could write THIS under Saddam
― blueski, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
"Ich bin ein Bearliner" Star bear Knut to stay in Berlin Zoo
― snoball, Thursday, 9 July 2009 09:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8616951.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47635000/jpg/_47635915_pope_getty226b.jpgFaryl Smith (L) is the youngest artist to receive a double nomination
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Spain 'orgasm' video criticised by politicians
(Number one on the "BBC News Most Popuar" list)
― Mark G, Friday, 19 November 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
Richard III dig bones 'like king'
I mean, what does this even mean?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 11:24 (eleven years ago) link
DNA tests on 'Richard III' bones
That's better.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
"dig" as a noun, i.e. archaeological dig
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/08/10/isaac460x276.jpg"Shaft (of an arrow in the spine)! Can you dig it?"
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
"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 (eleven years ago) link
"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 (eleven years ago) link
oh boy, digging, that's where i'm a viking.
― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, saw that and would have added it but touchpad copy/paste is arse.
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 September 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Baby heroin attack father jailed
― Mark G, Friday, 12 October 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Canvey Island school bans triangle shaped flapjacks
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
the sun's headline for this was good, though fell just short of greatness imo
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Sun in 'actually quite funny' shocka...
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
" myView
By ANDY McNAB,Sun Security Adviser"
― kinder, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
Mussolini's Gay Island
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 June 2013 11:51 (ten years ago) link
Table-dancing MP breaks foot in Soho
― Wide Area Network King (snoball), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 13:51 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
'I won’t be intimidated by 6ft 8in Pole'
― Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Thursday, 4 July 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Will there ever be another massive tank battle?
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 5 July 2013 09:52 (ten years ago) link
Antony Beevor, author of The Second World War
that's quite a credit
― my eventual wife (stevie), Friday, 5 July 2013 11:39 (ten years ago) link
Shouldn't he be in prison or something?
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 5 July 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
Producer wins Python court battle
I've heard of Snakes On a Plane but...
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 5 July 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
BBC News Magazine @BBCNewsMagazine 1 JulWould 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 (ten years ago) link
Sunglasses optional: Essential props for declaring a coup. What a load of yarbles.
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 July 2013 11:55 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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