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4th, September 2014 Technology

A Humming Toilet Seat Fan That Sucks Out Your Ill Wind

HARD cheese for those of you like smelling your own farts? But good news for eveyrone around you. The toilet-seat with an in-built fan is here. CNet has more... More »

4th, September 2014 Reviews 3

Fake Mobile Phone Towers Are Controlling Your Mobile - Blame The Lincolnshire Poacher

ARE fake mobile phone towers controlling your mobile phones? Popular Science count at least 17 fake mobile phone towers across the United States... More »

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Manchester United Balls: Louis Van Gaal Signed Arturo Vidal For £45m

THE Daily Star says Arturo Vidal is "all smiles despite missing out on Manchester United move". The inference is that the Chilean star is putting a brave face on things having missed playing for Manchester United. Although he never did say he wanted to leave Juventus... More »

3rd, September 2014 Celebrities

Blame Apple For Seeing Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence In The Nude

WHO to blame for the naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence and, reportedly, 100 other stars leaked on the web? The hackers who took images from the star's iCloud account? No. David Auerbach blames Apple... More »

3rd, September 2014 Strange But True

A Look Inside And Outside The All-Black Chicken

Even the bones are black More »

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Manchester United Balls: Red Devils Are Looking For An Official Escort Agency Partner

WHEN Burnley manager Sean Dyche talked not of League Leaders but Market Leaders, Manchester United Inc. nodded and very possibly punched the air and whooped.... More »

3rd, September 2014 Reviews

eBay Is Down Worldwide

eBay is down... More »

3rd, September 2014 TV & Radio

Your All-Purpose 24-7 Rolling News Report

WITH TV news on 24 hours a day 7 days a week, every story must be teased out to last as long as it can... More »

3rd, September 2014 Reviews

Ashya King: Hail Naveed King, The Big Brother Who Saved His Family From The Poisonous Police And Their Media Narks

ASHYA King is back with his parents Brett and Naghemeh King at the Malaga hospital where he is being treated for a brain tumour... More »

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Texas Woman Finds Face Of Jesus, Satan And Arthur Brown In A Moth

FIRE! More »

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The Conformity Of Sports Punditry: Gary Neville's Sigh Sports And Sean Dyche's Market Leaders

THE football world, notwithstanding the scrutiny of the millions of people who obsessively follow its comings and goings, remains a stubbornly closed community. One consequence of this, as I have noted before, is that it is an extremely conformist environment in which new fashions spread almost instantaneously, and adherence is almost total... More »

3rd, September 2014 Reviews

Tony Blair Won GQ Philanthropist of the Year Because He's A Thin, Long-Limbed Beauty

TONY Blair has been named ‘Philanthropist of the Year’ at the GQ Men Of The Year awards. The Independent says the "announcement which drew a collective bemused gasp across the internet"... More »

3rd, September 2014 TV & Radio

Everything I Know About Islam I Learnt From Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson

What makes it extra special is the "exclusive" banner... More »

3rd, September 2014 Money

Insurance Company Sues Man Who Sold Bike To Banned Driver Who Died In An Accident

IS you sell a vehicle and fail to cancel the insurance - and the news owner fails to get any insurance - you could be liable for any damge they cause. Sound fair?... More »

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Manchester United Balls: Radamel Falcao And Angel Di Maria Thought They'd Joined Manchester City

MANCHESTER United fan Oliver Holt wites for the Daily Mirror. He has felt United's slip from the top of the Premier League to also-rans. It's like the 1980s all over again at Old Trafford. But Holt knows what United need to get back to the summit. No, not a brilliant young manager marshalling a fabulous youth team. They need to spend. They need to be like Manchester City. .. More »

3rd, September 2014 Money

If Scotland Leaves The UK Both Countries Will Become More Equal

HERE'S a slightly odd little factoid about the upcoming Scottish independence vote. If Scotland does leave then both countries will become more equal. And given that we're told that inequality is the defining scourge of our times, that'll be nice, won't it? More »

3rd, September 2014 Key Posts

The Funniest Russian Dash-cam Video Ever (Really)

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3rd, September 2014 Strange But True

Police Chief Decapitated Boy's Noisy Pet Chicken

"THE chicken was like a puppy dog to my son,” said Ashley Turnbull of Atwater, Minnesota of her son Phoenix and his pet hen. “You wouldn’t do that to a puppy” ... More »

3rd, September 2014 In Pictures

War Is Declared: 20 Photos From September 3 1939

ON September 3, 1939, Britian delcared war on Germany... More »

3rd, September 2014 Reviews

Neville Chamberlain - Britain's Declaration of War September 3, 1939

On this day in history... More »

3rd, September 2014 manchester united

England V Norway: Paper Call Manchester United's Wayne Rooney A Fat Chancer

MANCHESTER United and England captain Wayne Rooney is a "FATSO"... More »

2nd, September 2014 Reviews

The Steven Sotloff Snuff Movie

Sick... More »

2nd, September 2014 Reviews

Half Of Young Women Cannot Locate Their Vaginas

THIS is one of those newspaper headlines that really cannot be believed. They've printed it, this much is true, but it's near impossible for the rest of us to believe it: Half of young women can't 'locate their vaginas'.. More »

2nd, September 2014 Music

The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival 1972: Possibly The Worst Music Gathering in History

AFTER The Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock and Isle of Wight captured rock 'n' roll's attention, everyone was soon trying to get in on the action by putting on their own festivals... More »

2nd, September 2014 manchester united

Manchester United Balls: Radamel Falcao, Herrera, Rojo, Blind And Luke Shaw Are The Stepford Wives

MANCHESTER United is the biggest club in the world. We know that because when foreign players pull on the United kit and stand before the advert wall for their close ups they all say, "Manchester United is the biggest club in the world". For Stretford End read Stepford Stars... More »