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12th, December 2013 TV & Radio

'Brad Pitt' Headbutts 'No Relation' At All

In this segment from Snatch The Director's Cut, Brad Pitt recounts life in the bare knuckle fighting game... More »

12th, December 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal Balls: 'Gunzalo' Higuain Weeps For 'Dire', 'Superb' And 'Assured' Gunners

How bad or good were Arsenal in last night' Champions League defeat to Napoli? The Gunners qualified the contest's knock-out stages in second place... More »

11th, December 2013 Reviews

India Outlaws Homosexuality Because Great Britain Told Them It Was Unnatural

The Supreme Court ruled that the ancient law which prohibits “carnal sex against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” stands... More »

11th, December 2013 Politicians

Nelson Mandela Balls: Madiba Helps Golfers Get The Putts

How Nelson loved his golf... More »

11th, December 2013 Reviews

Baby P: Tracey Connelly's Hair And Other Evils

The Sun is in danger of being labelled a stalker, obsessed with Tracey Connelly's hair... More »

11th, December 2013 Technology

Melt Your Baby's Brain With The Fisher-Price Ipad Apptivity Seat

The iCosh... More »

11th, December 2013 Money

This Just Isn't The Way To Make An Economic Argument

This is used to show that tax incentives to companies does not provide jobs. For, as you can see, we've been providing more subsidies but there are fewer jobs!.. More »

11th, December 2013 Reviews

At Last! Lie Detectors In Santa's Grotto

For years, lying little swine have got away with lying to Santa, saying they've been good all year when in fact, their school reports say something very different... More »

11th, December 2013 Money

The iPotty Is Declared Worst Toy Of The Year

By combining the two pieces of technology it could therefore be possible to automate this most tiresome of child rearing tasks.. More »

11th, December 2013 manchester united

Manchester United: Gloomy Fans Sing Up For Moyes' 'Fergie's Boys'

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11th, December 2013 The Consumer

Epic Calendars: Staffordshire's Classic Beauties

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11th, December 2013 Reviews

Nelson Mandela's Fake Sign Language Interpreter Speaks Out

Those of you following the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's televised memorial service should know that the alien bongi is not yet ready to cook the green bus... More »

11th, December 2013 Music

Lady Gaga Tribute Act Jeff Beck Rocks Them Mild At The Classic Rock Awards

How thrilled was Jeff Beck to win a Classic Rock Living Legend Award? The crowd went mild as Jeff played that rock classic Bad Romance, by Lady Gaga... More »

11th, December 2013 Sports 2

Chelsea Balls: John Terry's Poundland Christmas Toys

JT is not with Oscar, the Brazilian wonder, but 17-year-old Knaphill Atheltic winger and Chelsea fan Jack Jeffrey... More »

11th, December 2013 Flashback 1

5 Funky Black Yuletide Grooves

Most Christmas tunes on the radio were tailor made for the likes of Pat Boone and Andy Williams – two individuals who I believe legally patented the term “white bread”. I mean, I like Perry Como as much as the next guy, but sometimes it’s nice to funk things up with a little afro-centric vibe.. More »

11th, December 2013 Key Posts 18

Madiba Watch: A List Of Non-South Africans Calling Mandela By His Tribal Name

MADIBA Watch: a look at non-South African journalists and politicians calling Nelson Mandela 'Madiba'.... More »

11th, December 2013 Strange But True

Woman Glued To Seat Freed By WD40

Helpfully to the victim, someone videoed and photographed the scene as emergency workers set bout her buttocks with some WD40... More »

11th, December 2013 Strange But True

Waitress Invites Sword-Wielding Tacon Thief To Meet Her Boss

In Bexar County, San Antonio, Adam Benjamin Kramer has wandered into the Alondras De Jalisco restaurant. He orders six tacos... More »

11th, December 2013 Key Posts 3

Mandela Selfie-Gate Photos: Michelle Obama Makes Helle Freeze Over

The Danish Prime Minister is Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Look out for Obama never meeting her again. EVER!.. More »

10th, December 2013 Strange But True

Man Sick Of Shopping With Girlfriend Kills Himself at Mall

Buyer beware... More »

10th, December 2013 Politicians

Rick Santorum: 'Nelson Mandela Is Just Like Me'

US Senator Rick Santorum will now tell Bill O’Reilly of Fox News that Nelson Mandela’s battle against apartheid is just like his opposition to the Affordable Care Act... More »

10th, December 2013 Reviews 4

Free Speech Under Attack: Police Arrest Man For Nelson Mandela Joke

The worrying matter of Neil Phillips... More »

10th, December 2013 Celebrities

Top 10 Overpaid Hollywood Actors

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10th, December 2013 Flashback

'Our Nelson Mandelas' - The IRA's Balcombe Street Gang

On May 10 1998, four men made a dramatic appearance on the platform at a special Sinn Fein conference in Dublin. There was ‘stamping of feet, wild applause and triumphant cheering’ during a 10 minute ovation while the men known as the Balcombe Street gang stood grinning with clenched fists in the air... More »

10th, December 2013 Celebrities

Watch In Awe As Kanye West Shows You How To Remove A Heckler

The lady in question was front row and reportedly shrieked at 'Ye and asked him to remove his signature mask. No-one asks Yeezus to remove his mask... More »