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 (ten years ago) link
'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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
Testicle size 'link to father role'
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 13:50 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
Mysterious 'ugly woman' painting baffles Winchester couple
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 4 October 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link
U.P. - Up
― lusty thoughts of big, strong, powerful hipsters (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 October 2013 10:41 (ten years ago) link
Badgers 'moved goalposts' says minister
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 13:28 (ten years ago) link
Not a caption, just a picture:http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71953000/jpg/_71953623_eay9ajz5.jpgA real 'once you see it you'll shit brix' vibe to this.
― that's you, that is (snoball), Thursday, 26 December 2013 10:45 (ten years ago) link
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71953000/jpg/_71953623_eay9ajz5.jpg
― that's you, that is (snoball), Thursday, 26 December 2013 10:46 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
Tourism map 'looks like a phallus'
― I only listen to Vantablack Metal (snoball), Thursday, 14 August 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
Giant genitalia to be exhibited in toilets
― Mark G, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
That's what oh never mind
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 October 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
Jager bombs at final hurdle in Paris
― passive-aggressive rageaholic (snoball), Sunday, 5 July 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Lesbos makeshift camp 'utterly miserable'
Well done everyone, etc.
― more side eye than a Picasso (snoball), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 08:27 (eight years ago) link
Stalin spies 'tested Mao's poo'
― bored at work (snoball), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
Pregnant beavers shot by landowners
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 January 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
Add a few "me"'s and it's Chas and Dave.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
or ub40
― conrad, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
Debate around giant rat photo
― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
... I'm noticing a pattern here.
― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
.. But they don't do that anymore
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 March 2017 10:57 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
aye, and the kids would dance around in the spray
― Mark G, Friday, 17 March 2017 07:54 (seven years ago) link
Budget 2018: Extra £420m to tackle potholes
― Chequers Plays Pop (snoball), Sunday, 28 October 2018 11:57 (five years ago) link
now they know how many holes it takes to fill a bong
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 28 October 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
An alpaca walks into a French opticians...
― the battering ram's rolling (snoball), Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
unexploded war arms and unsafe working conditions.... great time to add a pun!
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 3 February 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
Thatcher's puppy has roof work licked
― Mark G, Friday, 24 May 2019 10:04 (four years ago) link
'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 (four years ago) link
it wasn't labelled "acme bomb" apparently.
― calzino, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 12:08 (four years ago) link
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 (four years ago) link
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 (four years ago) link
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 (four years ago) link
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 (four years ago) link
A+ display name
― just another country (snoball), Friday, 9 August 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
Man brings clown to redundancy meeting
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 15 September 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
"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 (four years ago) link
Producer and Editor: Joanne Whalley
scandal!
― genre: post-britpop (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 25 October 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
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 (four years ago) link
residents of southern town hate unusual newcomer shocker
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link