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5th, July 2012 Sports

Robin Van Persie has already been sold three times! - video

YouTube user KSIOlajideb delivers the ultimate diss... More »

5th, July 2012 Reviews

Woman has 50 Shades of Gray triplets orgasm

50 Shades of Grey is the subject of an article by Yahoo! that epitomises modern journalism. All you need do to write an article is... More »

5th, July 2012 Reviews

Tupperware drama: police swoop on Megabus coach from Preston to London

Old Mr Anorak was making his way back to London when something happened on the MN6. He had just tipped his thermos of hot custard atop his Tupperware boxed Eve's Pudding when... More »

5th, July 2012 Celebrities 1

Pudsey the dog signs his own death warrant with warts and all autobiography

This Christmas, you can read Pudsey the Dog's autobiography. udsey is the winner of Britain's Got Talent. Pudey has been signed by Little, Brown for £350,000... More »

5th, July 2012 Reviews

Judge says it can't be rape because the victim was a man dressed as a woman

To Sweden, where judge Dan Sjöstedt of the Örebro District Court, tells the accsued rapist: “The intended crime never had the possibility of being fulfilled."... More »

5th, July 2012 Strange But True 3

Oxford thief trapped by 'pull' door he tried to push

The state of Britain's criminal classes is lamentable. If we're not reading about Latvian muggers and Russian mafia, it's homegrown idiots. Take James Allan... More »

5th, July 2012 TV & Radio

The auctioneer sells a horse

Arsenal may care to look on with interest. The auctioneer may be speaking Dutch... More »

5th, July 2012 In Pictures

Meanwhile...In America

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5th, July 2012 Royal Family 4

Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory is a chance for Kate Middleton to shine

How do the nation's newspapers report the news that Andy Murray (current status: British) is through to the semi-finals of Wimbledon?... More »

5th, July 2012 Sports

Uefa used camera trickery to lie: crying German fan was pre-recorded

Andrea from Dusseldorf, the German football fan seen crying when her nation's team were losing to Italy at the European Championship, didn't... More »

4th, July 2012 TV & Radio

Midget wrestling face slide of the day video

I saw this and ten seconds later it made me laugh... More »

4th, July 2012 Strange But True

Toddler falls on pencil that pierces her brain (X-Ray)

Wren Bowell is 2. At her home in Peasedown St John, Somerset, she was racing to show her parents a picture she had just drawn... More »

4th, July 2012 Celebrities 3

Eric Sykes - a life in photos

Eric Sykes was the comic actor who always seemed old; the uncle who made you laugh, in spite of yourself and your cynicism... More »

4th, July 2012 Photojournalism

The best US Independence Day photos

Happy Independence Day... United Kingdom... More »

4th, July 2012 TV & Radio

The greatest firework fails compilation video

Take one idiot. Add one lit firework... More »

4th, July 2012 Key Posts

Robin Van Persie aims to bring back glory days for his beloved Arsenal by playing for a different club

RVP will not be signing a new contract at the Gunners. He has one year left on his current contract. So. Why is he leaving? Well, the Dutchman has issued a statement... More »

4th, July 2012 Money

This latest euro bailout won't work either - here's why

The last couple of years have been something of a sad sight: we keep seeing the EU stumbling from one attempt at correcting the euro mess to another without ever quite reaching the point where they've solved it.. More »

4th, July 2012 The Consumer

Cool ad watch: The Granny Deaths

The Granny deaths for Zonajobs... More »

4th, July 2012 The Consumer

Sexism and the shaving arms race

Sexism means that men are sold fancy goods that have been chunky and big in your hand. It's all pathetic, of course... More »

4th, July 2012 Celebrities

Tom Cruise: Highest paid actor and general monster to Katie Holmes and Dawson's Creek shark

Tom Cruise has been announced as the highest paid actor in the world, according to Forbes magazine's annual list. Surely he's been in bugger-all films for some time now, thanks to that whole Scientology Business?.... More »

4th, July 2012 Sports

Look alike: Mario Balotelli is Sleestak (From ‘Land Of The Lost’)

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4th, July 2012 Sports

Glazer's continue to milk the Manchester United cash cow with New York IPO

The ruling Glazer family intend to list Manchester United on the New York Stock Exchange. The floatation would raise funds to reduce the club’s debts... More »

4th, July 2012 Reviews 2

Why the Occupy Movement never got its official cookbook

Cook and Occupy sympathiser Devra Gartenstein spotted a market for an official cookbook. The book - Cooking and recipe ideas for the 99%, by the 99% - would be a hit. Only... More »

4th, July 2012 Celebrities 2

Beckham hates Spice Girls 'bad vibes'

Every woman in the mid-twenties went barking crazy when the Spice Girls got back together to launch their musical. However, the reunion was laced with undiluted hate and the gloves are coming off... More »

4th, July 2012 Strange But True 3

Shetland bride and groom declare their love in slurry

"IAIN loves FIONA". The declaration of love is written in animal shit in a field owned by Fiona Halcrow's parents... More »