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23rd, March 2009 Money 2

eBay Won't Send Goods Unless You Obey Grammar Rules

All names and places begin with capital letters and we will not send parcels labelled in lower case. If you choose to use all lower case letters in your despatch name and address, we will invoice you an additional 30p over and above the cost of your item and shipping total. More »

23rd, March 2009 Politicians 2

Nigel Griffiths' Intimate Encounter

"I am, of course, ashamed that my conduct did fall below acceptable standards. I have little recollection of the evening but that does not make it right" More »

23rd, March 2009 Strange But True

Postal Worker Charged With Theft Of $600K Stamps

US postal worker Marvin Foster has been charged with stealing more than $600,000 in stamps... More »

23rd, March 2009 Strange But True

Transvestite Will Clean Your Home For Panties

As fetishes go, the man who will dress as a maid and clean your home for free, seems a thing to be encouraged... More »

23rd, March 2009 Photojournalism

An Obama Joke Waiting To Happen

"A clown, a retard and a pie maker walk into a..." More »

23rd, March 2009 Reviews

Jade Goody's Was Shameless

Jade Goody - Her shamelessness never became her more than in the manner of her dying More »

23rd, March 2009 Money

The Honest Advanced Fee 419 Scammer

In converstion with a 419 scam artist... More »

23rd, March 2009 Politicians

Barack Obama Salutes President Chirac Of France

"In a letter described by Chirac as 'very nice,' Obama wrote, 'I am certain that we will be able to work together, in the coming four years, in a spirit of peace and friendship to build a safer world'"... More »

23rd, March 2009 Strange But True 4

Three Men Die Sawing Through A Bomb

In Vietnam, three local men are trying to saw through a bomb. What happens next? More »

23rd, March 2009 Key Posts 2

UN Debates Sexual Harassment On Battlestar Galactica

There is only one race: the human race. "So say we all!” Those last four words, the Galactica’s battle-cry, echoed around the chamber as his audience took up the refrain... More »

23rd, March 2009 Reviews

Eco-Corruption In Spain's Solar Gardens

In ingeniosa Spain, the global warming industry is proving big hit for the corruptable... More »

23rd, March 2009 Reviews 2

Sylvia Plath’s Son Is Dead

Jade Goody is dead. Natasha Richardson is dead. And David Prowse is looking in pretty good shape. Anorak’s CCN (Celebrity Cancer News) alert hasn‘t beeped for a full three hours. What to do..? More »

23rd, March 2009 Celebrities 10

Jade Goody's Funeral Broadcast Live On TV

Jade Goody's funeral to be broadcast live on TV More »

23rd, March 2009 Politicians 3

Jade Goody And George Galloway's War On Terror

"But even Jade might have known that Oliver Cromwell is principally remembered as the champion of parliamentary supremacy and the hammer of autocracy and arbitrary power" More »

23rd, March 2009 Celebrities 51

Jade Goody Book Of Condolences

"If there’s a good way to die then Jade showed us how it could be done. She removed, perhaps forever, the fears and taboos associated with death..." More »

22nd, March 2009 Strange But True 1

Marijuana Smoker Thought He Was Married, But Wasn't

"A man so muddled by years of marijuana dependency believed he was married to his former flatmate for nearly a decade – a mistake that threatened to derail his wedding to a new partner" More »

22nd, March 2009 Celebrities 87

Jade Goody The 'Pig' Is Dead

"The pig with the biggest mouth on TV has finally been nominated for eviction - and now YOU have the power to roast her" More »

22nd, March 2009 Photojournalism

Waiter Fail

WAITER wanted for London restaurant - Good English... FAIL! More »

22nd, March 2009 Celebrities 3

Jade Goody Privacy Plea

We go live to hear an appeal for privacy from Jade Goody's mum... More »

22nd, March 2009 Celebrities 6

Jade Goody Pays Tribute To Princess Diana

Tabloid Bingo with Sarah Sands - "Like [Princess] Diana, Natasha Richardson was the mother of two boys, the younger the same age as Prince Harry when he heard of the fatal car crash" More »

22nd, March 2009 Celebrities 47

Jade Goody Has Died

Jade Goody has died More »

22nd, March 2009 Money

The Homegrown Terrorist Cookbook

BRITISH terrorists are not like those foreign terrorists. There is always time for tea... More »

22nd, March 2009 Celebrities 21

Jade Goody In A Coma

"As well as giving Jade a ‘feelgood factor’ they have filled her house with oxygen, which has helped her breathing" More »

21st, March 2009 Celebrities

M.I.A. And Baby Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman

Singer M.I.A.'s baby is called Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman... More »

21st, March 2009 Strange But True 2

Catholic Monk Writes Sex Guide

Ah, yes. This is the Theology of the Orgasm. I have been talking with sexually active persons for research purposes, prostitutes, mainly... And then there are the workshops... More »