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Brilliant news stories

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Postby Dutch guy » 11 Jun 2012, 01:23

That immediately reminded me of number 15 in this collection of shorts
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Postby Dibria » 11 Jun 2012, 14:09



Yeah, they were going on about that on the Today Program and the Now Show, kind of a non news piece of news but funny.
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Postby Merrymaker_Mortalis » 11 Jun 2012, 14:15

Dibria wrote:


Yeah, they were going on about that on the Today Program and the Now Show, kind of a non news piece of news but funny.



Yeah I heard it from somewhere too?
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Postby Dibria » 11 Jun 2012, 14:22

Indeed, current series is nearly over I think, it's amusing.
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Dutch guy wrote:That immediately reminded me of number 15 in this collection of shorts


#6 is awesome
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Postby plummeting_sloth » 12 Jun 2012, 06:59

Heh... reminds me of this Buttersafe comic

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Postby gcninja » 12 Jun 2012, 10:37

I love that comic more and more every time I read it.
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Postby plummeting_sloth » 12 Jun 2012, 11:18

Have they sued the writers of "The Hangover" for stealing their idea?
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If everyone did that the studio would go bankrupt.
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Postby Fenrir » 12 Jun 2012, 14:39

This isn't so much brilliant as it is slightly disturbing but ....

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Postby Geoff_B » 12 Jun 2012, 14:50

Saw that on Have I Got News For You the other night :D
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Postby leapy » 12 Jun 2012, 15:54

This is from back in 2007. 4 men ran a 4x4 into the terminal at Glasgow Airport, the 4x4 burst into flames and a baggage handler starts hitting one of the terrorists while he was on fire.

http://littlerichardjohn.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/jon-smeaton-so-i-decked-gentleman.html
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Postby plummeting_sloth » 13 Jun 2012, 10:32

Well... it's not the story itself but the ad that makes this one"

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Postby Jamfalcon » 13 Jun 2012, 10:39

I saw something about this on the local news last night and found it amusing: A street in London has put pads on the lampposts to cut down on injuries from distracted texters bumping into them.
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*sigh* one more step against natural selection.
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Postby Merrymaker_Mortalis » 13 Jun 2012, 14:40

plummeting_sloth wrote:Well... it's not the story itself but the ad that makes this one"

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That's just awful-funny.

It's like how there's a Pawn Broker's on the other side of the Job Centre in my nearest City. I can't think of anything more depressing. Maybe a Workhouse.
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Postby leapy » 13 Jun 2012, 15:36

Merrymaker_Mortalis wrote:It's like how there's a Pawn Broker's on the other side of the Job Centre in my nearest City. I can't think of anything more depressing. Maybe a Workhouse.


The only thing I can think of is either a homeless shelter or a soup kitchen. (Do we still have those in the UK?)
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Postby Merrymaker_Mortalis » 14 Jun 2012, 02:28

But homeless shelters and soup kitchen are helpful.

Pawn brokers are just depressing.


I would compare it to owning a dog and living near a pet cemetery, and having to walk the dog past it every day. It's going to be rather depressing.


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Postby Geoff_B » 14 Jun 2012, 03:05

Let's see what's on Metro's weird section today...

Record breaking doner kebab

Now I'm hungry.
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Postby Merrymaker_Mortalis » 14 Jun 2012, 03:30

Well if the doner meat is horrid, then it's something awful.

A one-tonne doner kebab made from seven cows...

I somehow am put off Doner meat for a short while. I know meat comes from animals, but that wording is just... horrifying. I just got the image of taking 7 cows, and putting them through a blender and then moulding it into an edible phallic shape.
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Postby GaProgMan » 14 Jun 2012, 04:25

Geoff_B wrote:Let's see what's on Metro's weird section today...

Record breaking doner kebab

... but... why?
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Postby plummeting_sloth » 14 Jun 2012, 04:27

Geoff_B wrote:Let's see what's on Metro's weird section today...

Record breaking doner kebab

Now I'm hungry.


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