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The Fifty Stone American Patty

EVERYBODY loves a good ‘fat American’ story. And the latest sage of a housebound woman from New Jersey plays up to all the usual stereotypes.

Fifty stone (700 lbs) Patty Brown … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Jesus Was A Good Easter Egg

The Somerfield supermarket chain surveyed 1,130 adults on the meaning of Easter. The survey found that one-in-six 16 to 24-year-olds know nothing about Good Friday. Ten per cent know nothing … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Metallica And Other Children

Can you name your child what you like?

Swedish couple Michael and Karolina Tomaro want to call their daughter Metallica. “It suits her,” says Karolina Tomaro. “She’s decisive and she knows what she wants.”

But … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)


Keith Richards Snorts His Dad

KEITH Richards, friend of Anorak, says: “It was the strangest thing I had ever had to snort but it went down well.”

What did Keith snort? The clue is in the … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Mail Makes Stand Againt YouTube Cyber Bullying

TEACHERS under pressure. Targets unrealistic. Exams worthless. Not to worry, the Mail is here to help.

It has seen an example of “cyber-bullying” in which a teacher at a school in … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (12)


White House Press Room’s New Strategy

QUOTE: “I see your point, Jim.” White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino.

Figure of Speech: concessio (con-CESS-io), the figure of agreeability.

We’re seeing a bold new strategy in the White House … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Princess Diana Should Belt Up

“DIANA DEATH: ANOTHER COVER-UP,” announces the front page of the Express, in typical fashion.

“Coroner says she will not reveal Charles and Philip secret papers.”

This is, says the Express, “crucial evidence.”

Coroner … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Royal Family | Comment (1)


Heather Mills’ Disability Benefit Dance

HAS Heather Mills gone too far on Dancing With The Stars?

We ask in light of the story that Brian Callaghan, 60, has been asked to show proof of his disability … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Strange But True | Comment


John Reid, Fedoras & The Labour Leadership

Deciding when to throw your hat into the ring of any significant election contest is always about timing. Throw your hat in too early and you lose the momentum, join … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


British Lawyers Go West

US TV is full of legal dramas starring svelte and urbane lawyers balancing tough court cases and steamy office romances and now it seems that all that glamour and sex … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Money | Comment


Sick Phone Charges On The NHS Patientline

IT seems as though the nation’s “entrepreneurs” will do whatever it takes to squeeze every last penny out of the old and the infirm.

Following the recent furore over extortionate car … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Money | Comments (3)


Lloyds Bank Wants A Sharia The Wealth

NEVER ones to miss out on a new sources of profit, banks are now turning their attention to the previously untapped Islamic business market.

According to the Guardian, Lloyds TSB has … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Money | Comment


Heather Mills Is A Leg-end

HEATHER Mills is “thrilling America”.

So says the Express on its cover page. And reading on we learn: “Heather thrills America.”

“She’s been called a gold-digger, compulsive liar and fantasist,” says the … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Princess Diana Press Gangs Beyonce & Justin Timberlake

OH, oh, we feel a daily Mirror feature coming on.

The paper’s weapons of mass destruction counter has long since ticked it last – each day the Mirror produced a number … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Jade Goody Is The Real Princess Diana

LAYDEES and gentlemen, please be upstanding for Jade Goody, “The Princess Diana of Reality TV.”

Of course, this is not as “bizarre” as the Star claims. Diana was the celebrity princess … (read more)

Posted: 4th, April 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Pass The Bowl – Sanjaya Malakar Is Finger Lickin’ Good

AMERCIAN Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar has been made an offer he must surely refuse. 

It goes like this:

“Congratulations on catching America’s ears…and eyes. Over the past month, you’ve wowed the world with … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


President Bush Muddies Iran’s Waters

A ‘turn for the worse’. From Duncan R in the Forums.

Efforts to secure the release of the captured British soldiers/sailors suffered a setback with news that USA President, George ‘Wanker’ … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Dancing With the Stars – Heather Mills’ Pogo Feet

IS Heather Mills Playing Fair On Dancing With The Stars?

THREE weeks into Dancing With The Stars, the American version of Strictly Come Dancing, and Heather Mills is mired in controversy.

According … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: TV & Radio | Comments (5)


Repel All Borders – Iran, British Hostages And Guantanmo Bay

THOSE Iranians, eh? What are they like?

Craig Murray was on Newsnight yesterday making the mostly overlooked point that neither the British nor the Iranian governments were being honest about the … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Americans To Blame For Iran Hostages

You’ve got to love the Indy for their trying.

It’s only taken them eleven days but they got there in the end.

This morning they have exclusively revealed that the British servicemen … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)


Liverpool Kops Good News

WHAT with a summer transfer fund of a reported £40 million and construction on a swanky new stadium about to begin, things at Liverpool FC are looking decidedly rosy.

Even the … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Money | Comment


Tesco Not So Local

THOSE lovely mega-supermarkets are at it again.

The Independent reports that Tesco are being accused of “stretching the definition of local past breaking point”.

The retail giant has launched a last-ditch attempt … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Money | Comments (2)


Never Never Land – Britain Banks On Debt

IT seems that no matter how many warnings about heavy debt the humble householder and consumer are given, we just can’t seem to stop our lust for shiny, bright new things.

According to … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Money | Comment


An Amerian Soldier Protects His Pretty Face, Sir!

AS if it wasn’t bad enough that thousands of US soldiers have to spend months overseas, they also have to put up with dozens of Pentagon-sanctioned public service announcements on … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Mel Gibson Tells it Like it Is

AFTER watching Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, an inspired and uplifted Anorak film club burnt down a synagogue.

We wanted to thank Mel for a terrific night out. So … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, April 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (7)