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16th, June 2014 Money

Using Tinder and Grindr Gives You The Clap

. That, at least, is the finding of a new piece of scientific research, that using dating apps on smartphones, like Tinder or Grindr, gives you the clap... More »

16th, June 2014 Tabloids

England Fans Drink 17 Pints Each Watching World Cup Defeat

GOOD to see that in this age of electronic journalism, the Daily Mail hacks are keeping their bottoms up in the pub... More »

16th, June 2014 Strange But True

Police Find Drugs Stash, Handgun But Not Jimmy Hoffa In Fat Man's Rolls

HOW fat is Christopher Mitchell. Why, he's so fat that he can hide his stash of weed in his stomach rolls... More »

16th, June 2014 Strange But True

Petrol Drinking Dog Spreads House Fire

WHAT does you dog like to drink? More »

16th, June 2014 Flashback 5

Hollywood Adaptations of Vintage TV Shows: An Awe-Inspiring String of Failures

Here are some of the tragic attempts made in the last decade or so. This list is by no means comprehensive. There are many more examples of Hollywood’s inability to get it right, but this is all I can ask of you to stomach in one sitting... More »

16th, June 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Thomas Vermaelen Says He Will Never Leave Arsenal As He Agrees To Join Manchester United

TRANSFER BALLS: The Telegraph says Arsenal club captain Thomas Vermaelen has agreed a deal to join Manchester United this summer. The Belgian will earn £100,000 a week for five years - £30,000-a-week more than his current salary... More »

15th, June 2014 Celebrities

RIP Casey Kasem - The Voice Of Scoobie-Doo's Pal Shaggy Dies

RIP Casey Kasem. You were the great radio DJ who counted down the Top 40... More »

15th, June 2014 Celebrities

Angelia Jolie Picks Up Yet Another UN Award To Make The Inept Organisation Look Good

Sainted mother... More »

15th, June 2014 Strange But True

Crystal Metheney Is Florida's Woman Of The Year

TO Florida, where the State's new Woman of the Year has been arrested in May for shooting a missile into a vehicle... More »

15th, June 2014 Arsenal 4

Chelsea Balls: 'Arsenal Fan' Cesc Fabregas Discovers That Everyone Hates Him

SO. CESC Fabregas the man with Barcelona "DNA" and Arsenal in his heart has joined Chelsea. Good for him. But no-one really likes him. He is just about the most disloyal player on the market... More »

15th, June 2014 Strange But True

Hospital Nightmares: Nurse Tries To Remove Healthy Eye Instead Of Prosthetic One

TO Småland, where an experienced nurse is attempting to remove a patient's prosthetic eye for cleaning... More »

15th, June 2014 Sports 1

England Laughs: Manchester United's Wayne Rooney And Liverpool's Stephen Gerrard Practice For Penalties

SO. England, noble England, were the gallant losers to a decent and better organised Italian side. Memories from the game are not many. But two stand out... More »

14th, June 2014 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann - Sunday Express: 'I Killed Maddie, You're Next'

MADELEINE McCANN: The Sunday Express front page leads with the sensational headline: "I killed Maddie, you're next"... More »

14th, June 2014 manchester united

Transfer Balls: Bastian Schweinsteiger Joins Fabregas And Kroos At Manchester United

TRANSFER Balls: How's the Transfer Season been for Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger?.. More »

14th, June 2014 Strange But True 3

Man Arrested For Agreeing To Trade His Salad For Oral Sex With A Cop

TO FLORIDA, where a 29-year-old Florida local Alonzo Liverman has been arrested for attempting to hire a prostitute with a salad... More »

14th, June 2014 TV & Radio

Mic Wright's Remotely Famous About Football Telly: Beckham On A Bike Versus Berks In Their Bedrooms

FOOTBALL. Football. Football. Adrian Chiles trying to be funny. Football. Football. Football. Gary Lineker marshalling his panel of experts like a sedated zookeeper at the world’s most boring chimps’ tea party. Football. Football. Football. Betting ads. Football... More »

14th, June 2014 Arsenal 2

Arsenal Balls: Wenger Said Fabregas Would Join The Gunners in 2017

Balls... More »

14th, June 2014 Sports

Robbie Savage Tips Chile And Cameroon To Be The New Everton

TOP BBC pundit Robbie Savage shares his views on the World Cup dark horse... More »

13th, June 2014 Books 5

Loads Of Women Running From Houses: The Gothic Romance Paperback

It’s really a bit insane when you think about it: for several decades an entire genre (a quite popular one at that) featured the exact same cover with very little variation. It’s mental... More »

13th, June 2014 manchester united

Transfer Balls: Manchester United Expect Edinson Cavani To Play For Love

TRANSFER Balls: a look at what the media experts with a deadline to hit have been saying about Paris Saint-Germain's Edinson Cavani... More »

12th, June 2014 Technology

Find Out What Happens When People Answer Phone In This Cinema

Pay attention... More »

12th, June 2014 Money

Un-FARE! Uber Downloads Rise 850% As A Result of Taxi Protests

THIS is just lovely: as a result of the taxi protests about how awful Uber is in stealing the crusts from the mouths of the poor babbies of taxi drivers there's been a surge of interest in Uber itself... More »

12th, June 2014 Key Posts

The Sinking Sun: Today The Royal Mail Put Shit Through 22 Million Letter Boxes

NORMALLY if someone puts shit through your letterbox, that person is in breach of the law and could face prosecutions. Yet today 22 million homes had a piece of shit on the doormat, delivered courtesy of the Royal Mail.... More »

12th, June 2014 Chelsea

Chelsea Balls: Arsenal Fan Fabregas Follows The Money And Signs For Chelsea

FINALLY! Chelsea have signed Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona... More »

12th, June 2014 Celebrities

Pear Shaped: Everything You Needed To Know About Alan Yentob And BBC Arts In One Epic Vine

PRESENTING BBC man Alan Yentob being amazed by Ray Davies' listed pear tree... More »