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Eat my dust - it's time for Comment of the Week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:33:25 GMT

Bring your conjecture to the slaughter

CoTW Good afternoon, parasites. I expect after a long hard week of aggravating wittering on the Reg threads you'd like nothing better than to sit back and enjoy a nice hot drink and a bit of a blowback of said burblings, eh?…

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H Ross Perot Jr fails to grab rhino by the horns

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:49:21 GMT

Denied hunting trophy following 'bungled' shot

H Ross Perot Jr, the son of former US presidential hopeful and EDS founder H Ross Perot, has been told he can't after all have the head and skin of a white rhino he shot back in July in KwaZulu-Natal's Mkhuze game reserve, after the beast made good his escape from the hunter's "bungled" attempt to down him.…

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US woman to drop sprog live on internet

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:27:13 GMT

Promises 'tasteful' birthing coverage

A 23-year-old US teacher has decided to broadcast the drop of her first sprog live on the internet, thereby becoming a human "textbook" for those seeking birthing enlightenment.…

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Is this the world's dirtiest PC?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:02:02 GMT

Reader snap reveals Quatermass-style horror

We're obliged to reader Danny Lee for forwarding evidence of what appears to be a Quatermass-style lifeform, which has attached itself to a PC and pretty well explains why the thing had ceased to function:…

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Florida flasher deploys 'explosive diarrhoea' defence

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:55:08 GMT

Cops find 'no evidence of uncontrolled bowels', however

A Florida flasher who allegedly exposed himself to two women explained to cops that his state of undress was due to an "explosive diarrhoea" incident.…

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You too can become a Taoist Mao Shan master

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:37:31 GMT

Handy Reg step-by-step guide to achieving enlightenment

The shock news earlier this week that a Chinese truck driver had persuaded an 18-year-old aspiring model that he was a Taoist Mao Shan master with the power to grant her catwalk success - providing she indulged in ritual sex - prompted many readers to enquire how they too might achieve the same kind of spiritual enlightenment.…

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Woman rings cops to decry daughter's superior BJ skills

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:50:10 GMT

Both blew pop, as is the Ohio custom

The local paper covering Findlay, Ohio, has secured its place in journalistic history by printing a brief report of a woman who rang cops to complain that her daughter boasted superior oral relief skills.…

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Wallace and Gromit get the Google doodle treatment

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:18:36 GMT

Search monolith celebrates pair's 20th anniversary

Google's UK search tentacle has decided to ignore the fact that 4 November marks the day in 1890 that Edward, Prince of Wales, inaugurated the City & South London Railway* and instead is currently flourishing a Wallace and Gromit "doodle" to celebrate the pair's 20th anniversary.…

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STRONG REAL SEX? That's not porn, rules ASA

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:58:44 GMT

The kids'll never notice

British parents can be reassured that a newspaper picture of a man and woman having sex at the base of tree to advertise a film which "CONTAINS STRONG REAL SEX, BLOODY VIOLENCE AND SELF-MUTILATION" is not pornographic.…

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US sees 'hot-tub related injuries' increase triplefold

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:33:44 GMT

Horrific 'body part entanglement' bloodbath

According to a recent study, those US citizens who manage to survive swine flu, terrorists, meteor strikes, guvmint agents fixin' to pry their guns from their cold dead fingers and other such perils of the modern age are still doomed. They will almost certainly be killed - or anyway badly injured - in some kind of horrific hot-tub-related accident.…

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Reg hack pursues Street View spymobile

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:21:57 GMT

Orwellian black Opel flees from chance encounter in rural Spain

You know how it is: you pop out in the morning to buy some milk and before you know it you've been recorded for posterity by a prowling spymobile from Google's Street View.…

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Irish brogue voted world's sexiest accent

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:53:02 GMT

'Have you got any Irish in you..?'

There's some good news this morning for our readers from the Emerald Isle: their Irish brogue has topped a poll of 5,000 women worldwide to emerge as the world's sexiest accent.…

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Google not normal for Norfolk

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:02:02 GMT

Search engine too taxing for web-footed web surfers

Good news for Microsoft's Bing today - Google does not have the whole search market sewn up and nor is it easy to use. At least one English county is apparently unable to fathom its mysteries.…

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Scots slam Germans for 'tight-arsed' slur

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:26:04 GMT

Schotten Preise a cheap jibe, says SNP

The Scottish National Party has decided to take the Germans to task for commonly insinuating that our Caledonian cousins are a bit tight, The Telegraph reports.…

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UTIT IT touts titillation

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:13:41 GMT

Logo walks tit like it talks tit

LogoWatch We're much obliged to the reader (who's wisely chosen to remain anonymous because he really doesn't want to to end up dangling by his 'nads in a Saudi jail) for a fine example of branding wrongness from Riyadh-based UTIT.…

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Aspiring model pleasures Taoist master

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:10:57 GMT

Actually administers ritual BJ to truck driver, HK court hears

A Hong Kong model, whose career was evidently not going too well, was told by her agent that he happened to know a Taoist Mao Shan master with the power to grant her success - providing she had ritual sex with him.…

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Agincourt: The sensational truth

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:40:01 GMT

El Reg calculates the true strength of Henry's forces

The news last week that a group of historians had calculated that Henry V's forces at Agincourt weren't actually outnumbered four to one by the French caused a certain amount of dismay here at Vulture Central.…

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Somerset council resigns over blog

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:34:45 GMT

'Jackasses' jibes prove too much

Eleven councillors from a rural Somerset town have resigned their posts having had a bellyful of a local blogger who waged a concerted online campaign against them.…

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State attorney nabbed in car with stripper, Viagra and sex toys

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:12:49 GMT

South Carolina cemetery tryst ends in sack*

A South Carolina deputy assistant attorney general who claimed he was on his lunch break, but was actually entertaining a stripper in his SUV, has been given his marching orders.…

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Governator in acrostic 'f**k you' outrage

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:38:34 GMT

Arnie's hidden message in letter to Democrat

Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger has told Democrat San Francisco assembly member Tom Ammiano just what he thinks of him and his "infrastructure financing districts" bill in a letter which explicity slams the latter, while firing a delicious acrostic broadside at its author:…

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Virginia corrections officers on 'dog fondling' rap

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:54:27 GMT

K-9 chicken-choke caught on camera

Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers are facing misdemeanour animal cruelty charges, after one of them allegedly masturbated a "K-9" police dog while the others caught the action on video.…

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Upminster top for tupping on UK bonkmap

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:09:36 GMT

New online tool maps sexual state of nation, provides proud IT angle

The most sexually obsessed town in the UK is officially Upminster, according to an important new interactive mapping survey.…

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Dallas cops fine drivers for 'not speaking English'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:55:51 GMT

Chief apologises for language police

Red-faced Dallas police chief David Kunkle has apologised to the local Hispanic community after it was revealed that his officers had fined 38 drivers for the novel offence of having an inadequate command of the English language.…

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Agincourt actually an even scrap, historians claim

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:04:37 GMT

We happy few 8,000

Revisionist historians from both sides of the Channel have come to the disagreeable conclusion that Henry V's forces at Agincourt were not actually outnumbered four to one by the opposing French.…

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Today marks 'least productive' day of year

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:41:19 GMT

Write your own intro, I can't be arsed

Today is apparently the "least productive" day of the year, as glum workers battle that sinking feeling provoked by the clocks going back.…

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El Reg launches 'Comment of the Week'

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:05:33 GMT

The prize? Something sour for you lot to suck on...

CoTW We're almost delighted this crisp October Friday to announce the launch of the El Reg "Comment of the Week" slot, in which the crème de la crème of the previous seven days' turdspurts and shoutpourings will be showcased for the reading pleasure of you, our beloved commentards.…

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Musos demand Guantanamo Bay playlist

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:18:24 GMT

Were Bee Gees used to torture suspects?

A coalition of musicians is demanding the US government cough a list of tracks allegedly used to torture inmates of Guantanamo Bay, as former prisoners claim they were subjected to the Bee Gees, Britney Spears and Sesame Street at "ear-splitting level".…

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Atheists smite online God poll

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:55:38 GMT

Does He exist? No, say 98 per cent of voters

An online poll enquiring as to the possible existence of God has somewhat backfired on Christian outfit The Alpha Course, with 98 per cent of the popular vote currently saying he doesn't:…

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Historian slams 'absolutely crazy' UK time zone

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:44:40 GMT

Switch to Euro time, stuff Scottish farmers

Noted historian Sir Alistair Horne has described as "absolutely crazy" Blighty's refusal to fall into line with the continental European time zone.…

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WTF is this country called America?

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:04:53 GMT

Canuck suggests Reg hack 'got get a brain'

FoTW You'd think that an elite special forces hack like our very own Lewis Page would be au fait with an atlas, but he's sadly not, according to one rather disgruntled reader.…

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Lily Allen exits Twitter, bins BlackBerry

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:38:46 GMT

'I am a neo-luddite, goodbye'

UK popstress Lily Allen will tweet no more after turning her back on Twitter and Facebook and ditching her PC, MacBook and BlackBerry, according to shocked UK news outlets.…

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Rigid sky-train to fly through magnetic rings on sticks

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:45:08 GMT

Plus: Plan for 500mph Vegas-LA hovercraft link

Updated Promoters in Las Vegas this week vied to offer the wildest ideas for a new super-fast mass transit link between the desert gambling mecca and Los Angeles. Plans were presented for a "railless" train which would fly through magnetic rings mounted atop pillars and a "sunlight bullet expressway" employing "large air-cushioned hovercraft".…

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NZ town cans rabbit-chucking contest

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:44 GMT

Kids' festival fun reduced to hunting pigs

A New Zealand town has cancelled a rabbit-chucking contest in which local kids were invited to see how far they could hurl a lapine carcass.…

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Japanese bloke gets arsey over artificial rectum

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:21:01 GMT

Bummed out about unnecessary surgery

Updated A Japanese chap is a bit browned off after a hospital wrongly diagnosed him with rectal cancer, whipped out the offending section of digestive tract and fitted an articial replacement.…

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Denver website seeks dope critic

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:02:56 GMT

Nice work if you can get it

Denver's Westword newspaper has unsurprisingly received more than 120 applications for the post of marijuana reviewer, many of whom are offering to do the job for nothing.…

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Magpies hold funerals for fallen feathered friends

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:49:36 GMT

One for sorrow

A University of Colorado scientist has claimed that magpies hold "funerals" for fallen friends, demonstrating that they're all a lot more touchy-feely than they might appear.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications


Court kicks YouTube rant missus into touch

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:19:28 GMT

Appeal against 'inhuman treatment' divorce fails

The New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division has sent YouTube rant (former) missus Tricia Walsh-Smith packing, ruling that her divorce from Broadway mogul Philip Smith is legit, and she'll walk away with nothing more than a prenup provision of $750,000.…

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Bond's Dr. No dies at 91

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:27:25 GMT

Farewell, Wiseman

Joseph Wiseman, the stage and screen actor who played the title role in "Dr. No," the first James Bond film, has died at the age of 91.…

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Blogging vicar casts Tina Turner into hell

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:59:08 GMT

Pop-driven secular cremations simply not the best

A blogging Tunbridge Wells vicar has caused a bit of a brouhaha by roundly condemning secular cremations where the dearly departed can expect nothing better than "a poem from nan combined with a saccharine message from a pop star before being popped in the oven with no hope of resurrection".*…

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UK fatties demand 'hate crime' status for lardo-baiting

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:06:25 GMT

German study shows 'overweight' BMI perfectly healthy

Woebegone British swingbellies have launched a campaign against anti-lardo "hate crime" and discrimination, even as a survey of possibly gutbusting Germans has revealed that being "overweight" is actually not a health hazard.…

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[NSFW] Robert Crumb begets Book of Genesis

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:01:43 GMT

Christians divided on X-rated biblical romp

NSFW Legendary underground comic artist Robert Crumb has caused a bit of a stir with his illustrated Book of Genesis - complete with biblical rumpy-pumpy and "gratuitous" violence, as the Telegraph puts it.…

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Oz driver prangs ute during 'amorous activities'

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:24:39 GMT

'I was not ****ing his ****', insists female passenger

An Oz woman suspected of having caused a 33-year-old man to prang his ute has strenuously denied she was administering him oral pleasure at the time of the crash.…

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Disney kicks 'Ho White' out of bed

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:13:03 GMT

Finds fruity booze ad campaign 'anything but sweet'

Disney has reportedly, and unsurprisingly, taken exception to an Oz booze campaign which features "Ho White" puffing on what we assume is a post-coital ciggy in a bed full of dwarves.…

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El Reg launches 'Skinny Fit' fashion range

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:55:25 GMT

Exclusive preview of international poster campaign

We're delighted to announce today the launch of our "Skinny Fit" range of clothes, seen modelled here by the lovely Filippa for a forthcoming international poster campaign:…

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Royal Mail website goes on strike

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:53:37 GMT

CWU suspected

Next week, after a vote from their union, thousands of Royal Mail workers are set to go on strike. This week, the Royal Mail website beat them to the punch:…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


Street View in (kind of) Swiss roll-over

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:45:47 GMT

Agrees to extra blurring, but no more

Google has agreed to a demand that it apply extra blur to faces and number plates to its Street View service in Switzerland, but has refused to lower the height of its car-mounted spycams.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications


Playmobil figures feared lost in Great Fire of Guildford

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:02:02 GMT

Tragic end to school inferno re-enactment?

We at El Reg's Playmobil unit fear the worst following a Guildford school's miniature re-enactment of London's hottest historic moment.…

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Ralph Lauren stick insect sacked for being 'too fat'

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:09:38 GMT

Photoshopped model's pelvis actually bigger than her head

The model featured in the Ralph Lauren Photoshop stick insect outrage - in which she was Photoshopped to within an inch of her life - claims she was sacked by the company for being "too fat".…

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Beeb's Carla Bruni coverage hits rock bottom

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:23:29 GMT

RSS feed delights schoolboys worldwide

Those of you who may have inadvertantly stumbled into Bootnotes looking for world-class coverage of Google's Android are advised to leave immediately, because what we have here is a classic example of when RSS feeds go bad.…

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London techies get kit off for charity

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:41:15 GMT

'Tasteful' Nude Tech 2010 calendar

There is some really quite exciting news today for those of you who've spent years wondering just how you could justifiably buy photographs of butt-naked London tech entrepreneurs: check out the forthcoming Nude Tech 2010 calendar, featuring 24 disrobed IT movers and shakers, and all in aid of charity.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications


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