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3rd, July 2013 Money

Corporation Tax: Government hires contractor based in British Virgin Islands

You've got to hand it to the campaigners: they can get newspapers to print the most godawful rubbish these days. The latest complaint seems to be that a company is paying all the tax that is due. What Horrors!... More »

3rd, July 2013 Celebrities

Cheryl Cole is 'proud to reach 30'

Pride watch.... More »

3rd, July 2013 Film

The 1982 Blade Runner convention reel

This 16 mm featurette, made by M. K. Productions in 1982, is specifically designed to circulate through the country’s various horror, fantasy and science fiction conventions... More »

3rd, July 2013 Strange But True

Man sells coffin. One problem - it has a skeleton in it

Dave Burgstrum, from Iowa, put the creepy item on Craigslist for $12,000 in a bid to raise money for property tax money for the Order of Odd Fellows... More »

3rd, July 2013 TV & Radio

Beach lifeguard dashes into the sea to save a drowning man...slowly

You can drown in two inches of water.... More »

3rd, July 2013 Money

We're all getting diesel generators to beat climate change - WTF!

This has to be the most insane side effect of the hysteria over climate change yet: we're all supposed to kit ourselves out with diesel generators... More »

3rd, July 2013 Celebrities

Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting in a Gif

Six weeks after Bert Stern took these pictures in June 1962, Marilyn Monroe died. The set became known as The Last Sitting. Sten and Monroe spent three-days at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles. He took 2,500 photos... More »

3rd, July 2013 Strange But True

Postmen frightened of pensioners 'aggressive' raspberries

"It is the postal service making the problem, not my raspberries. They are not malicious"... More »

2nd, July 2013 Sports

Soledad Fandino photos to pin on the Arsenal doggers bulletin board

ESPN: "Speaking of quality, have you seen the photo on the Web of Higuain’s wife modeling lingerie? I’ve printed it out just in case you missed it."... More »

2nd, July 2013 Reviews 1

Arsenal: Gervinho out, Marouane Fellaini in and buying Tin to polish into someone else's silver

A look at Arsenal's moves in the footballing flesh markets, according to the media experts... More »

2nd, July 2013 Flashback

The sickening thrill of the Vietnam Selective Service lottery

"I still remember that night watching the lottery in 1969 and the tears and fear I felt. I have never since then felt such a lonely feeling. My last day as a civilian I had my father take me to a movie theater..." More »

2nd, July 2013 The Consumer

The Face Slimmer turns your mouth into a potty

Great and not-at-all -useless products for women presents the Potty Mouth Face Slimmer. How does the lip job work?... More »

2nd, July 2013 Reviews

All hail the life-sized Dexter cake!

Dexter's 'dark passenger' allows him to throw off the shackles of humdrum like in the 'burbs and go around stabbing folk through the heart while they're wrapped in clingfilm. Of course, he's not real and we can't hope to emulate him... until now!.. More »

2nd, July 2013 Politicians

House of Lords proving good value with new £100k toilets

Well, two toilets used by peers and VIP guests in the House of Lords are to be refurbished and it'll be costing around £100,000... More »

2nd, July 2013 The Consumer

Woman on period gets eaten by shark - blames leaky tampon

Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water... More »

2nd, July 2013 Sports 6

Roman Abramovich 'only bought Chelsea to protect himself from Putin and exploit the game' (video)

Sayed shows us why journalists and not ex-pros make the best pundits... More »

2nd, July 2013 Reviews

Win: Global warming threatens the bird-eating big-headed ant

n aggressive ant species so vicious that in groups it can eat bird hatchlings alive may see its territory decline in the coming decades as climate change takes its toll on its habitats... More »

2nd, July 2013 Sports 1

Transfer Balls: Spurs' Gareth Bale hums Zadok the Priest as he heads to Manchester United

The Daily Bale: Anorak's look at the Tottenham Hotspur star in the news. Today's Transfer Balls... More »

2nd, July 2013 Strange But True

Massive babies spotted on the London Underground (photos)

It was all part of a promotional event for a bookmakers, perhaps to show that forced to mingle with the great unwashed the rich are as helpless as babies... More »

2nd, July 2013 Reviews

Nail salon pedicurist refuses to see fat woman's feet

You marvelled at the woman too fat to tan. Now read about the woman too fat for a pedicure... More »

1st, July 2013 Sports 1

Transfer Balls: Wayne Rooney snubs Arenal for Chelsea and isn't learning French

Transfer Balls: Anorak's look at Wayne Rooney, the Manchester United striker. Will he go? Will be stay? Will he tie himself to a radiator and drink a glass of Terry Waite's urine? Let's see what the experts have said in the past 24 hours... More »

1st, July 2013 Celebrities

Justin Bieber is excited to meet you - in a Gif

One more reason to admire Le Bieber... More »

1st, July 2013 Celebrities

Farrah Abraham: Backdoor Teen Mom enters rehab's revolting doors

Radar reports that Farrah is enrolled at the Lukens Institute, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. She's there because she was once stopped for DUI. It shook her to the bottom of her talents. More »

1st, July 2013 Fashion

Good cops in bad t-shirts - when police revel in violence

Radley Balko is author of the forthcoming book, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces. He's compiled examples of slogan-heavy T-shirts sold and won by police officers. These include T-shirts that see men as quarry and children as animals... More »

1st, July 2013 Strange But True

Australian 'The Italian Job' Mini Cooper doesn't quite evade the police

If you are going to set up a road block, it might be an idea to block the road.... More »