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)
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)
Jager bombs at final hurdle in Paris
― passive-aggressive rageaholic (snoball), Sunday, 5 July 2015 15:56 (ten years ago)
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)
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)
Debate around giant rat photo
― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:13 (ten years ago)
... I'm noticing a pattern here.
― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:14 (ten years ago)
Fire crew used to remove ring from penishttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39285486
― well the bitter comes out better on a stolen Switch cartridge (snoball), Thursday, 16 March 2017 10:36 (nine years ago)
.. But they don't do that anymore
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 March 2017 10:57 (nine years ago)
I remember when a fire crew would remove a ring from your penis in the street.
― well the bitter comes out better on a stolen Switch cartridge (snoball), Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:08 (nine years ago)
aye, and the kids would dance around in the spray
― Mark G, Friday, 17 March 2017 07:54 (nine years ago)
Budget 2018: Extra £420m to tackle potholes
― Chequers Plays Pop (snoball), Sunday, 28 October 2018 11:57 (seven years ago)
now they know how many holes it takes to fill a bong
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 28 October 2018 13:03 (seven years ago)
This thread might go some way to explaining the centrality of potholes in the national weltschmerz of the UK.
Local councillors
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 October 2018 16:03 (seven years ago)
An alpaca walks into a French opticians...
― the battering ram's rolling (snoball), Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:09 (seven years ago)
World War One grenade among potatoes at Hong Kong crisp factory
The bombe de terre was safely detonated on site by bomb disposal officers.
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 3 February 2019 12:22 (seven years ago)
unexploded war arms and unsafe working conditions.... great time to add a pun!
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 3 February 2019 16:36 (seven years ago)
Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved after 35 years
Dismembered orange plastic cats and their electronic innards have plagued Finistère for years
― just another country (snoball), Thursday, 28 March 2019 19:43 (seven years ago)
Thatcher's puppy has roof work licked
― Mark G, Friday, 24 May 2019 10:04 (seven years ago)
'Giant Christmas bauble' in Thames sparks bomb alert https://t.co/h8LkGJLiCu— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 29, 2019
― calzino, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 12:06 (seven years ago)
it wasn't labelled "acme bomb" apparently.
― calzino, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 12:08 (seven years ago)
David Bowie to be immortalised by Barbie
The article name checks several Bowie songs, but doesn't mention the one song that actually mentions Barbie - 'Young Americans', which has the line "it ain't that Barbie doll, her heart's been broken just like you have".
― just another country (snoball), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:21 (six years ago)
Norwich Cathedral helter skelter 'is a mistake'
Sounds like it'll be coming down fast.
― just another country (snoball), Friday, 9 August 2019 21:34 (six years ago)
would much rather appreciate the roof of an ancient stone building from a helter skelter than a wobbly tower scaffold that you have to nervously climb back down again. fuck the haters!
― calzino, Friday, 9 August 2019 21:39 (six years ago)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/tv/2019/01/18/TELEMMGLPICT000001073483_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqEDjTm7JpzhSGR1_8ApEWQA1vLvhkMtVb21dMmpQBfEs.jpeg
― Euripedes' Trousers (Tom D.), Friday, 9 August 2019 21:46 (six years ago)
A+ display name
― just another country (snoball), Friday, 9 August 2019 21:48 (six years ago)
Man brings clown to redundancy meeting
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 15 September 2019 15:59 (six years ago)
"Steven, a Christian, thinks fencing prevents knife crime"
no he doesn't..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-50101362/steven-a-christian-thinks-fencing-prevents-knife-crime
― Mark G, Friday, 25 October 2019 11:17 (six years ago)
Producer and Editor: Joanne Whalley
scandal!
― genre: post-britpop (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 25 October 2019 11:23 (six years ago)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-50486724
Alton's Christmas skiing marmot decoration sparks row
A giant ear-muff wearing marmot has sparked a mixed response in a Hampshire town after it was revealed as part of its Christmas display.
― koogs, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:17 (six years ago)
residents of southern town hate unusual newcomer shocker
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:24 (six years ago)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-50760470?ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_twitter
Woman, 89, granted 'big biceps' stripper care home wish
― calzino, Thursday, 12 December 2019 16:44 (six years ago)
Her somewhat unorthodox wish was granted when the stripper, dressed as a fireman, turned up at the Glastonbury Court care home in Bury St Edmunds two weeks ago and began swinging his belt around wildly before stripping down to his underpants
'two weeks ago' is stretching the definition of 'news' imo
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 December 2019 16:48 (six years ago)
I'm missing Laura K already!
― calzino, Thursday, 12 December 2019 17:07 (six years ago)
Pringles tubes burnt to crisp in M1 lorry fire
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 12 January 2020 20:27 (six years ago)
Wine bar occupies former gents' toilet site
Cue the "this is a toilet venue", "the beer tastes like piss", etc., etc. jokes.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:40 (six years ago)
ffs BBC...
Lesbos refugee centre burns amid migrant tensions
The article itself has the much less tabloid headline Greece migrant crisis: Refugee centre ablaze as tensions rise.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 8 March 2020 13:14 (six years ago)
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb. Storyville: The Trials of Oppenheimer. Tonight, 10.30pm, @BBCFour https://t.co/OKN48N1W0A— BBC Four (@BBCFOUR) August 13, 2020
― koogs, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:13 (five years ago)
you can take all yer pots and pans and your atomic weapons and your famous quantum chemistry and molecular physics theories + chuck 'em all in the bin!
― calzino, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:24 (five years ago)
someone else one twitter - "i am become death, destroyer of leeds"
― koogs, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:31 (five years ago)
why would they not delete??
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 August 2020 17:38 (five years ago)
US election: Do you need Jesus to win the White House?(maybe because you don't trust the other two candidates?)
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 12:18 (five years ago)
Your 'wacky backy' BBC news caption of the day...Cannabis crop at former Coventry nightclub 'worth £1mhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/14626/production/_114949438_nca.jpg
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 17 October 2020 12:44 (five years ago)
Islam: Sunak lets the taxman take the strain
No, the government isn't going to tax Muslims. The article was written by Faisal Islam, the BBC's economics editor.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 17:47 (four years ago)
Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years
Insert "modern art, amirite!?" joek here.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 28 October 2022 17:47 (three years ago)