How We See The World

I don't know whether I should post this in The Lounge instead of here... But I think it's fine if I post it here. I'm not sure the term for it, but I'm referring to those download hosts (Megaupload, Mediafire, Rapidshare, etc). Which one are the safe ones to download from? I kind of don't trust HotFile and iFolder, is it save to download from there?

The dead mouse was embedded into the bread A food production company was ordered to pay nearly £17,000 after a man found a dead mouse in a loaf of bread as he made sandwiches for his children. Stephen Forse, of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, had already used some slices when he came across the mouse. Mr Forse purchased the loaf online, through a Tesco branch in Bicester in January 2009. Premier Foods was fined £5,500 and ordered to pay £11,109.47 in costs at Oxford Crown Court. In July, the company, which makes Hovis bread, Branston pickle and Bisto gravy, admitted to having failed to maintain acceptable standards at its British Bakeries site in London. Mr Forse sai…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11430581

A cheerful news story for some of the oldies this morning http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11429993

anyone watching? any fans?? who do you think will take it this year..... too bad its not this guy: he was eliminated last week :laugh4: first one to go...

Starts on Sky1 on the 23rd of September. Karl Pilkington (friend of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant - creators of The Office and Extras) the round headed buffoon travels around the world to visit the seven wonders of the world and gives his take on them. The preview of the series has been released and can be seen here: WARNING, THESE CLIPS CONTAIN FULL FRONTAL MALE NUDITY BUT HAVE BEEN DEEMED SUITABLE FOR YOUTUBE AND ALSO FOR SKY1 SO IF YOU THINK YOU WILL BE OFFENDED DON'T WATCH [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUTH1coLIWE]YouTube - An Idiot Abroad E00 Preview Show (Part 1/2)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TChZa-GfAtA&feature=related]You…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-11407516

Anyone else hooked? I recently started watching, caught up one night 'On Demand' and was an instant fan.... theories?? :sneaky:

peyton manning he has dominated the league since he came in and if it wasnt for favre playing until he was 60 he would annihilate every record in the books! the only thing in the world holding him back was a superbowl and he has that. He has a few years left too so he could win another too. despite all the hatred too manning actually plays well in the playoffs. GOAT

Now Britain is the fattest country in Europe (and the fifth most overweight in the world) By Ian Sparks Last updated at 1:15 PM on 24th September 2010 Comments (80) Add to My Stories Americans are still top of global obesity table Britain is the fattest country in Europe and the fifth most overweight of the world's 33 most-developed nations, a new study has revealed. A quarter of all adults in the U.K. are obese and a staggering 66 per cent of men and 57 per cent of women are overweight. The U.S. remains home to the fattest people on the planet, with more than three out of ten men and women clinically obese. It is followed by Mexico,…

Ed Miliband has won the Labour leadership after narrowly beating brother David in a dramatic run-off vote ahead of the party's conference. Ed won by just over 1% from former foreign secretary David after second, third and fourth preference votes came into play. He said a "new generation" had taken charge of Labour and it had to change. Ed Balls was third, Andy Burnham fourth and Diane Abbott last in the ballot of MPs, members and trade unionists. Mr Miliband, 40, replaces acting leader Harriet Harman in the contest triggered by the resignation of Gordon Brown. In his victory speech, he vowed to unify the party, telling delegates: "The Labour Party in the future m…

In this thread you can talk about the new Apple products released at the 1st September. The products: iPod shuffle iPod nano iPod touch Apple TV Which of these products do you plan to buy? What do you think about them?

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Yob arrested after he bought £1.99 goldfish and then swallowed it in pet shop By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:02 AM on 25th September 2010 Add to My Stories Horrifying: Chris Caswell was videoed by friends swallowing a goldfish he had just bought from a pet shop A yob has been arrested after buying a goldfish in a pet shop and swallowing it in front of horrified shop staff. Chris Caswell, 30, was arrested yesterday over the prank that was videoed by his friends and posted on Facebook. He paid £1.99 for the fish and then asked staff to put it in a glass he had bought with him, claiming he just lived across the road. A shopworker…

WASHINGTON—According to a poll released Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of U.S. citizens now believe Barack Obama is a cactus, the most Americans to identify the president as a water- retaining desert plant since he took office. The poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center, found a sharp rise in the number of Americans who say they firmly believe Obama was either born a cactus, became a cactus during his youth, or has questionable links to the Cactaceae family. "We asked people of varying races, ages, and backgrounds the same question: 'What is President Barack Obama?'" Pew spokeswoman Jodi Miller told reporters. "And a fifth of them responded, 'A cactus.'" According …

Shoppers flock to Tesco for bargains on sale at just 1p By Sean Poulter Last updated at 12:04 PM on 23rd September 2010 Comments (2) Add to My Stories Shoppers have rushed to pick up bargains at Tesco stores after news emerged that the retail giant is selling items from discontinued lines for only 1p each. Items ranging from iPod Touch cases to slippers, clothes and umbrellas are going through tills across the country at 1p a time. Details have emerged via online consumer forums, triggering a stampede of shoppers to Tesco outlets. Bargains ahoy: News of 1p items for sale at Tesco spread on discount websites Tesco has rubbish…

World's most tasteless tourist attraction: Side of house plastered with one million pieces of used CHEWING GUM By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:56 PM on 24th September 2010 Comments (17) Add to My Stories Website reveals the world's most unhygienic must-sees Containing an estimated one million pieces of chewed gum (and an unknown quantity of dried saliva) this may be the world's weirdest - and according to a recent poll the world's second most unhygienic - tourist attraction. Landing second place in Tripadvisor's 'World's Germiest Attractions' rundown, the 50-foot long Pike Place Market wall in Seattle, USA, is covered from…

Pensioner who has smoked 292,000 cigarettes celebrates his 100th birthday By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:32 PM on 24th September 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories A pensioner who has smoked almost 300,000 cigarettes during his lifetime has celebrated his 100th birthday. Arthur Langran, who survived being blown up by a grenade during the Second World War, claims the secret behind his longevity is always doing what everyone tells him not to. The father-of-two started smoking when he was 20 and has smoked at least ten cigarettes every day since then - the equivalent of 292,000. Celebration: Arthur Langran toasted his 10…

Desperate housemates: Big Brother stars nobody can remember turn out for party celebrating the end of the show By Jody Thompson Last updated at 4:40 PM on 24th September 2010 Comments (41) Add to My Stories It's not often a nightclub hosts a self-help group - but last night, London's Embassy was full of fame-hungry wannabes from the Big Brother Failures Club. A host of vaguely familiar but ultimately unnamed faces flocked to the nightspot for one last fling in front of the camera lenses before disappearing back into obscurity forever. There was even a refugee from Britain's Got Talent - DJ Talent - there to commiserate with his fellow …

Arachnophobes look away now: The world's biggest spider web stretches more than 80 feet across river By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:43 PM on 24th September 2010 Comments (10) Add to My Stories Arachnophobes, look away now. For scientists have discovered some of world's biggest and strongest spider webs spanning over a river in Madagascar. Created by Darwin's bark spider, a newly identified species, the giant webs are made of the world's strongest known biological material. Shown here in these pictures the orbs are the world's largest webs of any single spider, according to new studies. A giant web made by Darwin'…

Dodgy to the end! Shoaib Akhtar is caught on camera as ball tampering row sours England's Rose Bowl win By Lawrence Booth PICTURE EXCLUSIVE by GRAHAM CHADWICK Last updated at 10:16 AM on 23rd September 2010 Comments (1) Add to My Stories Was this the moment Pakistan's cricketers became embroiled in one final controversy? In the last game of their acrimonious tour of England at the Rose Bowl last night fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could be seen apparently running his left thumb along the ball's seam before dropping the ball on the ground and standing on it with his spiked right boot. Shoaib Akhtar shines the ball then stands on it …

UK's homosexual population size revealed: Just 1.5% of Britons say they are gay, lesbian or bisexual By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:26 PM on 23rd September 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Just one in 100 people in the UK say they are gay or lesbian, the first ever survey of British sexual identity has revealed. A further one in every 200 people are bisexual, according to the data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). More than 480,000 consider themselves to be gay or lesbian and a further 245,000 say they are bisexual. The data revealed men were twice as likely as women to describe themselves as gay or les…

Boxer Ricky Hatton 'filmed snorting cocaine in 10-hour binge' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:00 AM on 12th September 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Shamed: Boxer Ricky Hatton colecting his MBE with girlfriend Jennifer Dooley at Buckingham Palace; he has been filmed apparently snorting cocoaine Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton has been filmed apparently taking cocaine in a ten-hour drink and drugs binge. Hatton, an MBE, was secretly recorded snorting seven lines of the illegal drug in a Manchester hotel room. The 31-year-old is clearly seen taking a wrap from his shoe, pouring the white powder it contains …

Learning new tricks at 22 (or 154 in human years) meet Billy, the world's oldest dog By Paul Sims Last updated at 12:02 PM on 23rd September 2010 Comments (5) Add to My Stories Blind in one eye and with not many teeth left, Billy the Yorkshire Terrier has seen better days. More than 8,000 of them, in fact. For Billy is 22 years old – the canine equivalent of a human aged 154. He is believed to be the world's oldest living dog, having surpassed the current holder of the title with Guinness World Records. Full of life: The RSPCA says Billy is in remarkable condition for his age and has more energy than much younger dogs Y…

Bottom line! Fast-food chain places ad campaign on girls' backsides By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:01 AM on 23rd September 2010 Comments (2) Add to My Stories It's an unusual way to spread the word about a new 'bunless chicken sandwich'. But Kentucky Fried Chicken bosses are emblazoning the logo of their new Double Down sandwich across the backsides - or buns as they are known in the U.S. - of young female college students. Sales of the bread-free burger sagging across America, so KFC has been reaching out for creative advertising ideas. Sitting pretty: College students are being paid $500 to hand out KFC coupons while wea…