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So, the UK Government is planning to advertise condoms and abortion clinics before 9PM in the near future. Why? It's outrageous. It won't help anyone - if anything it will make the whole "pregnancy rates have gone up" thing that little bit worse.

Think about it, advertise abortion clinics and condoms on the telly and you'll suddenly get this hype where teenagers suddenly think "Hey, I can have sex and then my girl can get an abortion. I can wear a condom. Sorted." No. Just because a girl can get an abortion doesn't mean the pregnancy doesn't happen. I can't help but feel these adverts will just encourage careless kids to go out and have sexy time with a lady friend.

It also contributes to kids asking the dreaded question before they should even think about it - "Mummy/Daddy, where do babies come from?" There'll be 2 added questions after that one, too: "Okay... so what are condoms?" and "So if a girl gets pregnant, they can stop the baby coming?" Imagine. What a world.

I'd like your comments and opinions. Do you share my view?

Facebook has changed yet again. The last time they changed it, there was uproar. Groups about the slightly changed layout appeared from nowhere and millions of members joined the groups, over a slight change that nobody really cared about. It was a slight change, people got over it relatively quickly.

This time, it's gone on to the next step. The changes have been compared to that of Facebook's latest rival, Twitter - and rightly so. The redesign focusses more on status updates and latest activities by users, much like Twitter. Now, whenever you update something it appears as a mini post on your wall, your news feed and your friends news feeds. It gets annoying and it's definitely not unique in any way.

The changes have caused such an uproar that it has made it onto the news. BBC Radio 1's newsbeat has a report, an extract of which is below:

More than a million people have now voted against changes to the social networking site Facebook.

The new look site puts more focus on status updates and has been likened to one of its rivals Twitter.

Users have voted overwhelmingly against the new format in an online poll on the site with 94% disliking the changes.

Twitter usage has grown 1,689% in the last year but is dwarfed by Facebook which has more than 175 million users compared to Twitter's 1.78m.
The forum over on BBC has had 300 comments added, the majority of which 100% against the new layout - although there are the occasional few who make stupid comments which aren't worth paying any attention to.

Complete Rubbish! I've stopped using it!

To me it seems the latest changes are to compete with Twitter.

Lee Eastwood, Brighton

There is little evidence on the new-look Facebook that any real usability testing was conducted prior to implementing the recent changes. It wasn't an especially intuitive site to use previously however it was passable. That certainly isn't the case now!

I believe Facebook have rather shot themselves in the foot with this style change. If it had been introduced with more care, and a communication to all members explaining the new features, then it might have gone down rather better!

[x333xxx], Steornabhagh, Eilean Leodhais, United Kingdom

PC World's blog has it down that over 1.7 million people have revolted against the redesign, and the numerous groups on the actual site aren't having any of it. Facebook has done something wrong, but they don't really care.

Clearly, nobody likes the new layout. Yet the staff haven't yet made any implications that they are going to change it back. Why should they? Millions of complaints, negative reports and general hatred towards the redesign don't appear to have ruffled any of the feathers of the Facebook staff, and I get the feeling that no matter how many millions complain, they simply won't change it back.

Off we go to Twitter, then.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the latest Facebook changes, leave me a comment. :)

Screw the saying "cat got yer tongue?", the latest saying should be "girlfriend got yer tongue?"

Tracy Davies (40, left) bit off her boyfriends tongue in a drunken kiss on his 45th birthday. She bit down hard during the kiss and bit the final third of his tongue off, and has been convicted of grievous bodily harm. No wonder.

The court heard they had gone to a local shop, buying two bottles of vodka and food for the evening, before going to a pub together.

They later returned to Mr Coghill's Newcastle home, but as the evening progressed Davies grew upset because she wanted to have a baby but was not pregnant - awwwww.

As Mr Coghill moved to comfort her, she asked him to kiss her with his tongue. The court heard that when he did so, she bit it off. What a freak. This is actually sickening.

Julian Smith, prosecuting, told the jury:

"She told him she loved him, she asked him to kiss her using his tongue. He did so and within a few seconds, she bit down hard on his tongue.

"Obviously this caused him pain, he pulled back, and the tongue had come clean off in her mouth. She had the piece of tongue in her mouth, he saw her take it from her mouth, and it fell to the floor."

Mr Coghill fell asleep while the pain subsided but was woken by Davies biting his elbow, Mr Smith told the court. He said Mr Coghill pushed her away and she called an ambulance to the flat, who in turn alerted the police. He added that Davies was surprised when police arrested her moments later, telling officers: "You're joking!"

No, they're not, you cannibal.


$2,500,000. Count the zeros, that's got 5 zeroes, one five and one two. It adds up to 2.5 million dollars. Now, during this time of economic crisis, when people can barely pay their bills and buy food, would you wand to go out and spend a stupid amount of money on a phone? Okay, cool, it's an iPhone. You can get one from eBay for about $80.

If you're buying this phone, then I have a site for you. Click this link.
Can I steal your wallet now, please?

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Now, go donate money to Comic Relief.

After setting up a library next to a loudspeaker repair shop, the council has told the shop to hush. Well, that's not entirely clever of the council.

The family-run business faces the prospect of closure after the eco-geek council told them to hush up or be shut. Let's be honest, it's the council's fault for setting up a library next to a loudspeaker repair shop. What fools.

Mr Boote said:

"We told the council we would be happy to move as long as we didn't lose out financially - but they must have thought it was too expensive to buy our premises out.

"So they ignored our recommendations and went ahead to build the library anyway - so now they are trying to bully us out or shop with environmental health."

This world is mental, eh?
Read the full story here.

Okay, so the law isn't great all the time. Okay, so the law is great some of the time. Fine, crooks can be stupid; but so can cops.

Check out some of these pictures for LOL times.

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