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21st, August 2012 TV & Radio 2

V festival mud slider hits puddle of women's urine (video)

Who is he, then? More »

21st, August 2012 TV & Radio 1

Michael Jordan and the Illuminati theory on the 'Satan Prince of Air'

What we need is good conspiracy theory to entice Julian Assange out... More »

21st, August 2012 Strange But True

Mug shot of the day: Jeepers Peepers Joshua Dakota Traub

Mug shot of the day is of Joshua Dakota Traub, 20, of Tulsa... More »

21st, August 2012 The Consumer

Will Mountain Dew name drink 'Hitler Did Nothing Wrong'?

How did the campaign to find a new name for Dub the Dew go? Dub the Dew is an green-apple infused soft drink... More »

21st, August 2012 Celebrities

Fail: Tom Cruise gives thumbs up to Tony Scott death

A picture speak 1000 words... More »

21st, August 2012 Reviews

The greatest ever opening line to a local news story

Big news from Kent More »

21st, August 2012 TV & Radio

Cockatiel sings The Addams Family theme tune (with clicks)

Dear Anorak, my cockatiel sings The Addams Family theme tune (with clicks) morning noon and night. I love it... More »

21st, August 2012 Sports

Manchester United sign 'Andesron'

Typo of the day... More »

21st, August 2012 Sports

Manchester United: Anderson's Instagram account shows he eats when he wants to (photos)

"Anderson's guaranteed starter on the weekend. And main. And pudding"... More »

21st, August 2012 TV & Radio

Alan Rickman is taking tea (video)

No lumps... More »

21st, August 2012 Key Posts

Daily Express front pages of 2012 brings cures for cancer, dementia, blindness, arthritis and death

Medical research presented as news in the miraculous Daily Express... More »

21st, August 2012 Reviews 1

Being fat causes dementia say experts - maybe

"A 10-year study into the lifestyles of thousands of middle-aged workers has shown the fatter people are, the faster they lose their mental ability." Well, not exactly... More »

21st, August 2012 The Consumer

The Sandal Socks are an object of desire

Sandals. Socks and sandal? Socks or sandals? Sandal Socks?!... More »

20th, August 2012 Flashback

Walt Disney presents: The Story of Menstruation

Spot the mouse... More »

20th, August 2012 TV & Radio

Ass Pennies - how to get ahead in life in 1988

Golfers with tops tucked into shorts discuss the secrets of getting head in life... More »

20th, August 2012 Film

Univited: a mutant cat is on a yacht in 1988 (video)

In 1988, film fans got to see Uninvited, starring George Kennedy, Clu Gulager and a mutated killer cat escaped from a nearby laboratory on a yacht... More »

20th, August 2012 Key Posts 1

George Galloway jumps on Julian Assange and rides him hard

Oh. What joy. Isn't it marvellous when someone you really don't like puts their foot in it... More »

20th, August 2012 Celebrities

Phyllis Diller: 22 great lines

Lines on Phyllis Diller... More »

20th, August 2012 In Pictures

Phyllis Diller - a life in photos

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20th, August 2012 Celebrities

RIP Phyllis Diller

Some pople are just funny. She was one of them. More »

20th, August 2012 Celebrities

Rihanna 'protective' over Chris Brown

Rihanna has been very, very quiet about the whole domestic battery thing that she had with Chris Brown... More »

20th, August 2012 Madeleine McCann 1

Madeleine McCann invoked in failed Canary Islands attack

"Boy fights off kidnapper with karate chop in chilling echo of Madeleine McCann holiday abduction..." More »

20th, August 2012 TV & Radio

What if Alan Partridge interviewed Pussy Riot? Like this (video)

Pussy Riot have given Vladimir Putin a problem. Just as their inspiration Shonagh McGough inspired them. Here they talking with Alan Partridge: More »

20th, August 2012 Reviews

Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swims from Alaska to Russia

Don't waste the day... More »

20th, August 2012 Celebrities

Madonna being sued for $10m for views on Pussy Riot

The stars of pop have come out in support of Pussy Riot, most notably, Madonna who stuck up for them during a gig in Russia... More »