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Archive for March, 2009

Fire Chief agrees ‘Urination ineffective as fire fighting technique’

pissing on fires 'never really going to work' ‘Even in extreme cases, the risk of 3rd degree burns means it isn’t worth it.’

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Posted: Mar 8th, 2009
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British engineer wins World’s Filthiest Mug accolade

mugIt’s been a long wait, but the prestigious World’s Filthiest Mug award for 2008 has finally been awarded to a West Midlands engineer following weeks of deliberation by judges. Colleagues of Donald Munn, 57, a lathe operator for Walsall Industrial Manifolds Ltd., put him forward for the award after the factory’s health and safety rep threatened to place his dirty tea mug into the canteen dishwasher.

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Posted: Mar 7th, 2009
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Novelty of hearing neighbours having sex quickly wearing off

They were at it all nightIt was once a source of amusement, surprise and even titillation, but now Coventry analyst Ben Jarman is finding the sexual antics of his new neighbours ‘tiring’ and ‘a bloody nuisance’.

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Posted: Mar 6th, 2009
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Woman next to Brown on flight home ‘just wouldn’t f***ing shut up’ about the economy

She just wouldn't give it a restGordon Brown emerged bleary eyed this morning from his flight home from Washington vowing to review the new Government rules that every official foreign visit must now be made using economy class. For the eight hour flight the Prime Minister had been seated next to a member of the public with very strong views about the current crisis, and who was full of ideas about what should be done.

‘I mean I don’t know why you just don’t sort it all out, that’s what I’d like to know, just sort it out, I mean you lot got us into this mess, it’s up to you to get it all out again…’

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Posted: Mar 5th, 2009
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Aniston shocked that so-called ‘Friends’ didn’t reveal her nipples were showing

Friends star Jennifer Aniston is reported to have fallen out with ex-cast members of the hit sit-com after having discovered that her nipples could be seen during recording…

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Posted: Mar 4th, 2009
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