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2nd, November 2010 Strange But True 3

Girl Named Boo! In Time for Halloween

Boo! Elliott is 8 and lives in New York. Dad Drew named her Boo! because she was due to be born on Halloween. Only she, wasn’t... More »

2nd, November 2010 Celebrities 6

Stephen Fry: The Heteronormative Patriarchy Of Subject Matter

Fry says something about sex with women - and women writers find something to write about... More »

2nd, November 2010 TV & Radio

X Factor Photos: Matt Cardle's Marijuana Explanation

Is Matt Cardle is smoking a joint (that’s a marijuana cigarette, readers and impressionable kids tuning in for news of the singing sensation)?... More »

2nd, November 2010 Politicians

John Boehner's An 'Asshat': Johnny Cash Daughter's Fails On Republican's Name

olitical jokes are always a source of amusement, although often not as intended. But when you’re called Boehner, the joke never goes away... More »

2nd, November 2010 Celebrities 52

Lily Allen Loses Baby On Twitter: Triggers Orchestrated Grief And Mourn Porn

To the tabloid media and grandstanding celebrities looking to show strangers how much they care it is a matter of national solidarity and orchestrated mawkish pity... More »

2nd, November 2010 Key Posts

The Best Signs From The Jon Stewart Colbert Restore Fear Rally: The Wit And The Witless

From the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert restore fear and restore sanity rally show that the left wing can be as funny as the right... More »

1st, November 2010 The Consumer

Selfridges 'Rip-Off' Frank Sidebottom's Family: Offer £10,000 'Donation'

What says Selfridges, which has now paid a £10,000 “donation” (no, not a fee – a donation) to the Sidebottom estate?... More »

1st, November 2010 Politicians

The Best Muslim Signs From The Stewart Colbert Rally For Placards

At he Stewart and Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington DC, people waved placards. Some of them were waved by Muslims More »

1st, November 2010 Celebrities

Anna Chapman To Host Russian TV Show - Sport Or Porn? Photos

Chapman, nee Anna Kushchenko, the sexy Russian spy with the looks of mid-ranking East European tennis player is to be TV star on the state-run Rossia Two television... More »

1st, November 2010 Politicians

Obama is The Humourless West Wing President: An Award-Winning Work Of Fiction

They liked Obama because he made them like themselves more. Then the Americans began to see what he actually did and stood for... More »

1st, November 2010 Reviews

Iceland's Grimsvotn Volcano Is Set To Blow: Yemen Bombers Outsmarted

Newsreaders who struggled with Eyjafjallajokull can now practice saying Grimsvotn... More »

1st, November 2010 Strange But True

Dog Gets Asbo For Tossing Dog Poo At Neighbours In Accrington

Nigel David Hesmondhalgh has been banned an ASBO banning the Accrington, Lancashire, man from throwing dog poo. But he's a dog... More »

1st, November 2010 Reviews

Christian Couple With Anti-Gay View Banned From Fostering Go To High Court

Own and Eunice Johns are Pentecostal Christians from Derby who are not longer allowed to foster children because they hold “traditional” views on homosexuality... More »

1st, November 2010 Strange But True

New York Subway Train Hits Man's Head: Monsters, Balls And Halle Berry's Rescue

Rokos was hit in the head by a New York Subway train. Halle Berry plays the nurse... More »

1st, November 2010 Reviews

Dinner Lady Sacked For Telling On Girl Being Treated As A Dog: Inquest Begins

The boys told Mrs Crabb they were playing "prisoners and guards". Which was the girl? Well, she was the dog... More »

1st, November 2010 Strange But True

Royal Mail In Fear Of Pet Cat In Portsmouth: Mary Bale Delivers

Mary Bale should get a job a postman to deal with Lana - a cat who has attached Royal Mail workers in Portsmouth... More »

1st, November 2010 Celebrities 3

Coco's Medical Marvels Rocks Heidi Klum's Halloween Party: Photos

Coco Austin and a bevy of celebs attended Heidi Klum's Halloween do. Stylebrity has more. But how do you follow this?... More »

1st, November 2010 TV & Radio 7

Danny Baker's Not In The Cannibal Pot Tonight: Radio Star Has Cancer

After a pretty mouldy diagnosis about a month back I finally begin chemotherapy on Monday with further radiotherapy from January... More »

1st, November 2010 Key Posts 10

Illegal Holborn Rave Was A Smokers' Revolution And Against State Control

music must be licensed and approved by the state, even down to genre, with high taxes on drinks and door fees that make normal places non viable.. More »

1st, November 2010 Politicians 1

Health Minister Hit By Red Pain: Sod Uninjured

Mary Harney had red paint tossed over her in protest at health cuts. And - get this... More »

1st, November 2010 Reviews

Fate Of The World Video Game: Kill The Human Virus And Save The Planet

Fate of the World is the environmental video game that allows you to play God / Hitler / Richard Curtis and kill the human virus... More »

1st, November 2010 The Consumer

Booze And Driving Lessons: Businesses That Go Together In Photos

What made key cutting go hand-in-hand with shoe repair? What other businesses go together? We’ve compiled a photo list... More »

1st, November 2010 Politicians

Jon Stewart Explains The Effort Of Hate: Photos

Jon Stewart instructs his followers in what hate really looks likes-like... More »

1st, November 2010 Celebrities 1

Stephen Fry To Host 'Catting' Summit With Slapper: Princess Diana Memorial (Usual Time)

Fry has flounced off Twitter and – whatsitpopsit – over the kerfuffle over his words in Attitude magazine that woman don’t like sex as much as straight men... More »

1st, November 2010 Reviews 1

Strictly Come Dancing: Ann Widdecombe Bosom Is TV's Pasodoble Mop

I commend her as a living cleaning product to Cillit Bang... More »