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17th, May 2012

Obese man pickets restaurant over failed all-you-can-eat deal

Can you be too fat to eat? Bill Wisth weighs 350 pounds. He is six-feet-six-inches tall. He likes to eat… Read More »

The Consumer

17th, May 2012

Chips, Cheese, Trams and Es – the Edinburgh song

One of our writers once wrote an article for Esquire on ‘Things You See From A London Bus’. One of them was a sleeping Glaswegian. Up in Edinburgh, the view is no less inspiring… Read More »

Anorak TV

17th, May 2012

Is this the best Stag do prank ever?

Kokovtsov is blindfolded. He is taken to a ledge. He is told he is about bungee from a 50 feet high platform. Will he jump? Read More »

Anorak TV

17th, May 2012

How LOCOG cheated the Woolsack knitters – UPS could help

Maybe the unpaid knitters of Woolsack, an official Olympic scheme to knit 14,000 woolly cushion covers to brighten up the athletes’ rooms in the London Olympic Village, should get in touch with UPS… Read More »

Key Posts

16th, May 2012

The Pizza Hut F*ck You Pizza From Pizza Hut is d’lish – video

Pizza Hut has finally stopped dicking around… Read More »

The Consumer

16th, May 2012

Canadian MP says everyone who eats is a copyright thief

Copyright is a big issue. And the debate involves all manner of idiots. Take Canada’s Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dean Del Mastro.. Read More »

Technology

16th, May 2012

Cannes 2012: Day 1 photos – Bill Murray works the lens in Moonrise Kingdom

Bill Murray and Bruce Willis stole the show effortlessly as director and writer Wes Anderson (he co-wrote it with Roman Coppola)and co-star Edward Norton worked the cameras for Moonrise Kingdom.. Read More »

Film

16th, May 2012

The Queen’s Speech In Austere pictures

AUSTERITY! Austerity! Austerity! The Queen’s well-spoken plans for the country, as outlined in her Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, we’re all about austerity… Read More »

Money

Flashback

16th, May 2012

The story of Prince Charles’ comedy – from The Goons to nowhere

Prince Charles has declared modern comedy to be witless, smutty and cruel. He appeared bewildered by the banter of national treasure Peter Kay when they met at a charity concert. He is a man out of time… More »

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16th, May 2012

Amy Childs brings back the 1970s hairy mons with her Vajazzle glitter – photos

Childs, wipe-clean star of The Only Way is Essex (fact: Amy is coated in the same stuff they use to make classroom white boards) is promoting her Hair Vajazzles… Read More »

Fashion

16th, May 2012

Madeleine McCann: The kidnappers dismantled the door – really?

Hands up who knows for certain exactly what happened to Madeleine McCann. There! The one with his hand up. Get him! Ooops! Sorry, Jerry Lawton, the Daily Star’s man on the Our Maddie beat… Read More »

Madeleine McCann

16th, May 2012

Uh-oh! More developments with John Travolta and the reverse massagers!

Massage is always a word that has raised the eyebrows of the eternally mucky minded, but since John Travolta got accused of all-manner of stuff, the world has been introduced to the notion of a ‘reverse massage’, which sounds filthy… Read More »

Celebrities

16th, May 2012

In photos – Men In Black 3D with Will Smith on hurdles

This is the life, eh, stood in an expensive hotel looking at actors, like Barry Sonnenfeld, Alice Eve, Will Smith, Emma Thompson and Josh Brolin, mugging it up for the cameras… Read More »

Film

Royal Family

16th, May 2012

In photos – The Queen’s trip to Burnley

It’s all part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, during which the Queen will wear lots of diamonds. Hurrah!… More »

16th, May 2012

Manchester police seek duo selling Apples as potatoes

PSSSST! Wanna buy a potato? No. What about a laptop? Ok. Done. One man in Manchester was… Read More »

The Consumer

16th, May 2012

Jimmy Greaves plays the England Euro 2012 team anthem

The England Squad for the Euro 2012 championships have been announced. Sadly, no Joey Barton… Read More »

Sports

16th, May 2012

Can you pay your bill with pennies?

You cannot pay your bills with pennies. Well, actually you can, but you can’t insist on doing so. The original story in the Mail… Read More »

Money

16th, May 2012

How police works: Ian Blair’s advertorial in the Times

How police works, with Lord Ian Blair, billed at the foot of his column in the Times as “a former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 2005-08, a crossbench peer and chairman of BlueLight Global Solutions”… Read More »

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16th, May 2012

Kyron Horman – When police fall apart

“No wonder they haven’t found Kyron in all most two years…” Read More »

News

Photojournalism

16th, May 2012

Photos of the day – back boobs for Chelsea fans

Photos of the day are presented by: back boobs; a happy dog; the most over-qualified man on Earth; when Stallone met Ali; internet man is busy; Chelsea fans should enjoy this; the Glasgow munchy box; Zimbabwe bills; and… More »

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