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27th, June 2013 Money 2

There's a reason companies are people: The ACLU v NSA proves it

There much spluttering around about the fact that companies are people. However, there's a damned good reason that they are: if they weren't we couldn't sue them. And we like being able to sue companies when they stuff up or rip us off... More »

26th, June 2013 Music 1

How would John Lennon & Bob Dylan fare on The Voice?

That question gets answered... More »

26th, June 2013 Strange But True

Bus advertising 'drive home' crashes into home

Oh, the irony... More »

26th, June 2013 Money

It's the schools to blame for the property crash, not the banks

The property crash wasn't actually their fault at all, oh no sirree. Actually, it was the state school system... More »

26th, June 2013 Reviews

Face of the day: Cat glowers at fireman who rescued it from burning building

Any idea who started the fire? More »

26th, June 2013 Gifs

Gifs: 17 water slide lols

Summers' here. Toss the daddy long legs from the dusty paddling pool. Grease over the slippery sliders. And head along to the Aqua Park, taking care to avoid the rusty nails. What could go wrong?... More »

26th, June 2013 In Pictures 1

Nice Girls behaving badly - 14 examples

Nice girls having a laugh.... More »

26th, June 2013 Sports

Football Balls: Spurs manager Andre Vill-Boas races from Paris and Ryan Giggs begins his Manchester United Countdown

Football Balls: Anorak's look at summertime reporting of the national fame. Today we look at non-sequiturs... More »

25th, June 2013 Reviews

Kim Kardashian uses baby North West to see which way the money blows

The Mail claims Kim wanted to find out which of her friends would sell the pictures to the Press. This was not to test the market rate for the photos. This was to protect her son... More »

25th, June 2013 Film

Exploding actresses - when actresses in famous films explode - volumes 1, 2 and 3

The best thing we've seen on the internet this year... More »

25th, June 2013 Flashback

The K-tel Bigfoot commercial

K-TEL didn't just make K-Tel Record Selector, non-stick frying pans and fight with Ronco for your hard-earned pennies. It made the "Bigfoot", as seen in this Bigfoot commercial... More »

25th, June 2013 Sports 30

Gareth Bale could be sold, says Spurs manager Andre Villa-Boas

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

25th, June 2013 Flashback

In this 1968 video Mickey Mouse gets killed in Vietnam

The film was made by Milton Glaser Shows as an anti-war statement. But for those of us who can't abide the chipper rodent, having him bumped off in a dark jungle makes the Vietnam War appear as a casus belli... More »

25th, June 2013 Money 1

Guardian Australia fails to understand the Aussie dollar and how Sony sells its PS4

As you may or may not know The Guardian has just started up an online section devoted to Australia. And it's terribly comforting to know that even on the other side of the world the lefties are subject to the same damn delusions as they are here... More »

25th, June 2013 TV & Radio

David Cameron hugs The Man With the 10 Stone Testicles

Compare and contrast these hooded testicles... More »

25th, June 2013 Key Posts

The headline-grabbing statues that moved, drunk, wept and even sung

The Spinning Mummy of Manchester is enjoying its 15 minutes of fame after being filmed – using time-lapse photography – rotating 180 degrees in its glass case... More »

25th, June 2013 Reviews 2

Anti-gay Christianist apologises for his bigotry in trying to turn gay sinners into saved straights

Anti-gay Christianist apologises for his bigotry in trying to turn gay sinners into saved straights... More »

25th, June 2013 Strange But True 1

Is nothing safe? Police seek man who punctures bike wheels and masturbates over the saddles

Who is the man seen puncturing the wheels of a bicycle, rubbing himself against the seat, consulting a photograph and masturbating to climax?... More »

25th, June 2013 Reviews 3

Dog poo hero faces up to 20 years in prison for tossing dog turd at man who failed to clean up after his pet

Trammell was so upset with a man at Canyon Creek Apartments' dog park whom she claims was not cleaning up his dog's faeces, she picked up his doggy's turds and tossed at the rabid owner... More »

25th, June 2013 In Pictures 2

The 22 cutest aniamls on the internet

These might be the 22 cutest animals on the internet... More »

24th, June 2013 In Pictures

Ruby the Heart-Stealer - Karima el-Mahroug - in photos

The woman who took a bung bunga from Silvio Berlusconi... More »

24th, June 2013 Reviews

Lake Annecy murders: Zaid al-Hilli arrested

Saad al-Hilli's brother, Zaid al-Hilli, has been arrested in Surrey on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder... More »

24th, June 2013 In Pictures

Funny dumb kids and the things they say

Because children can be funny... More »

24th, June 2013 Music

How to write a blues song with no need of pain and soul

Easy... More »

24th, June 2013 Celebrities 1

Is that a young Lindsay Lohan advertising the perils of poo eating for Bristol Council?

Can a child's work ruin the adult's career?... More »