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World's fattest man to marry ... but he's not having any wedding cake By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 1:16 PM on 02nd October 2008 Comments (11) Add to My Stories The world's most obese man is getting hitched. Manuel Uribe says he will wed long-time girlfriend Claudia Solis on October 26 in Monterrey, Mexico. The two will be married in a civil ceremony at a location still to be decided. Uribe is unable to walk, and leaving his house means being towed through the streets on his specially made bed. Enlarge Lovebirds: Manuel Uribe, 42, kisses his girlfriend Claudia Solis. The two will wed later this month This year the Guinne…

WASHINGTON - The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties that the economy could nosedive into recession without it. Stocks plummeted on Wall Street even before the 228-205 vote to reject the bill was announced on the House floor. Bush and a host of leading congressional figures had implored the lawmakers to pass the legislation despite howls of protest from their constituents back home. Despite pressure from supporters, not enough members were willing to take the political risk just five weeks before an election. Ample no vo…

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5291 This is an interesting idea, and I've heard it applied to public school teachers also. I know I would get a job teaching in public school if they offered more money.

Revealed: The secret scientists say will guarantee a happy marriage... But if you're hoping for a miracle fix, look away now By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:02 PM on 01st October 2008 Comments (13) Add to My Stories Anybody reading this hoping for a quick fix formula for a successful marriage, look away now. According to a poll of 4,000 married couples, the secret to a happy marriage is spending at least 22 periods of 'quality time' together a month, with at least seven cosy nights in and two proper dinner dates. Cuddles, it seems hold the key, with couples who cuddle four times a day rating their marriage as very happy. And roma…

Equal Time for Both Major Party Candidates.

Cherie, you need to STFU and go away. What an idiot! Tony Blair could never be compared to Churchill. Cherie Compares Tony To Churchill By Sky News SkyNews - 1 hour 53 mins ago The wife of former prime minister Tony Blair has compared her husband to British WWII leader Winston Churchill. (Advertisement) Cherie Blair told Vanity Fair magazine that her partner would be judged "very well" by history and be "up there with Churchill". But she was less complimentary about her own image as a "First Lady", saying: "Just look at the press cuttings, you couldn't say that it was a triumph, could you?" Mrs Blair revealed that Hillary Clinton had given her advice on…

Motorway madness EXCLUSIVE TV cameras capture the shocking moment when two women, stopped by police walking down the M6, run back onto the motorway and are hit by speeding traffic. For Stockport trucker Andy Fairclough, it's something he'll never forget. The footage shown on the BBC One programme Traffic Cops: Dicing with Death (Thursday 25 Sept) is simply staggering. And just when you think it couldn't get any worse, it does. One Saturday afternoon in May 2008, Highways Agency officials alerted police after spotting two women - twin sisters from Sweden - walking down the central reservation of the M6 motorway near Stoke-on-Trent. Then, as officers ch…

There ARE some reasons to be cheerful: Fifteen glorious things you can still do for free By Ray Connolly and David Thomas Last updated at 11:16 PM on 30th September 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories So Armageddon has arrived. Spiv City traders have been short-selling our lives and now we're all billions of pounds in debt. And it's raining again - after the dullest September for 14 years. But hang on... there are plenty of things we can enjoy that don't involve spending money. Here is how you can enjoy the best of them. 1. Understand the credit crunch is no walk in the park. So why not take a real walk in the park instead. This year, afte…

Does anybody here watch the show WEEDS??!! Cause i love this show its so interesting!!!:D If u havent i suggest u do!!! Check out there wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeds

Oh come on. We have a friggin' Harry Potter thread. WHY NOT! :P http://www.potterpuppetpals.com/

So..... the final episode was just screened here in the UK! I haven't watched this since the start... just every now and again, but I got into the end of the last series and watched every episode of this one! ..And I really liked it! It will be weird not to see a new series! I just wondered did anyone else watch this? Any massive fans? :D

I love them :laugh4: My favorite has to be this one: Moe: [answers the phone] Yeah, just a sec; I'll check. [calls] Amanda Hugginkiss? Hey, I'm lookin' for Amanda Hugginkiss. Why can't I find Amanda Hugginkiss? Barney: Maybe your standards are too high! Check out this site, it has got everything http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/information/lists/prank.shtml http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzFPdJmrlc

Designer coffee launched for sugar-hungry Chavs A cafe has launched a new take on the cappuccino - a coffee for Chavs called the Chavuccino, Yourmaidstone reports. The drinks are flying off the shelves at Colin and Glynis Chamberlain's shop in Maidstone. And in a move to keep the sugar-hungry baseball cap and Burberry lovers happy, they have sprinkled the coffee with hundreds and thousands, added a Flake and rounded it off with a scattering of dolly mixtures. And the cup of Chav comes complete with a Burberry-style napkin and the optional shot of energy drink Red Bull. Even the cafe's take awa…

'Chip shop owner battered man' and 'For sale: 83 Ford Grandad' - a hilarious new book reveals the worst misprint howlers By Martin Toseland Last updated at 9:01 AM on 30th September 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Ironically, with increased use of computer 'spell-checkers', unintentionally funny misprints on restaurant menus, in books, newspapers and adverts are actually becoming more common. MARTIN TOSELAND has collected some of the most amusing for a new book. . . News in brief The Irish Stammerers' Association will hold a seminar will hold a seminar entitled 'Aids for Stammerers' tonight. (The Irish Press) People i…

New education 'underclass' is leading to a 'posh and chav' divide between schoolchildren, warns top fee-paying head By Laura Clark Last updated at 9:50 PM on 29th September 2008 Comments (6) Add to My Stories The emergence of an education 'underclass' is leading to a 'posh' and 'chav' divide between schoolchildren, a top fee-paying head has declared. The Reverend Tim Hastie-Smith warned that distrust and suspicion between state and private schools was fuelled by 'false perceptions'. In a keynote speech to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, he called on fellow independent school heads to do more to combat 'stereotypical' views and t…

Scientist: Earth Cooling, Not Warming Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:53 AM By: Philip V. Brennan Article Font Size A San Francisco-based scientist says that current solar activity strongly indicates that the earth is on the verge of a new ice age. "Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh," warns Phil Chapman writing in The Australian. Chapman is a geophysicist and astronautical engineer who was the first Australian to become a NASA astronaut. "The scariest photo I have seen . . . is at http://www.spaceweather.com, where you will find a real-time image of the sun from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory [sOHO], located in deep space at the equilibriu…

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Hey y'all....I'm gonna either rent or actually go to see a movie this weekend....got any suggestions?? My sister's forcing me to watch something but i'm not really interested in anything anymore..... So, any suggestion would be grand.... :wink:

Grandmother, 77, smuggled £1million of cocaine in her Motability car By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:08 PM on 29th September 2008 Comments (4) Add to My Stories Ambrozine Heron faces jail after smuggling cocaine, which was stashed in food tins, in her Motability car A 77-year-old grandmother is facing a lengthy jail sentence after smuggling £1million of cocaine into the country in her Motability car. Ambrozine Heron and her daughter Paulette Chambers, 49, were caught with a car full of the Class A drug as they tried to drive through Dover ferry port. The pair made 14 trips to the continent to collect their shipments from Holla…

Going ape: Hundreds of people dressed as gorillas go on charity race through London By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:01 PM on 27th September 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Hundreds of people dressed as gorillas went ape during a charity race to raise money for endangered animals today. The sixth annual 7km Great Gorilla Run started and finished at the London Underwriting Centre, off Mincing Lane, this morning. Hundreds of runners dressed as gorilla's run through central London for Charity in London today Bill Oddie joins one of the runners along the 7km route About 750 runners joined in the monkey business - setting …

A 999 rescue for Woody, the iguana that branched out By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:37 PM on 28th September 2008 Comments (25) Add to My Stories Cats are their stock in trade. But when firemen were summoned to rescue an iguana stuck up a tree, they responded with a due sense of gravity. After a call from the RSPCA, alerted by members of the public, fire officers dispatched an animal rescue expert and an aerial platform to the scene at Cove, near Farnborough, Hampshire. It wasn’t until their expert was 25ft up that they realised they were victims of an illusion of nature. The ‘iguana’ was no more than a broken algae-covered branch. …

Coming to Britain - the Australian flu virus that has already killed hundreds By Daniel Martin Last updated at 10:53 PM on 28th September 2008 Comments (41) Add to My Stories A flu virus more deadly than any seen in two decades is threatening Britain. The strain originates in Australia where it has claimed hundreds of lives, including those of children. Called Brisbane H3N2, it is so virulent that health chiefs have had to change the make-up of flu vaccines to deal with it. The flu virus - called Brisbane H3N2 - is so virulent that health chiefs have had to change the make-up of flu vaccines to deal with it (file picture) …

Movie legend Paul Newman dies Hollywood legend Paul Newman has died of cancer at the age of 83, his spokesman has confirmed. The blue-eyed star of films like Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid had died at home on Friday surrounded by family and close friends, said Jeff Sanderson. R.I.P.

On another well deserved World Championship:D http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Rossi+regains+MotoGP+crown+after+two+years+away

I noticed yesterday that there was a strong following of Werder Bremen fans here, so im starting this thread so you can discuss Werders upcoming matches in the Champions league and Bundesliga! The Grun und WeiB impressively motored past Borussia Monchengladbach to slip into second place!! now that we seem to be getting our form, we get to go kick the CRAP OUT OF LEVSKI SOFIA AND THEN GET REVENGE ON CHELSEA!!!