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Stuff we like: The Hairy Angel pudding and the truth about Iceland
April 21, 2009 – 11:13 am
Good/silly things for the day:
Susan Boyle appears on Britian’s Got Talent, pudding. Loathe as I am to give any more oxygen to the ZOMGuglypersonsingsshowtunes story of Susan “Hairy Angel” Boyle, this one made us giggle and is so British tabloid media: Susan Boyle’s face has been spotted in a Yorkshire Pudding:
Indian kids want to dress [...]
Stuff we like: Fake funerals and Bill Murray plays a really mean game of golf
April 20, 2009 – 12:34 pm
What the Crikey Team are reading today:
Bill Murray tees off. Bill Murray put a woman in hospital by accidentally hitting her with a golf ball at a Pro-Am tournament. It’s funny because it’s Bill Murray.
Scary ad. Check out this creepy ad for a bedding company:
(Caption reads: Where even nightmares come to rest)
A clever ad, but [...]
Politicians with great names
April 17, 2009 – 12:37 pm
So the situation in Fiji is awful and all, but I must admit I get a little smile on my face every time I read an article or see a news story about it, and not because I have a heart of pure evil (though that’s an ongoing issue for me).
It’s because I love the [...]
The fabulous Friday trash wrap: Dills, molls and frenemies
April 17, 2009 – 12:03 pm
Your serve of hideous gossip for the week:
Katie Couric’s “selective” Twitter feed. Busted: CBS anchor Katie Couric rants at a panel discussion about how “inane and narcissistic” Twitter is (which, duh; that’s the point) and how “selective” she is about what she tweets… Valleywag dig through her Twitter feed, finding many inane and narcissistic tweets. [...]
Stuff we like: Berets are back!
April 16, 2009 – 12:02 pm
Today they Crikey Team is looking at these things:
Image of the day:
[via Defamer Australia]
Berets are back! Art wankers rejoice: the beret is making a comeback. For some reason, the economic downturn has heralded a renaissance for the floppy hat, with sales doubling since the start of the credit crunch. Tres bien!
Livin’ in the ’70s (in [...]
Stuff we like: Heckling car models and the hot new Bhutanese king
April 15, 2009 – 12:17 pm
Wonderful Wednesday whimsy:
The greatest Twitter account ever? So this guy created a Twitter account that tweets when he farts, which would be lame and gross… EXCEPT! It’s a totally automated system whereby his chair actually detects when he farts and tweets about it, which makes it awesome! And you can build one yourself!
It’s good to [...]
Stuff we like: Cheap wine, cilantro and pie charts
April 14, 2009 – 11:48 am
Awesome things on the Internet:
How Yellow Tail crushed the Aussie wine industry. The Yanks used to love our fermented grape juice, but according to Slate, cheapo wine company Yellow Tail has ruined it for everyone by making Aussie vino synonymous with ” cheap and frivolous” for US drinkers. Pah! They don’t know cheap and [...]
Stuff we like: How to spend your $900? Hire Fat Cat for the day
April 2, 2009 – 12:40 pm
Nice links for the day:
The 10 highest paid politicians in the world. Here are the pollies reaping the most (financially, at least) out of the job. K-Rudd just scrapes in.
The big takeover. The GFC isn’t about money, says Rolling Stone: it’s about power.
… it’s time to admit it: We’re fools, protagonists in a kind [...]
Stuff we like: Yogurt Pepsi and the death of the Hummer
April 1, 2009 – 10:54 am
Things Crikey are enjoying today:
Legal drinking ages around the world. In visual form:
Sex with robots: “Yes. Of course we will. Some of us do now. We call them vibrators.” says Dave Brody on LiveScience. It’s sad but true: we will. Well, not we here at Crikey, but you know, as a human race. Robot sex [...]
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