Internet Highlights w/c 14th December 2014

20 12 2014

A teenager came up with a great invention to protect his grandfather from his own Alzheimer’s

BSL Finger Spelling Challenge

Great Gilmore Girls facts

Physics *claims* Santa doesn’t exist

Signs you’re old before your time (I definitely got some, but not all 🙂 )

Swan that only attacks foreign students

All the cat expressions you need for Christmas

https://twitter.com/adamhess1/status/543879762058694656

https://twitter.com/fabulousanimals/status/544570392141385728

https://twitter.com/keviclifton/status/544596528439230464

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Internet highlights w/c 7th December 2014

13 12 2014

Clinton’s overly offensive Christmas Card

Challenging Foodbank myths

Why Elf is possibly the best Christmas film ever

The end of the battle for the armrest!

Take some colour changing LEDs, stick them on some oars, go for a row…

The end of Orange Wednesdays

Dutch guy proposes to his girlfriend and accidentally destroys a house…

Some excellent homemade Christmas cards

https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob/status/542412938280071170





Internet highlights w/c 30th November 2014

6 12 2014

Harrods advent calendar reduced from £12,000 to £9,600…

Harrods fire’s Santa – he get’s his revenge

A young boy send a Christmas shoebox, little knowing that one day that recipient would become his wife!

Baby born weighing 13lb 13oz

Primary school in the mid-late 90s

Fantastic piece – Things for people to know about Anxiety Disorder

https://twitter.com/JamieDMJ/status/539316206118109184

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Internet highlights w/c 23rd November 2014

29 11 2014

First Great Western launch a campaign to reunite lost teddy bears with their owners for Christmas

Tesco agree to hide front pages of newspapers from children and just show newspaper names on the stands

Squirrel steals a camera and takes it up a tree

Lego instructions for parents in the 70s

Bucket lists are inherently individualistic, and not where we should find our fulfilment

The Busy World of Richard Scarry in the 21st Century

Tetley insure their Master Blender’s tastebuds for £1million

Dropped beer bottle smashes new glass walkway at the top of Tower Bridge

Google’s HQ is statically charging people walking by

The best “Shake it off” video

South Korea ban selfie sticks

Another article about Band Aid – this time a reminder that we’re called to help without showing off about it.

Weird German expressions

The Queen reminds us that while Ebola is obviously a massive issue, more people are dying each week from Malaria.

They’re considering getting rid of “Reverse round a corner” from the driving test!

The Guardian does an overview of seemingly idyllic life in Romsey!

The danger of Christian Celebrity

Malasia Airlines next problem – Their own tweeting

Scripture Union are putting Christian Christmas Comics in Foodbank hampers 🙂 Donate here!

https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob/status/536306764409733120

https://twitter.com/kathradical/status/535895410574102528





Internet highlights w/c 16th November 2014

22 11 2014

TV presenter wears the same suit every day for a year to highlight sexism – and 12 months later, no one noticed!

A woman binge-watched season one of Gilmore Girls and did a bullet point running commentary as she went!

Henman, McInroe & Cash vs Murray in the tennis

Comprehensive history of Brad Pitt’s hairstyles

BEST winter jumpers!

Chocolate is running out so prices are going to go up…

The downside of BandAid

Successful people wear the same thing every day

They’re looking into a bridge to the Isle Of Wight!

Hunger Games Charts

BandAid does nothing to show the positive side of Africa

Warnings that Netflix should give

The size of the universe

The snow in Buffalo, NY

The Pope is raffling off presents he’s received to raise money for the poor

Best dog poses EVER

Jeremy Vine caught speeding on his push-bike

Jamie Oliver disciplines his kids by feeding them hot peppers!

School kid makes £14,000 selling sweets to fellow pupils – now facing suspension

Lammily, the normal barbie

Some of the best film hair & make-up ever

Rebel Wilson doing a blind infomercial on the Ellen show

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https://twitter.com/katydotcom/status/535490815616114688

https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob/status/535865116294922240

https://twitter.com/Fascinatingpics/status/535915662204731393

https://twitter.com/olivia_solon/status/536114852310560769

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Internet highlights w/c 9th November 2014

15 11 2014

Cloud computing has a long way to go

Disney princesses with realistic waistlines

If I fits, I sits

Things to know before living with a girl

A woman’s reaction when a cashier pointed out her son’s down syndrome to her…

The Doughnut Burger

Literary reviews of the Mr Men books

A man takes looking after a plant to extremes

The BNP boast on Twitter about how they won’t forget the 2 minutes silence like others will…. a day late

Swede’ns ingenious solution to prostitution

The Pope is having showers built alongside the public toilets in the Vatican so the homeless have somewhere to wash

Netherlands build first solar panel cycle lane

The dog who forgot to jump

“I asked the maid in dulcet tone
To order me a buttered scone;
The silly girl has been and gone
And ordered me a buttered scone.”

https://twitter.com/katydotcom/status/531574983173353473





Internet highlights w/c 2nd November 2014

8 11 2014

10 great 90s worship songs we must bring back (I’d agree with 1-7, don’t know the last 3!)

Back To The Future cast – then and now

Fascinating maths and logic puzzles

Top Gear WILL show Argentina footage

VERY clever jokes – I only needed help with four of them, proper chuffed!

Christmas toys 90s kids desperately wanted – dear goodness this brought back some memories of jealousy!

Quotes from children’s books

Lisa Kudrow answers questions on Friends

Two petitions to get the Green Party included in the TV Election debates last year (UKIP get a position, why not Green when they both have an MP?)
Petition 1 – from change.org
Petition 2 – from 38degrees

Cereal cafe to open in London with 100 varieties over 2 floors

Definitely not the nicest plane journey

Cats in the weirdest places

Modern day Mr Men

Man turns his wives ashes into fireworks

The Downton cast’s favourite Dowager one-liners

“Pooh may have been a simple bear in profound danger of early-onset diabetes, but what if we were to approach the Bible in the same way he approached the honey?”

https://twitter.com/History_Pics/status/525804721727356928

https://twitter.com/BritishLogic/status/522841559126265856

https://twitter.com/joshwiddicombe/status/520296916014608384

https://twitter.com/Quotelmages/status/529007603322740736

https://twitter.com/fabulousanimals/status/530837608612782080

https://twitter.com/PrimarySklProbs/status/529364407667920897

https://twitter.com/amateuradam/status/531176686839402497

http://instagram.com/p/u_QoHKjxWK/





Internet highlights w/c 26th October 2014

1 11 2014

Some AMAZING lamps!

Some of the joys of being a girl in the late 90s and early 00s

A great write up on one of the subtler messages from Frozen

Alternative haircuts Lady Mary could have gone for in Downton

Windowless planes…

ITV news presenter explains why she won’t wear a Poppy at work – and makes a very good point in doing so!

Tonnes of puns! – particularly good are the defibrillator toaster, and the new that macs now support windows!

6 Reasons why Halloween is far from harmless – J.John

How posh are the cast of Downton Abbey?

Why it’s best to pretend you don’t know about computers

https://twitter.com/MakingOfs/status/527220810004840448

https://twitter.com/HighFromAbove/status/527222090353868800

https://twitter.com/SimpsonsQOTD/status/528665233083355136





Internet highlights w/c 19th October 2014

25 10 2014

Things that should be common knowledge, but most aren’t

Great church signs!

Using quotes from You’ve Got Mail in online dating

How to trap a cat

Waterstones are now planning on hosting a sleepover after the tourist got locked in

apparently S Club 7 are actually getting back together (for Children In Need)

The Queen has tweeted! – and no, not the @Queen_UK twitter account, amazing as that is!

https://twitter.com/Queen_UK/status/525614451069046784





Internet highlights w/c 12th October 2014

18 10 2014

Police come up with great new use for empty tax disc holders

Santa branding

Where do the birds go when it rains?

People who need to think before they speak

A 45min radio programme about the number e

Science tricks with water

https://twitter.com/_L_M_C_/status/522108454367154176