cocaine.

“It’s a somewhat disturbing case,” says Sgt. Javier Salazar of the San Antonio … (read more)

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

The Moral Council calls Megara Furie and Mistress R’eal – criminalised by new anti-porn laws

 

The first miscreants to fall foul of the news laws on online pornography are two dominatrix. Their videos feature “heave whipping” and hard and repeated kicks to the genitals. Megara Furie and … (read more)

Posted: 7th, May 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

Gareth Bale to Chelsea or Manchester United is English football’s only Champions League news

 

Transfer Balls: A look at football reporting in the tabloids. Today the Daily Mail says Gareth Bale is not heading to Manchester United. In “LEAVE BALE ALONE”, we hear Carlos … (read more)

Posted: 7th, May 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

Censors force Cerne Abbas giant to lose his penis

“It seems a sad indictment of the times when a legendary landmark like the Cerne Giant – which any man, woman or child can visit any day of the week … (read more)

Posted: 7th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Price is Right contestant in wheelchair wins a treadmill

Danielle Perez won a treadmill on The Price is Right. Perez is in a wheelchair. She also won a sauna:

 

 

 

Says Perez:

 

 

 

Spotter: @brockwilbur … (read more)

Posted: 6th, May 2015 | In: TV & Radio | Comment

Epic spelling bee typo from the Quincy Patriot Ledger

The GateHouse Media-owned Quincy Patriot Ledger delivers a mind-blowing typo:

 

 

 

Spotter: Jim Romenesko … (read more)

Posted: 6th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Battering Demin: AFC Bournemouth bashing in the Daily Mail

Now for a spot of AFC Bournemouth bashing in the Daily Mail. The Premier League’s newest club are the subject of  a story that – get this – winning the Championship … (read more)

Posted: 6th, May 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Radamel Falcao competes with De Gea to be Manchester United’s ‘keeper

Transfer balls: The Metro has news on Manchester United and Radamel Falcao:
Manchester United preparing £43.2million permanent transfer for Monaco’s Radamel Falcao
Tom Olver reports:
Louis van Gaal, however, may be willing to … (read more)

Posted: 6th, May 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

UKIP only offer a free pint to ever Daily Star reader and the EDL

In today’s Daily Star, UKIP leader Nigel Farage is offering readers a free pint:

 

 

 

But in the Daily Express, readers just get a littler Nigel and no booze:

 

 

Are Daily Star readers … (read more)

Posted: 6th, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Free Speech: Bath Student Union and chaplains banned this Mohammed and Jesus joke

You won’t see Bath University’s Comedy Writing, Improvisation and Performance Society’s sketch Cooking With Christ. It’s been censored by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, known locally … (read more)

Posted: 6th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Transfer balls: Eden Hazard, Morgan Schneiderlin and the magic of the Spurs transfer list

Transfer Balls: The Mirror says that Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson “tops Spurs wishlist”. The Cherries’ striker is, apparently, heading to Spurs for £12m. Well, maybe.

The tabloids love to talk of transfer lists. … (read more)

Posted: 5th, May 2015 | In: Sports, Spurs | Comment

Transfer Balls: Chelsea are in for Raheem Sterling, Robert Green, Koke and seven more

Transfer Balls: a look at players linked to Chelsea FC in today’s tabloids.

The Daily Mirror says Jose Mourinho is considering buying Liverpool’s Rickie Lambert. The paper adds that Spurs’ Emmanual … (read more)

Posted: 5th, May 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Ryanair flight takes of without any toilet paper

Ryanair says it is “regrettable” that its flight from London Stansted to Murcia in Spain took off without any toilet paper onboard.

There was also no milk for tea or coffee.

Says Ryanair:
“We wished to prioritise … (read more)

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

UKIP-lite Russell Brand Occupues Ed Miliband: Reactions To The Trews

 

Russell Brand isn’t registered to vote. But he says you should vote Labour, unless you live in Brighton, where you should vote Green. Also, Scots should only vote for a … (read more)

Posted: 5th, May 2015 | In: Celebrities, Politicians | Comment

Watch this rare colour film of Berlin in July 1945

Chronos Media has this footage of Berlin in July, 1945. World War II has ended. Amid the diabolical destruction, retribution, chaos and a free-for-all, life went on.

 

 

 

 

Spotter: Reddit, via Flashbak … (read more)

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

Lenin’s corpse is 145 years young thanks to paraffin, glycerin and carotene

 

Anyone keen to have their beloved leader preserved as a relic, should know that the bodies of Vladimir Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il are waxed and dipped in … (read more)

Posted: 4th, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Strange But True | Comment

Manchester United Balls: In 8 seasons Angel Di Maria has played just 113 times

This is a statistic to make you take notice: Manchester United’s most expensive player, Angel Di Maria, has only played 113 matches. No. Not 113 matches for Real Madrid or … (read more)

Posted: 4th, May 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment (1)

Man given 15 years for having sex with a cow he seduced with magic leaves

Is Nothing Safe? In Zambia, a man has been sentenced to 15 years prison for having sex with a cow. The details in the Zambia Daily Mail’s report are crucial:
A PEASANT … (read more)

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

Transfer balls: Paul Pogba ‘accepts’ PSG offer, wants Chelsea and tempts Manchester United

Transfer Balls: it’s going to be busy summer of chatter for Juventus star Paul Pogba, 22.

The Mirror says Manchester City and Manchester United will have to create a new British transfer record … (read more)

Posted: 4th, May 2015 | In: Chelsea, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Maya PlisetskayaI: ‘I would like to talk about Swan Lake and my handsome partners but it all revolves around Stalin’s terror’

Close-Up Of Maya Plisetskaya

 

“I would like to talk about ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Swan Lake,’ about my battements and my handsome partners,” wrote ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, who … (read more)

Posted: 4th, May 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment

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