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25th, November 2011 TV & Radio

Snigger Of The Day: La Kings' Dustin Brown Takes A Drink

Snigger of The Day features LA Kings team captain Dustin Brown quenches his thirst. It's the snigger that makes it funnier, isn't it. Like the Fenton video, the final snigger puts the tin lid to the joke... More »

24th, November 2011 Madeleine McCann 4

Does Kate McCann Makes Us Feel A Bit Sorry For The News International At The Leveson Inquiry?

Happily, News International has other titles and earlier this year the Sun brought news of her book... More »

24th, November 2011 Politicians

Vladimir Putin Censors The Boos At Wrestling Bout With Stunt Double: Social Media Erupts

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24th, November 2011 Key Posts

The 85th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade In Times Square, New York: Photos

It's Thanksgiving. And that means only one thing: deep-fried turkey! But before that, here's the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Times Square in New York... More »

24th, November 2011 TV & Radio

William Shatner Loved His Deep Fat Turkey Frier To Death: PSA Video Of The Day

A man and his large deep-fat frier... More »

24th, November 2011 Celebrities

Amy Childs Opens Up Beauty Salon In Brentwood, Essex: Motherwell Branch On Hold

The Only Way Is Essex, it turns out, is not the work of fascists seeking to debase an entire strand of the population and give cause for a death camp in Basildon. It turns out out that the people on the show are real... More »

24th, November 2011 Celebrities

Hugh Grant's Thought For The Day: Incest With Liz Hurley

Hugh Grant's thought for the day, as not told to the Leveson Inquiry... More »

24th, November 2011 TV & Radio 1

Kitten Wrestling - Sick Depraved Video Shame Horror

Move over cage fighting kombat kids. The killer kitten are ready to rumble... More »

24th, November 2011 The Consumer

The Magical Crisp Making Vending Machine!

CRISPS! Everyone loves crisps. Just reading the word makes you want to stuff as many lovely, greasy crisps into your gaping crisphole as inhumanely possible. If you choked to death on crisps, you'd die happy.... More »

24th, November 2011 The Consumer

Chicken Chain Nando's Pokes Fun At Sad And Lonely Dictators

The YouTube clip shows a man with an uncanny resemblance to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe laying a dinner table and having flashbacks to happier times when he fooling around with the likes of Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussain during the festive season... More »

24th, November 2011 Key Posts 1

Stephen Lawrence Murder Trial Days 7 And 8: The Police Have 15 Days To Account For

"Given that there was this two-week gap between the offence and the seizure of the clothes, I was reluctant to do the transfer of fibres from Stephen Lawrence on to the suspects. That, and with the fact that I understood the attack was brief and contact was minimal"... More »

24th, November 2011 Celebrities 4

Jimmy Carr Takes Shots At Down Syndrome Sufferers

Comedians ove tackling taboo subjects. Many stand-ups see their job as mirth maker, coupled with freedom of speech activists. In the case of the latter, many use their freedom to say what they like to make audiences squirm with hard truths or contentious topics.. More »

24th, November 2011 Money

That One About Politicians and Their Lips Moving Again: Chris Huhne's Green Shirts

The big lie here is that he's talking, with certainty, about what prices are going to be in 9 years' time. This simply is not possible, it's a gross effrontery for anyone, politician or not, to stand up and try us anything in that level of detail for that far in the future.... More »

24th, November 2011 Key Posts 2

Parking Meter Robin Hood Detonates 14 Meters In Lewes, East Sussex

People, described on the BBC as “vandals”, have used explosives to destroy 14 parking meters in Lewes, East Sussex. East Sussex County Council says lives have been put at risk. No, not livelihoods... More »

24th, November 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Kung Fu Dad Hits Roy Lichtenstein's Muse

All life is out there... More »

24th, November 2011 Strange But True

An Octopus Walks On Land: Be Afraid

At the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in California and octopus has been spotted walking on land, albeit in the style of Pete Doherty running for the bus... More »

24th, November 2011 Reviews 1

Portal To Hell Opens By Peterborough Lap-Dancing Club (Video)

DRAGONS! In Peterborough!! The manhole covers along Brook Street in Peterborough city centre are popping open, pushed upwards by a mix of fire and gas.... More »

24th, November 2011 Strange But True

Man Sues 'Liz Jones' For Stealing His Sperm And Having Twins

Pressil, 36, says his ex-lover stole his sperm and took it to Houston's Advanced Fertility Center of Texas, where three months after their split she became pregnant... More »

24th, November 2011 Key Posts 24

Madeleine McCann At The Leveson Inquiry: The Free Speech Debate

Kate McCann has been addressing the Leveson Inquiry into media standards... More »

23rd, November 2011 Key Posts

It's Not Just The Republican Presidential Hopefuls Who Are Lost For Words

With another six weeks to go before the 2012 Republican primary and caucuses schedule kicks off, the Grand Old Party’s presidential race contestants have already outgaffed presidential hopefuls of all creeds and times. Or so it would seem... More »

23rd, November 2011 Celebrities

George Michael Has Pneumonia In Austria

Not too long ago, Michel was schooled off cannabis by being locked up in prison with lots of desperate, sweaty drugs dealers... More »

23rd, November 2011 Politicians

Silvio Berlusconi Forgets About Crippling Italy To Focus On New LP (no, honest)

So, in an attempt to forget about allegations of corruption and having sex with underage prostitutes (allegedly, okay watching lawyers?), he's focusing on 'True Love', which is the name of his new album.... More »

23rd, November 2011 Key Posts 2

Fenton The Richmond Park Jesus Dog Is A Meme: The Parodies

Fenton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More »

23rd, November 2011 Strange But True

Derby Student Danielle Morgan Gets Trapped In Clothes Horse

The University of Derby student had been "mucking about" with laundry devices when she became trapped in a clothes horse at her halls of residence... More »

23rd, November 2011 Music 1

Lady GaGa's Version Of White Christmas Is Leaked AND SHE'S ADDED HER OWN VERSE

She may be better known for making barnstorming enormopop and wearing outfits that Grace Jones may get jealous of, but you'll know she's got a sappy side... More »