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26th, March 2013 In Pictures

Funny fake ads

Funny fakes... More »

26th, March 2013 Celebrities

Katie Price becomes her own My Little Pony doll

It's good to see her kidzzzz, Princes TenaLadyMe and Junior Pete (aka Junior Lucillr Ball and Desi Arnaz) working in showbiz from the bottom up - literally... More »

26th, March 2013 Celebrities 5

Actresses without teeth

Wot no teefs? More »

26th, March 2013 Reviews

Tonnes of rock fall from Dover's White Cliffs

Portents of doom... More »

26th, March 2013 Money

Surprise! Max Hastings Gets It Wrong on Cyprus!

No Max. It was a great deal this.... More »

26th, March 2013 Film

In the movies Everybody Wants to Kill Bruce Willis (a mashup)

Pierre-Alexandre Chauvat has recorded Willis' career in 39 different action movies... More »

26th, March 2013 Reviews

How did dinosaurs have sex? With great difficulty

Some refer to sex as 'the beast with two backs' and, if you think about dinosaurs humping, then the saying is quite literal... More »

26th, March 2013 Sports

Golfer Sergio Garcia climbs tree for a one-handed shot from a branch!

Golf is strange sport which pits man against a small hole and a lot of weather... More »

26th, March 2013 Reviews

Meredith Kercher: Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito murder convictions stand (but they're not guilty)

Knox always said she never murdered Meredith Kercher, the British student found with over 40 wounds to her body in the Perugia, Italy, flat the pair shared... More »

26th, March 2013 Reviews

Gun debate. Bow and arrow defeats shotgun in Marstons Mills, Massachusetts

The gun debate took a twist when Dwayne Peters, 31, of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, and his neighbour Nathan Hess, 30, rowed... More »

26th, March 2013 Reviews

Lucy Meadows, Jacintha Saldanha and the Daily Mail's 'culture of casual cruelty'

Some say Lucy Meadows died as a result of what Richard Littlejohn said in his Daily Mail column... More »

26th, March 2013 Reviews

Man alerted to dog poo menace tripped and fell on wife

“My wife pointed towards some you know what on the footpath, I turned to look where she was pointing, missed the step, tripped and fell on her..." More »

26th, March 2013 Strange But True 1

Suicidal Mossad squid invades China

To China (where else?) , where an eight-inch live bomb has been found inside a three feet-long squid... More »

26th, March 2013 Books

Everyday Racism in books: Simple Edition by A Little Nigger

In the 1870s, Simple Addition by a Little Nigger was published by McLoughlin Brothers of New York... More »

25th, March 2013 Reviews 3

Pupil was allowed to cut himself with razor blades at special school

"Teachers would wait outside the bathroom while the pupil was inside, checking on them every two minutes. The wounds would then be dressed and cleaned by staff..." More »

25th, March 2013 Money

Finally, a sensible settlement in Cyprus

The settlement in Cyprus is so sensible that it's a wonder they didn't just do this a week ago... More »

25th, March 2013 Politicians

Ford Figo advert shows Berlusconi kidnapping three women for a Bunga Bunga Party

Taxi for Silvio! More »

25th, March 2013 Technology

Apple device makes cracked screens impossible

BEHOLD! The “Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device” will make it impossible for your iPhone, iPad or iPod to fall corner-first down and shatter the screen... More »

25th, March 2013 Reviews

Nick Knowles built the pyramids

History, as you know, is a difficult subject, thanks to the sheer breadth of things that have happened... More »

25th, March 2013 In Pictures

Please Do It At Home: Japan's weird and wonderful public transport advice posters

To Japan, where the public transport posters urge passengers to do certain things at home, not on the train... More »

25th, March 2013 Celebrities

Rich and handsome David Beckham says God chooses who is disabled, ugly and poor

Beckham has a new tattoo. Appearing at Peking University, Becks showed off his latest ink. Written in a Chinese script, it translates to: “Life and death are determined by fate, rank and riches decreed by Heaven.”... More »

25th, March 2013 Reviews

Dorset shops bans 'foreingers' (anyone who lives 30 miles or more away)

TO Dorset, where Mark Galpin, owner of the Aladdin's Cave shop in Christchurch has banned tourists from entering... More »

24th, March 2013 Celebrities 3

'Hypocrite' Piers Morgan and his 'buddy' Snoop Dogg prove the gun nuts right

Morgan wants tighter gun control in the US of A. The CNN host can be seen posing with Snoop Dogg on his Twitter profile. This makes him a hypocrite, right?.. More »

24th, March 2013 Celebrities

RIP Joe Weider inventor of the He-Man Personality and Make Women Like You

How to Make Women Like You... More »

24th, March 2013 TV & Radio

Chopper Skyforce 10 news crew catch dogs in the act (LIVE!)

I'm not a pervert. I'm a flying reporter... More »