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30th, December 2012 Celebrities

Kate Winslet to be sent to space with her new, awful surname

Then, everyone saw what her new husband was called - Ned Rocknroll... More »

30th, December 2012 Strange But True

Man has stroke and wakes up speaking Welsh

Imagine then, you wake from having had a stroke and finding out that you can't speak your native language anymore... More »

30th, December 2012 Money

The latest investment scam: rare earth metals

The Mail has a piece on investment scams. The usual list of people trying to sell you over-priced opportunities to lose money... More »

29th, December 2012 Key Posts

Bad toys - 14 more terrible toys

An empty package on December 25? When it comes to crap Christmases, you can’t beat that.... More »

29th, December 2012 Books 1

April Bloomfield’s A Girl and Her Pig: Recipes and Stories - the hilarious reviews

"I cannot imagine the “book” being displayed where young children are present..." More »

29th, December 2012 Reviews

Legalise cannabis now: it's lost its stigma

The drug has lost its stigma. It's acceptable to smoke it. So. It must be fine to smoke it every day. Right?... More »

29th, December 2012 Celebrities

Green shirt Leonardo DiCaprio uses up world's oil and petrol as fast as possible

Leo will make us turn to renewable energies by using up the old ones as fast as possible... More »

29th, December 2012 Celebrities

Did Lady Penelope break up jealous Gerry Anderson's marriage to Sylvia?

Lady Penelope had played a part in the disintegration of the Anderson marriage... More »

29th, December 2012 Celebrities

Brian Cox autotunes his way back to the beginning of time

And now, Brian Cox has been turned into a space-crooner with a 'mash-up' (a dreadful term, granted) by John Boswell.. More »

29th, December 2012 In Pictures

WTF animal photos of 2012- 17 pictures

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29th, December 2012 Money

They've got more than one way of stealing your money you know

Get found with more than $10,000 in cash on you in the US these days and the police will just take it... More »

29th, December 2012 In Pictures

And then it happened

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29th, December 2012 Reviews

Kabang the child-saving hero dog with no nose saved from cancer

'My dog has no nose.' 'How does it smell?' 'It can't you idiot as half of its face is missing!' More »

29th, December 2012 Strange But True

Man overdoses on Brussel sprouts (it's a gas, gas, gas)

Sprouts can kill you... More »

27th, December 2012 Celebrities

Gerry Anderson - a life in photos

He's gone... More »

27th, December 2012 Celebrities 2

RIP Gerry Anderson and his supermarionation heroes

Gerry Anderson and his supermarionation heroes... More »

27th, December 2012 Celebrities

Sammy Davis Jr. sings Mary Hartman for New Year's Eve: plink plink fizz

Plink! Plink! Fizz! More »

27th, December 2012 The Consumer 11

23 horrible children hate their Christmas presents

My parents are soooooo rubbish.... More »

27th, December 2012 Reviews

One Pound Fish Man Muhammed Nazir wins free trip to Pakistan

So. Goodbye Muhammad Nazir, the Pakistani who stood in Queen’s Market, East London, to belt out his One Pound Fish song... More »

26th, December 2012 The Consumer

The Scotch Tape pictures: how to wear Christmas gift wrapping

Thanks to New Mexico-based photographer Wes Naman we know what to do oith all that used Christmas gift wrapping. We wear it... More »

26th, December 2012 Flashback

Christmas Cards from the Soviet Union space race

Santa zooms to the stars... More »

26th, December 2012 Reviews

Scientists prove Rudolph the Reindeer's nose does glow red

"They also put the reindeer on a treadmill..." More »

26th, December 2012 TV & Radio

Why you're addicted to watching Christmas TV

"Normally wanting and liking are tightly bound together..." More »

26th, December 2012 Reviews

Christmas Day swim photos: Exmouth, Sandycove and the Serpentine

Braving the waters... More »

25th, December 2012 Reviews

Merry Christmas

Try not to row too much... More »