You’d think a man of Aaron Sorkin’s stature wouldn’t be wasting his time with social networking sites, what with them basically being attention seeking tools and all, but don’t worry; it’s research. The West Wing top-man has signed on to write a film about Facebook and it’s creator Mark Zuckerberg and said this: “I...
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Following examples set in the past by previous dieting crazes such as The Atkins Diet and bulimia, Bonny the cat has created her own weight-loss programmme. ‘The Bathtub Diet’ enables dieters to lose up to two-thirds of their weight in just seven weeks. No exercise is required, you merely have to spend the seven...
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One unfortunate Venezuelan zookeeper found out exactly how dangerous last weekend. Erick Arrieta, who was 29, was crushed to death by a Burmese python at the Caracas zoo in Venezuela. Co-workers arrived at the scene as the python was was trying to swallow Erick’s head. The director general of the zoo, Javier Hernandez, said:...
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This lad here is Jericho Scott. He’s making the news in the US this week because he’s so good at baseball the rest of the league refuse to play against him. Jericho (9) from New Haven in Conneticut, can pitch at up to forty miles per hour, thus scaring the as-yet-to-drop nuts off the...
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Have you ever wanted to completely destroy your own life? No, me neither, and if you ever do, I suggest that you seek medical help with great haste. However… I do occasionally find myself thinking about how easy it would be, with one single moment of absolute madness, to deleteriously alter the course of...
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Bridge Tavern, Wicklow Town Despite a modest venue, the All-Ireland Air Guitar Championships managed to beat the usual Friday night out. Air guitar, as the name suggests is an imaginary instrument, which at championships is played by anyone willing to get up on stage and publicly humiliate themselves. The event has roots reaching back...
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Zack Cahill’s alternative guide to alternative medicine We all like a good debate. If you regularly have guests over for dinner you will probably have had your fair share of heated discussions about religion, sexuality or politics. These always seem to start after a few bottles of wine and tend to be slightly frustrating,...
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It’s not actually Lassie (sorry), in fact it’s La China, an eight-year old mutt from Buenos Aires. This bitch is in the news today because she rescued an abandoned child and gave it a bit of the old Tarzan ‘raise it with my own’ treatment. La China’s owner subsequently found the baby and got...
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We at TOAST had never heard of him before the other day either, but now Kenny Egan is our most favourite boxer ever. After a fairly comfortable 10-3 win today over Britain’s Tony Jeffries, ‘our Kenny’ goes into the Sunday’s final against homeboy Zhang Xiaopingin. We hope he wins the gold of course, either...
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“You’re from Finland? What a lovely country! But isn’t it just awful the way it’s covered in perma-frost all year around? It must be really unhealthy to eat raw sausages? Do you speak Russian at home or do you use English all the time?” You probably think I’m exaggerating but sadly enough, these are...
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