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10th, November 2010 Reviews 2

Who Stuffed Coventry Cat's Head Into Bag Of Pork Sratchings?

Honey the cat lives in Coventry. Mary Bale lives in Coventry. Honey the cat has had her head pushed into a bag of pork scratchings by "thugs". More »

10th, November 2010 The Consumer 1

Cat Sweaters: Jumpers Of Worry (A Gallery)

You can tell a lot about someone by the state of their cat knitted jumper... More »

10th, November 2010 Strange But True

Bushcricket Has Biggest Testicles In World

The Platycleis affinis bushcricket has testicles that make up 14% of its body weight... More »

10th, November 2010 Strange But True 3

Russian Artist Murdered By Online Vote

Oleg Mavromatti is offering fans the chance to vote on whether he should live or die... More »

10th, November 2010 TV & Radio

Jon Gaunt's UK Tea Party: Well, We Gave Them The X Factor And Smallpox

Radio shock jock Jon Gaunt is to enter politics in an attempt to create an anti-EU British Tea Party movement. Ready..? More »

10th, November 2010 Politicians

David Cameron Wears A Poppy Made In China

Cameron wears a poppy in China and sparks a row. Well, so say the papers. It's the drugs, you see... More »

10th, November 2010 TV & Radio

X Factor: Cheryl Cole And Dermot O'Leary Fixed It For Phone Vote Loser Katie Waissel

TreyC scooped three times as many votes as Waissel, who would have gone home... More »

9th, November 2010 Reviews

Train Passengers Vote BNP As Overcrowding Gets Worse

The BBC has guidance on how to leave a packed train. Intriguingly, the answer is not to dress as a jihadi, vote BNP or wet yourself and sit in your own urin... More »

9th, November 2010 TV & Radio 1

Jon Stewart Producer Charged With Punching 9/11 Truther In Head: Jews Did It (Video)

On November 18 he will be in court and the mainstream media will have a field day... More »

9th, November 2010 Key Posts 5

I’m A Celebrity 2010 Line Up: Shaun Ryder To Eat Gillian McKeith

All the hateful, likeable, ignorable and shaggable gonad munchers... More »

9th, November 2010 Strange But True

Tessa The Cat Eats With A Fork (And Chopsticks): Video

Tessa the cat eats with a fork. She's so sophisticated. Tessa uses chopsticks, dontchaknow... More »

9th, November 2010 Celebrities

Ross Kemp Will Not Talk About His Private Life And New Baby, Says Ross Kemp

The former EastEnders hard man who hangs about with hard men on a show for Sky telly about hard men, is a dad... More »

9th, November 2010 Celebrities

Miley Cyrus Is A Person Of Wal-Mart: Photos Of Miley's Supermarket Range

Cyrus was at an Asda in Spondon, Derbyshire, to promote her new range of outwear for George At Asda. Walmart owns Asda. Miley is a person of Walmart... More »

9th, November 2010 Celebrities 8

Gordon Ramsay's Open Letter To His Mother In Law In Full: Deliciously Sour Stuff

Gordon Ramsay, the panicky botulism-faced TV chef, has written an open letter to his wife Tana Ramsay mother Greta Hutcheson not to sever links to his family... More »

9th, November 2010 Politicians

David Cameron's China Mission In Photos: Sooty And Ex-Pats Shop At Tesco's

Dave visited a branch of Tesco’s because that’s what Brits do when abroad: seek out the familiar and ex-pats... More »

9th, November 2010 Film

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Hollywood Remakes It Better

Niels Arden Oplev, director of the orgianl screen verison of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Oplev is not happy with the Hollywood version... More »

9th, November 2010 Strange But True 2

Jersey Woman Charged Extra For Weighing Boobs On Fruit Scales: Video

The woman overcharged for adding the weight of her breasts to her bags of fruit and vegetables has been refunded the £5 surcharge... More »

9th, November 2010 Reviews

Bid TV: Peter Simon Is Selly Telly's Brightest Star

I have not quite yet recovered from his claim that a certain brand of bath chair will 'cure your cystitis'... More »

9th, November 2010 Reviews

Two Dead In Chile Mine Explosion: Will President Milk This One Too?

A few weeks on from the rescue of the 33 – an orchestrated media spectacle milked by the country’s president - two mine workers have been killed... More »

9th, November 2010 Key Posts 3

Amanda Knox: Slander Trial Shames Italian Police

Knox, the photogenic blonde American who murdered Meredith Kercher with two male accomplices, is to stand trial for slander... More »

9th, November 2010 TV & Radio 5

X Factor: Video Proof That Paige Richardson Is A Little Lenny Henry

Louis Walsh, aka ‘big Archie Andrews, says Paije Richardson is “a little Lenny Henry”... More »

9th, November 2010 The Consumer 1

Books For Christmas: Stasha Palos' Post-Feminist Irony Pudding

The PR calls it "a nod to post-feminist sensibilities"... More »

9th, November 2010 Reviews 1

Dutch Supplied With Scratch-And-Sniff Marijuana Test Cards

To help the Dutch better identify the good stuff, the country’s government is sending out marijuana-scented scratch and sniff cards... More »

9th, November 2010 Film 1

Obama Is An African: And Other Great Bootleg DVD Covers (Gallery)

Bootleg DVDs are only exceeded in kwality by their covers. Birthers will love “OBAMA: African In The White House”... More »

9th, November 2010 Strange But True 2

Burglar Found With Mouse Up Rectum

Noah Smith, 31, has broken into a home in South Carolina. He has a mouse up his rectum... More »