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30th, November 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal Balls: Flamini and Gunnersaurus Are Fit To Wear The Shirt

Short-sleeve order... More »

30th, November 2013 Film

Disney's Laugh-O-Grams Films - Little Red Riding Hood (1922)

In 1922, Walt Disney brought us the Little Red Riding Hood laugh-o-gram... More »

30th, November 2013 Flashback

Flashback: Epic Political Gaffes From Experts In Their Field

This week Sports Minister Helen Grant became the latest politician to execute the self-destructive manoeuvre we shall refer to as ‘live quiz fail’ – the embarrassing failure to correctly answer questions pertaining to one’s own specialist field... More »

30th, November 2013 Sports

Daily Mirror And William Hill Say Women In Sport Need To More Shaggable

Women in sport... More »

30th, November 2013 Flashback

Cheese Whiz: A Potted History Of The Food that Gets America Glowing

Cheese Whizz - aka Cheese Billy Whizz - was once sold as the product that gave your day a kick in the nervous system... More »

30th, November 2013 Reviews

Local News Watch: It's All Kicking Off On Llwchwr Town Council

Local news never got more local... More »

30th, November 2013 Money 1

Chap Does To Banks What They Do To You

True story... More »

30th, November 2013 Reviews

Norway's Vertical Cemetery Offers A Cracking View Of The Dead

When you die , you will ascend. You will rise up in Martin McSherry's vertical cemetery... More »

30th, November 2013 Strange But True

Dandelion Grows In Child's Ear (Photo)

The above photograph is of a dandelion growing in the ear of a 16-month-old Chinese girl . The roots were embedded in her ear canal... More »

29th, November 2013 Reviews 1

Convicted Child Molester Allowed To Adopt

Strange times in Sweden... More »

29th, November 2013 Technology

Living Radiation-Sponge Grows In Chernobyl

All life is out there... More »

29th, November 2013 The Consumer

Samsung Rewards 'Women Of Steal' Winner With Free Kitchen

No. Not stainless steel... More »

29th, November 2013 manchester united

Manchester United: In 1992 David Beckham Tossed Off Over Clayton Blackmore

Dear Clayton... More »

29th, November 2013 Reviews 3

Romanians Lurk In The Shade To Steal Mushrooms

Having been monstered by the Daily Mail in what local Romanians claim was a set-up, Adevarul says "post-revolutionary Romania's image in the international media is besieged with stigmas"... More »

29th, November 2013 Reviews

Sriracha Factory Photos: Worldwide Panic As Hot Sauce Apocalypse Nears

Well, some judge has ordered that the company that makes Sriracha hot sauce has to shut down because local residents reckon the plant that makes it has produced fumes that burned their eyes and throats... More »

29th, November 2013 Celebrities 1

Cheryl Cole Wins Money For Doing No X Factor work

She sued production company Blue Orbit for for £1.4m for loss of earnings and now the case has now been settled out of court, with the Girls Aloud member accepting a lovely undisclosed sum... More »

29th, November 2013 Politicians

Nadine Dorries: Puts Her Own Front Teeth And Balls To Good Use

"Be seen within a mile of my daughters and I will nail your balls to the floor... using your own front teeth. Do you get that?"... More »

29th, November 2013 Celebrities

Whoops! Peaches Geldof Gives Her Twitter Followers Something Juicy To Read

What a pillock... More »

29th, November 2013 In Pictures

Macey's Thanksgiving Parade Weird Balloon Photos - 1927 To Now

Look out for the balloons... More »

29th, November 2013 Sports

Spurs Balls: Robbie Savage Is Upset That AVB Is Not Harry Redknapp

AVB is till not Redknapp... More »

29th, November 2013 Reviews

London Slaves: Nigella's Filipinos, Cherie Blair's Brush And A Girl Named Revolution

A daily look at the big story of the women "rescued" from a London flat... More »

29th, November 2013 Reviews

Local News: Hat Found In Sligo

Local news special... More »

29th, November 2013 In Pictures

Grandparents Make Their Grandchildrens Drawings Real

Playing dress-ups... More »

29th, November 2013 Reviews 1

Oxfordshire British Gas Protestors Unfurl Banner Demanding ''Justice For JUPMERS'

Because "JUPMERS" need your support... More »

29th, November 2013 In Pictures

10 Epic Mugshots From 2013

Mug shots of the year... More »