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11th, June 2013 Technology 1

New Apple website fails to work on Macbooks (laughs)

Given the pomposity of its mission statement, we find it rather amusing... More »

11th, June 2013 Money

So is Thames Water tax dodging or not?

There are a few alarm bells ringing about this story... More »

11th, June 2013 Reviews

Dunkin Donuts bigot Taylor Chapman becomes a hero of US lawyers (video)

The woman making this video of herself insulting employees of a Florida Dunkin' Donuts store might look like a lazy, thick, bigoted, pathetic, delusional, self-important arsehat. But in reality she's just pushing the envelope of the US legal profession... More »

11th, June 2013 Sports 2

Real Madrid set about tapping up Spurs star Gareth Bale

Real Madrid start the long process of tapping up a footballer... More »

11th, June 2013 Music 1

Culture Club reunion photos: Boy George, Mikey Craig and Roy Hay hook up (Jon Moss is away)

Boy George, Mikey Craig, and Roy Hay posed for a photo posted on The (Nice Yiddisher) Boy's Facebook page today... More »

11th, June 2013 Celebrities

Terrible tributes: The R Kelly Apron

Things that exist.... More »

11th, June 2013 Reviews

Man mistakes dildo for gun

"What happens when you turn on the battery is this extraordinary action - oh my, oh my, oh my. Look at that barrel. It does this weird action as if you're drunk or something like that"... More »

11th, June 2013 Reviews

Smurfing: how the US war on drugs makes criminals of tourists

In Colorado, the final recommendations from the Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force included a proposal, “to limit purchases by state residents to an ounce at a time and to a quarter of an ounce for out-of-state visitors"... More »

11th, June 2013 Strange But True

Deer gets head stuck in Doritos bag

Deer kickstart a meme... More »

11th, June 2013 TV & Radio

Cat plays the drums

Tea and milk... More »

10th, June 2013 Strange But True 1

Woman humped to death by tea-total pet camel

This tabloid news story comes with a readymade pun... More »

10th, June 2013 Reviews

Video of a rotating supercell forming over Texas

One thing to note early on in the first part is the way the rain is coming down on the right and actually being sucked back into the rotation.... More »

10th, June 2013 Music

Policeman sings the hits of Oasis

Policemen can be a bit dour, but one PC in Birmingham decided he'd liven things up by singing the general public some songs. Regrettably, he chose the songbook of Oasis... More »

10th, June 2013 In Pictures

Capital Radio Summertime Ball 2013 in 70 photos

If you were there, you might well be here... More »

10th, June 2013 Celebrities

The soaraway Sun put Tulisa Contostavlos back in the gutter where she belongs

So. Now we know. The Sun's Fake Sheik lured Tulisa Contostavlos into a false sense of security by telling her he had lined up a Bollywood deal worth £8m... More »

10th, June 2013 Reviews

Watch as newsreaders HATE each other

Nicole Brewer and meteorologist Carol Erickson have been seen sharing snide exchanges live-on-air at their Philadelphia station.... More »

10th, June 2013 Money

The rich get richer but absolute poverty is being beaten

We're regularly told that rising inequality is a great social evil: that it's far better if places are more equal, that people are more equal, whatever the level of actual wealth that has been achieved... More »

10th, June 2013 Sports 2

Cesc Fabregas: Barcelona star wanted by Manchester United lines up move to Arsenal

The non-news transfer season lands on the Spajn star... More »

10th, June 2013 Reviews

Jesus and Mohammed weep: The six would be EDL killers are as stupid as they look

EDL leader Tommy Robinson and his deputy Kevin Carroll were in the public gallery to see six Islamists jailed for a bothed attack on their group... More »

10th, June 2013 Sports 3