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"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 (thirteen years ago)

oh boy, digging, that's where i'm a viking.

tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:06 (thirteen years ago)

Play set in women's toilet a hit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19615806

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Sunday, 16 September 2012 12:51 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

Nazi Buddha originally from space
...on the BBC News front page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19735959
The 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 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah, saw that and would have added it but touchpad copy/paste is arse.

Mark G, Thursday, 27 September 2012 19:29 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

Baby heroin attack father jailed

Mark G, Friday, 12 October 2012 14:26 (thirteen years ago)

five months pass...

Canvey Island school bans triangle shaped flapjacks

Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:41 (thirteen years ago)

the sun's headline for this was good, though fell just short of greatness imo

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:45 (thirteen years ago)

Sun in 'actually quite funny' shocka...

Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:48 (thirteen years ago)

" myView

By ANDY McNAB,Sun Security Adviser"

kinder, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:11 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

Mussolini's Gay Island

Mark G, Thursday, 13 June 2013 11:51 (twelve years ago)

Table-dancing MP breaks foot in Soho

Wide Area Network King (snoball), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 13:51 (twelve years ago)

really hate their current trend for moronic features in which the headline is a (very dumb) question.

Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 13:57 (twelve years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23030090

how do pieces like this keep getting the green light? i mean, this wouldn't even be published by anywhere else, let alone put on their front page as their lead feature.

it's just a collection of other people's claims with no new facts and an extremely vague newshook. and they are doing two or three features as poor as this every week.

it's not even properly subbed:

If claims about the total amount of porn online are worth questioning because further analysis suggests the same about figures for how much traffic those sites generate.

Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Monday, 1 July 2013 08:54 (twelve years ago)

'I won’t be intimidated by 6ft 8in Pole'

Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Thursday, 4 July 2013 17:12 (twelve years ago)

Will there ever be another massive tank battle?

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 5 July 2013 09:52 (twelve years ago)

Antony Beevor, author of The Second World War

that's quite a credit

my eventual wife (stevie), Friday, 5 July 2013 11:39 (twelve years ago)

Shouldn't he be in prison or something?

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 5 July 2013 12:34 (twelve years ago)

That must have been a hard sell at the publishers.

Publisher: "So, what's your book about then?"
Beevor: "This failed art student with a Charlie Chaplin moustache and one testicle starts another world war."

Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Friday, 5 July 2013 12:46 (twelve years ago)

Producer wins Python court battle

I've heard of Snakes On a Plane but...

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 5 July 2013 14:44 (twelve years ago)

BBC News Magazine ‏@BBCNewsMagazine 1 Jul
Would you #house share with a 97-year-old in order to get cheap #rent? http://bbc.in/129aWsH

r|t|c, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:06 (twelve years ago)

Sunglasses optional: Essential props for declaring a coup. What a load of yarbles.

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 July 2013 11:55 (twelve years ago)

Sharks stun prey with overhead kick

Yes, sharks. Those well known animals with legs. Although the headline on the actual page reads 'Thresher sharks stun prey with tail slaps'.

Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Thursday, 11 July 2013 11:59 (twelve years ago)

Woman takes horse into McDonald's

Told that deliveries were round the back...

slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Monday, 22 July 2013 10:01 (twelve years ago)

10 curious things about the royal birth

6. The news will come on an easel.

media .. ... front-pages .. (you do the substitutions)

Mark G, Monday, 22 July 2013 10:20 (twelve years ago)

'WWIII Queen's speech' script revealed

My beloved son Andrew is at this moment in action with his unit

knighthood chance ruining snortlol

slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:26 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

If you're feeling sinister

Do left-handed people really die young?

TO BE PLAYED AT MINIMUM VOLUME (snoball), Saturday, 7 September 2013 08:47 (twelve years ago)

Testicle size 'link to father role'

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 13:50 (twelve years ago)

Lions play prank on David Cameron

The actuality is v.boring.

I prefer my mental picture of two lions, one going "You sit behind him, I push him, he falls over. And then we eat him"

Mark G, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:42 (twelve years ago)

All of the men were from the Atlanta area so the relative impact of society and biology has not been measured.

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 14:30 (twelve years ago)

Balls jokes about PM holiday snaps

came the time he flipped his lid came the time he flipped his lid (snoball), Monday, 23 September 2013 20:33 (twelve years ago)

Mysterious 'ugly woman' painting baffles Winchester couple

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 4 October 2013 10:38 (twelve years ago)

U.P. - Up

lusty thoughts of big, strong, powerful hipsters (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 October 2013 10:41 (twelve years ago)

Badgers 'moved goalposts' says minister

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 13:28 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

Not a caption, just a picture:
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71953000/jpg/_71953623_eay9ajz5.jpg
A real 'once you see it you'll shit brix' vibe to this.

that's you, that is (snoball), Thursday, 26 December 2013 10:45 (twelve years ago)

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71953000/jpg/_71953623_eay9ajz5.jpg

that's you, that is (snoball), Thursday, 26 December 2013 10:46 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

Sewer was blocked by large Pooh

A large Winnie the Pooh teddy, a bike, a fax machine, jeans and a snake were among a host of bizarre items found in Scotland's sewers last year.

an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:33 (twelve years ago)

five months pass...

Tourism map 'looks like a phallus'

I only listen to Vantablack Metal (snoball), Thursday, 14 August 2014 13:36 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

Giant genitalia to be exhibited in toilets

Mark G, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:09 (eleven years ago)

That's what oh never mind

Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 October 2014 00:30 (eleven years ago)

five months pass...

Why have Osborne and Balls neutered themselves?

Come on BBC, you're not even trying.

Hugh G. Wreckjoke (snoball), Thursday, 26 March 2015 18:58 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

Jager bombs at final hurdle in Paris

passive-aggressive rageaholic (snoball), Sunday, 5 July 2015 15:56 (ten years ago)

two months pass...

Lesbos makeshift camp 'utterly miserable'

Well done everyone, etc.

more side eye than a Picasso (snoball), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 08:27 (ten years ago)

four months pass...

Stalin spies 'tested Mao's poo'

bored at work (snoball), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:46 (ten years ago)

Pregnant beavers shot by landowners

The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 January 2016 16:36 (ten years ago)

Rat in pub 'ran up leg and stole chip'

... like a lyric from a Fall track ca. 1980.

The Robustness of Captchas (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 16:33 (ten years ago)

Add a few "me"'s and it's Chas and Dave.

Mark G, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 16:45 (ten years ago)

or ub40

conrad, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 17:06 (ten years ago)


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