http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3527574.stm
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'Keeping cool in summer has long been a problem'
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)
I remember a bbc report from a couple of years ago about Bransonand his latest baloon voyage; the Morrisism was "it floated away like some gigantic jellyfish"
― de, Monday, 2 August 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 2 August 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)
Captain this one!
― Typhoon is Coming!!! :O (ex machina), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 August 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 5 December 2005 13:36 (nineteen years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 5 December 2005 13:37 (nineteen years ago)
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42002000/jpg/_42002704_hitlerposter_220breuters.jpg
― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)
― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/lucyald/Watch.jpg OK, it's not funny but I had to post it somewhere.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7002179.stm
― Heave Ho, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago)
Should police get more cash for migrants?
Yes, migrants need all the cash they can get
― blueski, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago)
Farm ban for sheep sex arrest man http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7513533.stm
― Mark G, Friday, 18 July 2008 13:27 (seventeen years ago)
Police are also investigating reports that the suspect took photographs of the animals before the attacks.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 13:30 (seventeen years ago)
He was bailed on the condition that he does not enter farmyards
― Mark G, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)
damn you mark
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:33 (seventeen years ago)
it was not me.
― Mark G, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:33 (seventeen years ago)
on the condition that he does not enter farmyards <<< or sheep...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:45 (seventeen years ago)
They sub all the best ones out...
― Ronan, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:55 (seventeen years ago)
bailed on the condition that he takes some video next time
― blueski, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:57 (seventeen years ago)
They should have locked him up, the judge was a woolly liberal.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:00 (seventeen years ago)
He hired a bah-rister
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:01 (seventeen years ago)
no need to ram it home
― blueski, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:02 (seventeen years ago)
He's gone on the lamb
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:02 (seventeen years ago)
"I thank ewe" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Arthur_Askey.jpg
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:05 (seventeen years ago)
always had my suspicions about him.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:12 (seventeen years ago)
Mutton could be more embarrassing...
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:15 (seventeen years ago)
Redefines the phrase "sheep dip"
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)
The judge was going to send him to a psychiatrist, but realised that he was a dyed-in-the-wool pervert.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:20 (seventeen years ago)
Ewe've been bah-ed
― jel --, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:25 (seventeen years ago)
The defendant tried to convince police that he was a vet, but they realised that he was spinning them a yarn...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!1!
― StanM, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)
These puns have shorn all the humour from the situation. Really, they are shear agony to read.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)
The man's defence lawyer tried to knit a convincing alibi, but it came unravelled in court.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:31 (seventeen years ago)
A man was recently arrested for a similar offence in a secluded car park - the charge was sheepdogging.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:32 (seventeen years ago)
"he was later spotted sheepishly buying a leg of lamb from his local co-op"
― jel --, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:33 (seventeen years ago)
So where do you buy mint sauce flavoured lube from anyway?
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:33 (seventeen years ago)
(xpost) We are now rapidly approaching the realm of: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Tworonnies.JPG ...although now thank to NV we're not...
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:34 (seventeen years ago)
(xpost) I imagine that such an item could be procured from a bah-ck alley sex shop.
Now you're just ovine me on.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)
You guys are scrapie the bottom of the barrel here.
― NickB, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, we should cutlet out.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)
The man had misunderstood the term "mutton busting"
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44838000/jpg/_44838426_poohsticks_getty_226.jpg "Pooh Sticks is free"
― the next grozart, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:42 (seventeen years ago)
The court ruminated for a long time before coming to a verdict.
― snoball, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:44 (seventeen years ago)
You could say he was licking his chops
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 18 July 2008 15:50 (seventeen 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 (nine years ago)
Stalin spies 'tested Mao's poo'
― bored at work (snoball), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:46 (nine years ago)
Pregnant beavers shot by landowners
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 January 2016 16:36 (nine 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 (nine years ago)
Add a few "me"'s and it's Chas and Dave.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 16:45 (nine years ago)
or ub40
― conrad, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 17:06 (nine years ago)
Debate around giant rat photo
― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:13 (nine years ago)
... I'm noticing a pattern here.
― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:14 (nine 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 (eight years ago)
.. But they don't do that anymore
― Mark G, Thursday, 16 March 2017 10:57 (eight 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 (eight years ago)
aye, and the kids would dance around in the spray
― Mark G, Friday, 17 March 2017 07:54 (eight years ago)
Budget 2018: Extra £420m to tackle potholes
― Chequers Plays Pop (snoball), Sunday, 28 October 2018 11:57 (six years ago)
now they know how many holes it takes to fill a bong
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 28 October 2018 13:03 (six 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 (six years ago)
An alpaca walks into a French opticians...
― the battering ram's rolling (snoball), Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:09 (six 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 (six years ago)
unexploded war arms and unsafe working conditions.... great time to add a pun!
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 3 February 2019 16:36 (six 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 (six years ago)
Thatcher's puppy has roof work licked
― Mark G, Friday, 24 May 2019 10:04 (six 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 (six years ago)
it wasn't labelled "acme bomb" apparently.
― calzino, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 12:08 (six 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 (five 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 (five years ago)
Producer and Editor: Joanne Whalley
scandal!
― genre: post-britpop (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 25 October 2019 11:23 (five 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 (five years ago)
residents of southern town hate unusual newcomer shocker
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:24 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago)
I'm missing Laura K already!
― calzino, Thursday, 12 December 2019 17:07 (five years ago)
Pringles tubes burnt to crisp in M1 lorry fire
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 12 January 2020 20:27 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (four 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 (four 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 (three 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 (two years ago)
Jeremy Clarkson warns some of his cider might explode
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 22 July 2023 13:43 (two years ago)
Paul Heaton and Sugababes play Glastonbury with Dua Lipa to headline later
Makes it sound like Heaton and the Sugababes are performing together.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Friday, 28 June 2024 16:36 (one year ago)
Which aspiring sewer will measure up to impress the judges?
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 14 August 2025 19:58 (two weeks ago)