http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3527574.stm
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'Keeping cool in summer has long been a problem'
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:21 (8 years ago) Permalink
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:25 (8 years ago) Permalink
I remember a bbc report from a couple of years ago about Bransonand his latest baloon voyage; the Morrisism was "it floated away like some gigantic jellyfish"
― de, Monday, 2 August 2004 14:35 (8 years ago) Permalink
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:40 (8 years ago) Permalink
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:42 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:59 (8 years ago) Permalink
Captain this one!
― Typhoon is Coming!!! :O (ex machina), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:50 (8 years ago) Permalink
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:59 (8 years ago) Permalink
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 August 2004 22:51 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 5 December 2005 13:36 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 5 December 2005 13:37 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:38 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:39 (6 years ago) Permalink
OK, it's not funny but I had to post it somewhere.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7002179.stm
― Heave Ho, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
Should police get more cash for migrants?
Yes, migrants need all the cash they can get
― blueski, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 22:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
Farm ban for sheep sex arrest man http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7513533.stm
― Mark G, Friday, 18 July 2008 13:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
Police are also investigating reports that the suspect took photographs of the animals before the attacks.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 13:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
He was bailed on the condition that he does not enter farmyards
― Mark G, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
damn you mark
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
it was not me.
― Mark G, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
on the condition that he does not enter farmyards <<< or sheep...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
They sub all the best ones out...
― Ronan, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
bailed on the condition that he takes some video next time
― blueski, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
They should have locked him up, the judge was a woolly liberal.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
He hired a bah-rister
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
no need to ram it home
― blueski, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
He's gone on the lamb
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
"I thank ewe"
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
always had my suspicions about him.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
Mutton could be more embarrassing...
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
Redefines the phrase "sheep dip"
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
The judge was going to send him to a psychiatrist, but realised that he was a dyed-in-the-wool pervert.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
Ewe've been bah-ed
― jel --, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
The defendant tried to convince police that he was a vet, but they realised that he was spinning them a yarn...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!1!
― StanM, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
These puns have shorn all the humour from the situation. Really, they are shear agony to read.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
The man's defence lawyer tried to knit a convincing alibi, but it came unravelled in court.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
A man was recently arrested for a similar offence in a secluded car park - the charge was sheepdogging.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
"he was later spotted sheepishly buying a leg of lamb from his local co-op"
― jel --, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
So where do you buy mint sauce flavoured lube from anyway?
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
(xpost) We are now rapidly approaching the realm of: ...although now thank to NV we're not...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
(xpost) I imagine that such an item could be procured from a bah-ck alley sex shop.
Now you're just ovine me on.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
You guys are scrapie the bottom of the barrel here.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, we should cutlet out.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
The man had misunderstood the term "mutton busting"
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Pooh Sticks is free"
― the next grozart, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
The court ruminated for a long time before coming to a verdict.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
You could say he was licking his chops
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
When the first issue of Sheep World arrived, he realised he'd been fleeced.
― jel --, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
The man told reporters the incident had left him "in a deep trough"
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Did I know it would feel good?" he said, musing aloud. "No, it was just one of those haunches."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
The sheep was physically okay, but left with a few grazers.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
However, she did go and get slaughtered straight afterwards.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
LOL
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's no point bleating about it.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
"When I heard the police siren," he said ruefully, "I knew something wasn't kosher. So I legged it."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
He's also had difficulty getting a bank loan - his credit rating is offal.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
"When we realized what had happened," said the chief constable, "we just burst out laughing. Andouille couldn't stop."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
Damn, andouille's made from pork.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
The farmer called the police on his mobile. He has a contract with Phones4Ewe.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
ARGH
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
Despite rumours, there is no video footage on EweTube.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
This follows on from an incident last week, where several Premiership footballers were accused of roasting a sheep.
"At first when he called, he gave us wrong directions. He may have been trying," the constable added with a chuckle, "to pull the wool over our eyes."
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
The man was also believed to have been listening on his iP0d to the Pink Fl0yd track "Careful With That Axe Ewe-gene".
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 16:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Reports that another four men were seen running from the scene are still unconfirmed. It is believed the suspect was not acting alone, and they had been planning to give the animal a roasting.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
His iPod is also said to contain another Pink Floyd track, from a later, less-acclaimed album. The track is called "The Post War Dream".
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
The court heard that the defendant had also recently been denied a visa by the Australian government.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
Why did he do it? Haggis (I guess) we'll never know...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
The other sheep were taken into protective custody last night, due to rumours in the criminal underworld that they had grassed.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
The police suspected that the man was a "small holder".
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
^^ why was this never made into a meme?
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
The man admitted that the experience had been near the knuckle and that he had been a chump.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
could write THIS under Saddam
― blueski, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
"LATEST: Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy becomes the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single"
It'd have to be one of those 12" gatefold ones, I guess...
― Mark G, Friday, 26 September 2008 12:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
And the winner is... who? Largely unknown in Britain and the US, the winner of the most feted prize in literature has much he us.
Largely unknown in Britain and the US, the winner of the most feted prize in literature has much he us.
um, what?
― Mark G, Monday, 20 October 2008 10:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Ich bin ein Bearliner" Star bear Knut to stay in Berlin Zoo
― snoball, Thursday, 9 July 2009 09:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8616951.stm
Faryl Smith (L) is the youngest artist to receive a double nomination
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Spain 'orgasm' video criticised by politicians
(Number one on the "BBC News Most Popuar" list)
― Mark G, Friday, 19 November 2010 16:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's not even the most wtf thing about that article.
An anti-racism group, SOS Racismo, says it has complained to the public prosecutor about a video game by the Popular Party, in which Alicia Sanchez-Camacho takes on the guise of film and video game heroine Lara Croft to fight illegal immigrants and pro-independence Catalans.
― I'm being a smartass here, but in a fun way (NotEnough), Friday, 19 November 2010 16:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
Richard III dig bones 'like king'
I mean, what does this even mean?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 11:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
DNA tests on 'Richard III' bones
That's better.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
a barbed iron arrow head in the area of the spine.
"I used to be King of England but then I took an arrow to the spine."
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
"dig" as a noun, i.e. archaeological dig
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
"Shaft (of an arrow in the spine)! Can you dig it?"
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:00 (8 months ago) Permalink
"Who is the King, who will murder two Princes in the Tower?""Richard!""Damn right!"
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
"Who is the man, who's not shaped for sportive tricks?""Richard!""Right on!"
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:03 (8 months ago) Permalink
oh boy, digging, that's where i'm a viking.
― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:06 (8 months ago) Permalink
Play set in women's toilet a hithttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19615806
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Sunday, 16 September 2012 12:51 (8 months ago) Permalink
BBC 'regrets Queen disclosure' New
The BBC apologises for revealing that the Queen raised concerns with ministers about the activities of the radical cleric Abu Hamza.
In fact, we'd all like you to forget we even mentioned it....
― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:32 (8 months ago) Permalink
Nazi Buddha originally from space...on the BBC News front page.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19735959The actual headline on the page is the rather saner:Ancient statue discovered by Nazis is made from meteorite
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Thursday, 27 September 2012 18:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, saw that and would have added it but touchpad copy/paste is arse.
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 September 2012 19:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
A 21-year-old is awarded a Military Cross for bravery in Afghanistan after being shot in the helmet.
ow
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Sunday, 30 September 2012 08:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
Baby heroin attack father jailed
― Mark G, Friday, 12 October 2012 14:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
Canvey Island school bans triangle shaped flapjacks
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:41 (2 months ago) Permalink
the sun's headline for this was good, though fell just short of greatness imo
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
Sun in 'actually quite funny' shocka...
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:48 (2 months ago) Permalink
" myView
By ANDY McNAB,Sun Security Adviser"
― kinder, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:11 (2 months ago) Permalink