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Shock tactics (Good News Week 3/11/08: What’s the Story?)

Cops all over the country are going taser crazy! The introduction of tasers by New South Wales police has caused the use of force to suddenly spike. And zap. Critics are concerned that it might indicate a new culture of police violence, but police insist that it’s just a tase… / just a tase they’re […]

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Foot-tox (Good News Week 3/11/08: What’s the Story?)

Fashionistas with an addiction to high heels are now getting botox injections in their feet. It’s nearly a thousand dollars for the treatment, but it’s cheaper than getting a double foot transplant. Fashionistas with an addiction to high heels are getting botox injections in their feet. Injecting your foot with botox eliminates the need for […]

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Sexed-up science (Good News Week 3/11/08: Giving Headline)

A recent review of the nation’s curriculum has found that students find science “uninteresting, boring, and irrelevant”. Just like English, history, geography, home economics and maths. / Just like English, history, geography, music and home ec. A recent review of the nation’s curriculum has found that students find science “uninteresting, boring, and irrelevant”. Just like […]

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We’ve stopped evolving (Good News Week 3/11/08: Giving Headline)

A London Professor claims human evolution has stalled because of a lack of older fathers passing on cells that have mutated. So, what’s the bet this guy is getting on and can’t get laid? / Professor Steve Jones is 64. Coincidentally. / Professor Steve Jones is 64 – ladies keen on evolved children form an […]

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Eyebrow transplants (Good News Week 3/11/08: So You Think You Can Mime)

A US craze is spreading to the rest of the world – eyebrow transplants. They look good anywhere! Get five! Thank god! And here was I thinking that the coming depression we’re all about to plunge into was going to be filled with ugly eyebrows. Thank god! We may be about to plunge into a […]

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Snailface (Good News Week 3/11/08: So You Think You Can Mime)

A nine-year-old schoolgirl has broken the world record for having the most snails on her face at once: 25. Hot! But look at that tiny 9-year-old face. Where did she fit the other 20 snails? If I hear that there’s been some snail-stacking going on, I will not be happy. In the picture, you can […]

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I’ve heard of school detention, but this is ridiculous… (Good News Week 3/11/08: Perfect Match)

A British school has been criticised for sending kids to isolation cells that a father described as “like Guantanamo Bay”. Well? It is a detention centre. A British school has been criticised for sending kids to isolation cells that a father described as “like Guantanamo Bay”. And, as an extra torture, the kids are sent […]

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No Star Hotel (Good News Week 3/11/08: Perfect Match)

The world’s first No Star Hotel has opened in Switzerland. The $42 rooms have no views, no room service, no pay TV and limited hot water, but you do get a complimentary peg for your nose. / but at least it’s cramped and dingy. The world’s first No Star Hotel has opened in Switzerland. The […]

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Beer Googles (Good News Week 3/11/08: Strange But True)

Google has implemented a new feature on Gmail that checks for an altered state of mind before letting you email. It also notifies the cops. Google has implemented a new feature on Gmail that checks for an altered state of mind before letting you email. It simply plays some early Pink Floyd, and if you’re […]

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Tranny Dunny (Good News Week 3/11/08: Strange But True)

Manchester University has relabelled it’s toilets to avoid offending transgender students. Now instead of Ladies and Gents they’re labelled “Toilets” and “Toilets with urinals”. Transgender people are still confused, but now it’s about whether or not they can use a urinal. So rather than classifying people as Women or Men, they’re classifying them as Penises […]