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Someone replaced Kate Winslet in Titanic with a cat and it is genius
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Someone replaced Kate Winslet in Titanic with a cat and it is genius

ward 20/02/2022

I was er, ‘working’ when I came across Owlkitty on YouTube. I do a lot of research, just so I can keep things fresh and exciting here at the Word … Read More

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This made me chortle

ward 26/04/2018

As a writer, I tend to be overly wordy. Not today. This made me chortle (which is an old-school precursor to a lol) and I thought I would share. That is all. Hope it cheers you up.

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Blog Films

Deadpool does Bob Ross teaser trailer

ward 21/11/2017

If you don’t know who Bob Ross is, then you clearly didn’t stay up late getting stoned while watching terrestrial ‘scheduled’ TV. (I er, saw him on youtube…) Watching Bob … Read More

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Books

Alan Partridge: Nomad

ward 07/01/2017

Nomad is one of the funniest books I have ever read. I guess it helps if you know Alan Partridge as his voice read the book in my head and was all the funnier for it. This is now literally the case as I have also downloaded the audiobook (read by Coogan/ Partridge).

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Cumberbatch presents the Apple toilet

ward 07/11/2016

Benedict Cumberbatch was on Saturday Night Live the other day (probably on Saturday) because he seems to be contractually obliged to be absolutely everywhere at the moment. To be fair, … Read More

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Blog Films

The reason Thor and Hulk weren’t in Civil War

ward 31/08/2016

The clip explains what Thor, and to a lesser extend Dr Banner (aka Hulk), have been up to and why they weren’t in Captain America Civil War. He has basically been chilling out in Australia trying to be normal.

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Life!

The danger of reporting next to burning drugs

ward 23/12/2014

This is what can happen if you try and do a report next to a big pile of burning drugs. Hilarity!

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Gary Oldman campaigns against athletes acting

ward 22/06/2012

Someone posted this on Facebook and it made me laugh. In case you haven’t seen it you should, because it’s damned funny. Enjoy.  

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Blog Films

Comedy films become horror

ward 14/06/2012

As editing movies becomes easier there are an increasing number of re-cut films, sequences, and trailers out there on the interweb. Generally this is really annoying. You try and find … Read More

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iPhone 4S swears at a kid

ward 02/01/2012

  After the misery of my last post where I simply listed what happened last year, I thought I would start 2012 off with an amusing local story. In a … Read More

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Politicians: their shocking yet hilarious expenses

ward 26/06/2009

My favourite has to be: (from Metro) ‘George Osborne charged the taxpayer £47 for two DVDs of his own speech on Value For Taxpayers’ Money.’

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