Have you seen anything you think should be on the show?

Yay. It's been such a good day. Thank you!

Bristol pub faces fine for playing chart music


When drinkers at a pub in Bristol enjoyed a pint while listening to some top chart hits, little did they know it would be discussed by one of the country's top judges.
The case of the Cherry Tree's music licence went all the way to the High Court.
The Oldland Common pub's proprietor, Patricia Hobbs, was caught playing hits by the likes of Take That and Geri Halliwell without having a valid licence.
Rather than pay to get hers up to date, Ms Hobbs allowed a claim by music royalties collectors Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) to go all the way to the highest court in the land.
This week, Mr Justice Lewison banned Ms Hobbs from playing music on site after hearing she had been caught playing copyrighted songs such as Could It Be Magic, Valerie and Bag It Up by former Spice Girl Halliwell.


Ms Hobbs faced the prospect of a heavy fine or even prison if she disobeyed the order, but she has since spoken to PPL and agreed to update her licence this Friday by paying more than £500.
Ms Hobbs, who was not present or represented in court, will also be expected to pay a legal bill of £1,400.
She told the Evening Post: "I have spoken to PPL and agreed to pay over the phone on Friday. Like everything in this industry, you need a licence.
"I think it's money for old rope, myself, but I have to have it.
"There are two different licences you have to have to play music and our PPL one was not up to date. I think the court costs will be high and I'll have to pay them, too."
At the High Court, Thomas St Quintin, counsel for PPL, said a company inspector went to the pub on June 17 and heard recorded tracks being played in public.
He said solicitors had sent letters to the pub informing Ms Hobbs of PPL's repertoire and the fact that playing them in public without PPL's licence or permission was a copyright infringement. They invited Ms Hobbs to get a valid licence, but she did not.
The licence applies to all forms of "mechanically recorded music" such as records, tapes and CDs in PPL's catalogue, which the court heard covers about 97 per cent of all music.
Music licences can cost hundreds or even thousands of pounds, depending on the size of the venue and the audiences involved.
A spokesperson for PPL said: "PPL can confirm the matter is currently being resolved. Until the matter is fully resolved, the injunction remains in place and music will not be allowed to be played in the venue.
"Whenever you play a sound recording in public, there are two separate licence fees to be paid. PPL distributes its licence fees to record companies, recording artists and musicians, and the Performing Rights Society collects a separate licence fee, which they distribute to composers and music publishers.
"A licence is required for any event except a family or domestic gathering, such as a wedding reception or birthday party."

from bristol evening post.

jen x

Word ‘meep’ banned from US school

Students banned from imitating Beaker from The Muppet Show



'Meep' has always been a four-letter word - but now it's taboo in one American school, after a high school principal banned students from saying it in the classroom.
Best known as the noise made by orange-haired lab assistant Beaker from The Muppet Show, 'meep' has now been outlawed at Danvers High School in Massachusetts - after claims the students were repeatedly disrupting class by saying it.

Principal Thomas Murray said the disruption was planned on Facebook.

The school has sent out automated calls to parents informing them of the new anti-meep policy, threatening that any students who continue to meep in class could face suspension.

Murray claims the crackdown was needed after students failed to follow a 'reasonable request' to stop saying 'meep'.

metro.co.uk

Beery pub christening for dog


Owner Amanda Solloway has had her pet dog christened - in a pub.
Mrs Solloway dripped Pedigree beer onto the tongue of 20-week-old Bob at The Nags Head in Borrowash, Derby.

Twenty dog guests drooled over the cake, which was made from liver, cheese and iced dog biscuits.

National Trust install hay bales to wee on


Some people will think this idea really takes the pee – The National Trust is encouraging its staff to urinate on big hay bales in a bid to save on water and energy.
The conservation charity says that the result also creates the 'perfect compost'.

The concept is for male employees and volunteers only and you might think it would give them the willies, but at Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, it's proved to be a big hit. Philip Whaites, head gardener at Wimpole, told The Daily Mail: 'For eight weeks now, male members of our garden and estate teams have been using the outdoor straw bale when nature calls, which all goes towards our eco-friendly composting system here at Wimpole.

'The pee bale is excellent matter to add to our compost heap to stimulate the composting process; and with over 400 acres of gardens and parkland to utilise compost, we need all the help we can get.

'Of course we're very careful to make sure the pee bale is only in use out of visitor hours, as we don't want to scare the public. And it doesn't smell.'

The Trust says that women's urine is too acidic to make good compost.

And hay, we guess it wouldn't be the most dignifying way for them to spend a penny.

metro.co.uk

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hope you like it :)

jen x

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2721392/Tots-two-fingered-salute.html : Hilarious!

i was shown this by a friend, you know you shouldnt laugh but you just cant help yourself and then feel a bit guilty for laughing. BAD PEOPLE :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MD6Cx0qzRA

Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please...Watch this video, It was made by my friend, he is doing an animation course in Edinburgh. Seeing how you dont show anything but English stuff! its time you showed your not biased and at least watch this video on youtube Russel or whoever reads this. Watch the Life in Motion part 3.37 minutes in. It is the best video ever made and you'd be showing your support for a talented young student..


David

sorry the link is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNNILFFQtc

dancing kid



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A piglet called Cinders trotters round in a pair of rubber boots – because she’s afraid to put her feet in MUD.
Farmers Debbie and Andrew Keeble had them specially made for the six-week-old saddleback after she refused to go into bogs with fellow hogs.
Debbie, 40, said at Thirsk, North Yorks: “She just stood at the edge shaking. If we moved her to where there was no mud, she happily roamed about.”

Andrew, 42, added: “It’s odd. But we thought, we wouldn’t go in mud barefoot, so why not try wellies?”

IT has been a bumper year of UFO sightings, crop circles and paranormal phenomena.

But now for a seriously spooky tale of things that go squeak in the night . . . and the morning.


A Bristol family have got a haunted SOFA. One Sunday morning I sat down on it with a cup of tea and suddenly heard this odd squeaky noise," said receptionist Christine STRANGE (stop tittering at the back), 52. "I thought I must be going mad but Poppy, my Yorkshire terrier, heard it too.


"She started sniffing around but then got scared and ran away.


"It could be an alien for all we know. The noise is getting louder and louder. I'm scared it's going to come bursting out one evening while we're watching TV."


Science has so far been unable to furnish an explanation to satisfy the Stranges but Christine's husband Nigel, 54, a service engineer, has vowed not to sit on the sofa alone until the apparent haunting has been investigated.


In these credit crunch times, the couple should be happy the suite is just being possessed, not repossessed.


Experts say Britain is suffering a bad dose of supernatural apparitions.


Nick Pope, a former X Files expert for the MoD, said: "This is proving to be a really strange year.

So are there ghoulies lurking on the Stranges' settee? Have little green men colonised the cushions?


The truth is out there . . . well, it's probably just slipped down the back along with 47p in loose change, two elastic bands and a broken biro.

gordan brown-kung foo fighter.


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browns sppech


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"here come the girls" alternative boots advert :) hope it makes u laugh x

Funny news story - it made me laugh anyway

Thatcher death text sparks diplomatic flurry among Canadian Conservatives

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/6563676/Thatcher-death-text-sparks-diplomatic-flurry-among-Canadian-Conservatives.html

keep up the great show - ure v. fuuny

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The dangers of mobile phones...

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8360095.stm

(and pelicans)

You must've had this from people inside the BBC already. The Lottery Winners pulled in to be interviewed on the BBC breakfast show on Sunday, around 0850h. They weren't real winners - the £1m they won was from a SCRATCHCARD! A bl**dy SCRATCHCARD. Surely someone should've done a bit of background on them... these things (scratchcards) were launched years later than the original littery. Keep watching 'til the end of the interview - there's a plug for meeting Biggins (yes, that means he is at the top of the celeb/public meeting fest), and then... a plug... for her slimming club. Live. On the telly. Not on the iPlayer (yet). Sheesh. Go on, make it up. You can't!

Sorry, I really shouldn't watch telly at this time on a Sunday. Liam Dutton doing the weather. No tie. Until 9am. Then on goes the tie. Oh yeah, the Mail/Express readers may be watching. And maybe HM the Q. Hence tie. Doff cap.... scrunch cap.... wait for 'Brass' theme tune to play.

#7. At 9:30pm on 13 Nov 2009, cheerydan_1994 wrote:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2721392/Tots-two-fingered-salute.html : Hilarious!

--- there must MUST be a spelin mishtak in this article from the Sun.

You know, The Sun. Them who b*ll*cked Gordon Brown for his bad spelling.

The last sentence is:
Kelly has since given birth to Owen at Royal Preson Hospital.

Preson. Where's that?

This could turn into a regular article - bad spelling in The Sun. Get Tori Spelling to do a fill-in from the USA.

I'm sure no-one could boo Gordon Brown's face after seeing either of these videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx2rKHt0tWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhggwSoa7AU

Maybe he could try something like that in real life, it couldn't hurt his reputation.

Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes. Tampa police said 29-year-old Joshua Basso made sexual comments to the 911 dispatcher and asked if he could come to her house. Investigators say she hung up, but he called back four more times.

Here is the link for the rest of the story:
https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_fe_st/us911_sex_call

His dopey looking mugshot could make you laugh as well.

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6555702/Harry-Potter-style-invisibility-cloak-could-be-created-after-4.9m-grant.html

brilliant.

Hey Russ
Just thought you'd want to have look at a particular highlight at one night at Scouts.
Check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MWaokTXUJ4

I think, Russell, you just need some simple youtube gold, like this poor kitten miscalculating a jump. Both cute, and a little bit amusing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLavBVmO-eI

'Hoovering can lower sperm count'



Scientists have given men the perfect excuse to get out of doing the housework – by claiming a spot of hovering could threaten their fertility levels.
Electrical goods including microwave ovens could seriously affect a man's chances of having children, a new study has claimed.

During an experiment in which volunteers were exposed to high levels of electromagnetic fields pumped out by household appliances, men were found to have a lower quality of sperm.

metro.co.uk

How to Pull a Bus With Your Hair



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Manjit Singh pulls an 8.5-ton double-decker bus by his hair for nearly 70 feet down the street. "The Ironman of Leicester," who lives in that English town, acknowledges that people think he's nuts. "I don't care," he says. "I'm happy to make them laugh."


wierd and strange news- AOL.

Man Sees Jesus' Image on Truck Window


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Jim Stevens stands next to his truck that has an image on the window resembling Jesus Christ. Stevens, of Jonesborough, Tenn., said Nov. 2 that the image keeps reappearing, but he doesn't know how or why.

wierd and strange news- AOL.

russ few things that i think are wrong in the world
1. when the world becomes so bad people start doing weird things to there pets.
https://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/epic-fail-suggestion-fail.jpg

and yes that does genuinly come up on google.

and 2. is just those damned mp's :@:@:@:@

ps if you ever metion that, give credit to me :p

DOG 'HEALS' HEART ATTACK VICTIM WITH ITS BOTTOM


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MYSTIFIED medics are trying to get to the bottom of how a dog saved her owner from a heart attack - with her rear end.

Stricken Piotr Wagner, 50, collapsed with agonising chest pains as he watched telly at home in Kazimierza Biskupiego, Poland.

But when his pooch Pearl - a two-year-old Jack Russell cross - turned a heart-shaped patch on her flanks towards her master, he told doctors he felt the pain melt away.

Medics are baffled by the dog's apparent healing powers, as reported by the Austrian Times.

"He certainly had a heart attack but it seems to have suddenly stopped and he is now healthy and back to normal," said one.

Piotr said: "I want everyone to know about my big-hearted dog."



daily express.

Mario Kart


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytfhzcSF-Y[/img]

two words ... drunk ewoks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ0S0BUE0zg

I'm sure you'll make fine work of this one :)

https://optimistworld.com/Eco-friendly-gardeners-pee-compost-National-Trust-Wimpole-Hall/

Rachel x

Hi Russell i would hope you can help us promote this campaign that the uk goverment will deport a child born in the uk from the uk any coverage would be fantastic, Here is an article ran in the daily mirror.

Congo fear of mum and her lad of 6

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By Jeremy Armstrong 16/11/2009

A boy of six is facing deportation to one of the most dangerous countries in Africa.

Adrian Atkinson and mum Anna, 28, may be flown to the Congo in less than two weeks.

Anna fled her homeland, where her sister died in the civil war, 10 years ago.

She said: "Adrian's scared. He was born in Britain and has never left the country."

Anna and Adrian's British oil worker dad Daniel split two years ago. Her visa has run out and officials ruled she must go by November 25.

Any help greatly appreciated there is also a face book group dedicated to the cause which is growing rapidly

Mr G Fraser

hey,


whilst watching project runway...i happened to spy that a contestant named blayne...could potentially be...the american/camp/spray tanned fashionista version of Russell Howard....this made me chortle...dunno if its of any interest...but i google imaged it...x


https://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080911/project-runway-blayne_l.jpg

enjoy x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4S2Gu7ZDT0&feature=channel
woo. i love it. especially in slow mo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMgdRJhlx7c
I luurve treadmills and stupid people too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREjArWgATY
woo. footloose!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDlg2JZXp4A&feature=channel
Lol. Swearing that isn't meant to happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdeXCz1uBLc
Actually cried with laughter the first time I saw this!

[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dugipeVZtE[/img]

irish monkey dance


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmMSBn7gtiU[/img]


made me laugh :)

jen x

The Jesus Christ Sponge


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsTLUSMOgas[/img]

please look at this one!! funny haha

jen x

machine gun grandma


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYXJYQZ3FX0[/img]

jenx

Gordon Brown picking his nose


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VaP1HB7Vew[/img]

Practice Makes Purr-fect


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ860P4iTaM[/img]

Dog Sings Minute Waltz


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBFLJrltjdM[/img]


jen x

This video really made me smile.
https://www.asylum.co.uk/2009/11/17/friendly-leopard-seal-feeds-photographer-penguins/

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https://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=150924267


https://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=150930324

about facebook "panic buttons", i'd like to see what this entails...

Baby Billie Jean - Michael Jackson babies dancing



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jen x

[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNNxQuo1Jc[/img]

Funny News Clip



[img]www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlW2-1yMaHA[/img]

jen x

Teletext Holidays "Honeys" Funny Talking Cat Advert



[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0k-NtYVjoo[/img]

The robber who is too ugly for a life of crime


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A big-eared bank raider nicknamed Shrek is behind bars today after being warned he is 'too ugly' to commit crime.
Unfortunate David Holyoak, 33, has rather distinctive looks and his features make it easy for police to get his description and locate him.

As Holyoak, of Whitefield, Manchester, began a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for robbery yesterday, one officer said: 'This man only needs to look at himself in the mirror to realise crime is not for him.

'With his big ears and rotund features he stands out a mile, and the officers have no trouble spotting him. He must be a total liability when he is part of a gang.

'He has already been dubbed Shrek and must be one of the ugliest robbers in the country.'

Holyoak was part of a gang who robbed a Halifax bank near Preston and threatened the cashier with a sledgehammer.

They smashed a glass security window, climbed the counter and stole cash. But it was elementary for police to identify Holyoak as one of the robbers, after they got a clear eyewitness description of him ... and his ears.

However, before they arrested him, Holyoak struck again when a security guard delivered cash to a post office in Bury. As the guard walked in, a car pulled up outside and Holyoak and his accomplices got out, carrying a weapon and wearing masks.

The driver of a police surveillance car, following the armoured van, saw the men run inside and radioed the guard to warn him of their attack.

The robbers stole the cash box and ran to a getaway car. It roared out of a side street but ploughed straight into a tree.

The robbers leapt out and fled but Holyoak, and two accomplices, were found hiding in a garden.

Holyoak, described as a 'dangerous individual,' pleaded guilty at Bolton Crown Court with three others to robbery.

Husband escapes endless cake nightmare


A husband in China has left his wife after she forced him to eat cake for every meal.
Cheng Yu said he was happy with the sugary treats at first but now just mentioning the word cake made him ill.

'Egg cake, fruit cake, chocolate cake. I felt like a bakery dustbin,' he said.

The 31-year-old from Beijing has threatened to divorce Tian Mae, 27, if she doesn't stop baking.

metro.co.uk

Society must decide if it 'will accept relationships between humans and robots'

Society must decide if it is willing to accept relationships between humans and robots before the machines become so sophisticated they start demanding rights, a legal expert has warned.


Rapid advances in technology mean cyborgs, or human-like robots, are no longer a vision of a distant future.

The machines have been made famous by films like Terminator and Blade Runner but real life is increasingly catching up with fiction.

Earlier this year researchers announced they had created robot ‘scientists’ – complete with the ability to think for themselves.

As the machines become more sophisticated, they will increasingly seem more like humans and could demand ‘human rights’, Anna Russel, from the University of San Diego warns.

One of the flashpoints could be over relationships, including sexual relationships, with humans, she claims.

In an article titled “Blurring the love lines” she warns: “While this humanoid is a giant leap forward technologically, if a self-aware, super-intelligent, thinking, feeling humanoid is developed, the legal system will be hard-pressed to distinguish this creature legally from human actors on grounds not stemming from a religious or moral prejudice.”

Lawyers have to start thinking now about what rights should be accorded to cyborgs, she argues.

Most societies will want to regulate such relationships but Russel claims they have to prepare themselves for how they would respond if the cyborgs clamoured for sexual freedoms.

As the technology improves “it will be inevitable that legal issues would be raised and the love lines blurred,” she warns.

“In what way would such sexual activities be regulated, however, and how regulation would work is not clear.”



telegraph.

MPs caught in expenses scandal pelted with custard pies in online video game


An online video game which allows players to pelt MPs caught in the expenses scandal with custard pies has become an internet hit.


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Voters are not waiting until the general election to let politicians know what they think of them as thousands visit the The MPs’ Expenses Custard Pie Shoot-out site to vent their anger.

MPs in the firing line include Douglas Hogg, the former Conservative Cabinet minister who, the Daily Telegraph disclosed, included among his expenses claims the cost of having the moat cleared at his country manor house.

Other popular choices include Jacqui Smith, the former Home Secretary, Hazel Blears, the former communities minister, Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, and David Cameron, the Tory leader.

Those who manage to hit their chosen MP in the face six or more times in 30 seconds are entered into a draw for a £1 million prize to start a new life in Spain.

The winner will receive a £700,000 sports bar and restaurant with accommodation on the Costa del Sol.

The game's inventor, businessman John Walker, from Blackpool, Lancs, said: “People are sick and tired of reading about how our MPs have claimed countless thousands at the taxpayers’ expense.

“This is their chance to relieve some of their anger and frustration – and the reward could be a new life in Spain, which could be the ideal Christmas present.”

Players can log on to new-life-in-spain.com to play the game and can then pay £50 to enter the competition to win the star prize, which also involves completing an online Sudoku puzzle.

The prize also includes 12 months’ free accommodation in a two-bedroom apartment nearby.


telegraph.

French hamster hotel lets guests live like rodents

A French hotel is offering guests the chance to live like a hamster for a day


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It's a unique concept according to its creators. A hotel in the French city of Nantes is offering the chance for people to become a hamster.

For 99 euros (£88) a night, visitors to the hotel in Nantes can feast on hamster grain, get a workout by running in a giant wheel and sleep in hay stacks in the suite called the "Hamster Villa".

It is the latest venture from owners Frederic Tabary and Yann Falquerho, who run a company which rents out unusual venues to adventure-seekers. Both architects, the men designed the room in an 18th century building to resemble the inside of a hamster's cage.

"The hamster in the world of children is that little cuddly animal. Often, the adults who come here have wanted or did have hamsters when they were small," said Mr Falquerho, who was dressed as a hamster.

However, the price is soon to go up as today's hamsters need, according to the owners, Wifi and a giant TV screen.


telegraph.

THUNDERSTORMS


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v random !!

Jackass - oompa loompa



[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQimUs0WzIE[/img]

collection of funny signs


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJtur7YgZok[/img]

Hilarious crane accident!(the guys got fierd!!)


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdCJzO3w7_M[/img]

please look its funny


jen xx

funny cow


[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhCBckM7xoI[/img]

jen x

Bin Laden



[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXCzmbSmDSw[/img]


please please please look at this it make you smile :):)

jen x

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https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8366360.stm

The picture on this news report of the flood sign that has been flooded over. You'd think people would realise that there was a flood :)

seriously how stupid are chavs :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2A3VED6EGk

https://vimeo.com/7652734

A man from america named Justin, asked his girlfriend of 6 years, Marissa to marry him through a video which he posted on tumblr, and got it set up so we could all see and she could answer.
The video just makes me smile, and she answered: YESSSSSSSSSS!

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e27_1258078465
This footage of a dog going nuts when her owner returns from Afganistan really touched me. I thought I'd share it, so I posted it on here.

My 4 year old borther could replace Jeremy clarkson in top gear with his extensive knowledge on how to drive a car. thought you would enjoy his short informative video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IquoxiVGDog

Hi, like they say in the Post Office ad, "saw this and thought of you..." specifically I was thinking of the heartwarming 'good news' section at the end of the show. The kid in the clip from CNN is amazing!

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Hi,
So, I saw this and thought of you, as they say in the advert. Specifically thought of your 'not all doom and gloom' section at the end of the show. The Kid in the CNN clip is just amazing.

https://bandofthebes.typepad.com/bandofthebes/2009/11/rural-leaders-10-yearold-boy-dolly-parton-support-gay-marriage.html

love ya,

Callum

Paedophile scare cuts off Santa from USA
Elf and Safety stops US children getting replies to letters they write to Father Christmas





It is one of the few writing traditions that has not fallen by the wayside in the world of e-mailing and texting.
But American children sending off letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole could be in for a disappointment this year - they are unlikely to get a reply.

The US Postal Service is stopping its system that any letters addressed to Santa Claus, North Pole, get sent to the Alaskan town of North Pole where volunteer 'elves' write a personal reply on behalf of Father Christmas.

The move comes after it emerged that a volunteer in the postal service's wider Operation Santa programme was a registered sex offender. The scare was serious enough for it to impose tighter restrictions. It is these which now make the North Pole service unfeasible, local officials said.

The service said children could still write to Santa and get a reply, it is only letters sent specifically to Santa Claus, North Pole, which would be affected.

The letter programme is a revered Yuletide tradition in North Pole, where light posts are curved and striped like sweet canes and streets have names such as Santa Claus Lane.

mayor, Doug Isaacson, said he recognised caution was necessary to protect children but added: 'It's Grinch-like that the postal service never informed all the little elves before the fact.'



jen x

Clown loses balloon inflation arrest case



A clown has lost his case against New York City police, after a federal jury ruled that they didn't use excessive force when they arrested him after he left a suspicious device at a coffee shop.
The 'suspicious device' turned out to be a balloon inflator.

Alexander Alhovsky sued following his 2006 arrest, which stemmed from an investigation of a report of a suspicious package with tubes and wiring at a Manhattan Starbucks. The bomb squad determined it was harmless - but set up surveillance anyway.

Alhovsky went to the Starbucks the next day and was arrested after officers saw he had a similar device. He said he was a clown and used it to inflate balloons.

The arrest was voided when a police search of Alhovsky's home found nothing suspicious, but he claimed that he suffered physical and mental injuries.


jen x

Drunk pervert tries to have sex with stuffed giraffe



A stuffed giraffe has been rescued from the clutches of a pervert who wanted to have sex with it.
Police in Oregon, USA, saw drunken Sean McDowell, 24, picking up the 1.3m (4ft) tall toy outside a shop and simulate sex with it twice.

'He was pretty enamoured with it and decided he was taking it home,' said Sergeant Bob Smith.

'Then he turns and sees one of our officers and he puts the giraffe down and walks away. Later in the evening, he did it again. Maybe he had struck out with all the women at the bar and this giraffe was looking pretty good.'

The poor giraffe belongs to the Bug A Boo children's store and was removed to a place of safety at the station.

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'Poover' takes on dog poo



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The specially adapted Honda 125cc bike that sprays then sucks has been bought by Islington Council in north London.

'While many residents do the right thing and clean up, there are still some people who leave the mess behind,' said Councillor Ruth Polling.

'The Poover is another way of tackling it.'

ANTI-terrorist police sealed off an airport terminal after mistaking 140lbs of frozen fish for a bomb.


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In a hilarious blunder, armed SWAT teams evacuated terminal one at Hamburg airport, Germany, when police spotted two blue plastic wrapped packages on an apparently abandoned luggage trolley.

But police smelt something fishy about the packages as they began to melt, filling the departure hall with the unmistakable aroma of rotting seafood, according to the Austrian Times.

"We had to assume the worst until we knew what was on the trolley. Luckily just the fish went off, not a bomb," said one officer.



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£300k home for obese grandad


A 39 STONE man is having a specially-designed council house built for him — at a cost of £300,000.
The unique two-bedroom bungalow has been tailored to cater for morbidly obese Michael Williment, 67 — who weighs 39 STONE.

It will have extra-wide corridors, two giant bedrooms, en-suite facilities and a large "accessible" garden.

Grossly overweight Mr Williment, who says he doesn't believe in diets, sits in front of the telly for 11 HOURS each day.


Equality

He also has TWO taxpayer-funded carers who help him into and out of bed each day, and hoist him into his specially-designed armchair.

Bosses at Norwich City Council say they have an "obligation" to provide the bungalow under equality laws.

An architect was sent to see Mr Williment and discuss his requirements — which included a BETTER kitchen, BIGGER bedrooms and a LARGER garden.

A council spokesman said: "We have a duty to look after the needs of all our tenants and make sure people are treated equally."

Mr Williment, who is confined to a wheelchair and is virtually housebound, will share the bungalow with his wife Heather, 65.

The couple currently live in a sheltered housing complex which is due to be demolished and re-developed.

Mr Williment said: "When the council first asked how we would feel about moving, I didn't want to go. I said I would sit outside in my wheelchair and not move.

"Then they said they had found us a site and our house would be purpose-built.

"They came round with a plan and we changed a few things and asked for different things for our own needs.

"Now we can't wait to go."

The couple live just 40 miles away from world's heaviest man, Paul Mason, 48, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

They have been married for 44 years and have two sons and four grandchildren.

Mr Williment insists he has NOT piled on the pounds by eating too much.

And he says he has given up on diets because they "do not work".

He has other health problems including kidney failure, diabetes and glaucoma.

Designed by architect Chaplin Farrant, the bungalow is being built for Flagship Housing Association by contractor Lovell, paid for with a grant from the Homes and Communities Agency.

The couple hope to move into their new home in January.

Mrs Williment said she is looking forward to sleeping in the same room as her husband — something she has not done for years.

She said: "It will be a lot better for us as a couple. There will be enough room in the kitchen to manoeuvre a wheelchair and I'm hoping Michael will be able to make me a cup of tea."

A spokesman for NHS Norfolk said it was committed to helping obese people lose weight through dieting.



Tam Fry, spokesman for the National Obesity Forum, said the council should be saluted for building Mr Williment a special new home.

He added: "I would prefer that nothing like this was needed because its horrendous to be that fat, but the council has been sensible about this.

"This house could well be an investment for the future, because it can be used by other obese people



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jen.

Artist turns house into Burberry shrine
A Norwegian artist has turned his house into a shrine to Burberry by painting it in the distinctive tartan pattern synonymous with the fashion label.



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BBC1 West Midlands, straight after your show on BBC 3, we watched the end of your news on BBC 1 on Friday 20th November. They had a little Clip of all the stuff with Children in Need in Birmingham, then cut it off and went straight to the most depressed weather guy imaginable. He then went on to one of the funniest weather reports we have ever seen. Please watch! The name of the area that gets flooded is a highlight. Cock something if i heard right! He then does not know what hes saying for the majority of it. Maybe it was because all of the newsreaders were dancing?!?! lol! SHOW IS AWSOME!

Rak and Andy
Aston Uni

After Russell's comment about Gordon brown saving kids from a fire andwake up to the headline "Brown touches hot kids" I thought you'd like this little gem from Alison Chung at Sky News/

"PM's pledge to flood devastated Cumbria"

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* How do you type links to other web pages then?

CAKEY BREAKY ART.


IT'S 'till death do us part for this icing hubby - as his missus pushes him off a DIVORCE cake.
Baker Fay Millar, 31, has started creating and selling the fun confections to meet the growing trend for break-up parties. They cost from £60 to £800 and can depict warring couples or have messages.

Mum-of-two Fay, of Brighton, Sussex, said: "Divorce can be horrible but I think comical cakes can lighten the mood."



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SPREAD EM! HUNT FOR MARMITE THEIF.

THIS Marmite-loving thief has forced a petrol station to stop stocking the spread — because he persistently steals EVERY jar.
The mysterious crook has carried out a month-long Marmite crime wave, leaving staff baffled.

In total he has swiped 18 jars of the condiment in four different raids — costing more than £50.

Fed up bosses at W. Grose Shell Garage in Kingsthorpe, Northants, have now stopped buying in the spread until the thief is caught.

Bemused manager Jim Keary, 54, said: "We can't work out why he was doing it. Maybe he's got a pregnant wife with really strong cravings.

"He knows what he wants - one night he took all but two jars then he came back for those the next night.

"Someone suggested that they might be hiding drugs in there. The Marmite would hide the smell.

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"We have stopped selling Marmite now because of this. What's the point in selling something, if every time you stock it - it gets stolen?"

CCTV images taken in July show the shaven-headed man entering the shop and then leaving 17 minutes later with a carrier bag full of Marmite.



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BARBIE IN A BURKA.

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The popular doll — played with by girls all over the world — has been kitted out in the traditional Islamic women's dress as part of a new exhibition.

More than 500 black Barbies have been dressed up in unique garments by Italian designer Eliana Lorena — in a project backed by makers Mattel on the iconic doll's 50th anniversary.

Britain's biggest Barbie fan Angela Ellis said of the show: "Bring it on Burka Barbie, I think this is a great idea."

The 35-year-old from Cheshire — who has a collection of more than 250 dolls — added: "I think this is really important for girls, wherever they are from they should have the opportunity to play with a Barbie that they feel represents them."

The Burka clad dolls will be auctioned off in Florence, Italy, for the Save the Children charity.

Barbie was first launched in March 1959 by American businesswoman Ruth Handler.

Gordon Brown Farts on TV


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Dramatic Cat



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jen

Keyboard Cat!



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Weather Guy Freaks ou


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Countdown Blooper



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gaddafi on conan obrien


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i laughed !!

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OMG Russell if you dont include this on the show i will weep i saw it the other day and i think i might have actually peed myself i mean you could smell it anyway....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u11_1l0x3eo

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FRI 30th ITV news theres flooding in cockermouth
lol
so people got wet in cockermouth

fridays ITV news there was flooding.
the place that was flooded had the funnest name in the world
u should cheack it out...

I don't know if you've done this on purpose lol, but if you're watching 'Good News' on iplayer when it's loading and there is the picture of you in the armchair made from newspapers the little circle that come up when it's buffering encircles your crotch and just spins around and around drawing the viewer's attention to the area.
Made me smile
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