These major Greggs fans are reviewing pasties in detail and are our new favourite people

May 5, 2016, 7:44 am

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We all take a trip to Greggs very seriously – we have ranked the pasties and even done a quiz on identifying them in the past – but we have found the most passionate fans of the bakery chain yet and couldn’t love them more. 

The gang on the Facebook page Greggs Talk UK/EU have gathered to bask in their shared love of steak bakes and sausage rolls and have now started submitting very detailed reviews on the products available taking note of consistency, filling to pastry ratio and the way they were served by the named member of staff.

We applaud their dedication to ensure the world knows… Read the full story

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That ‘low IQ’ question isn’t the only dodgy part of OkCupid’s questionnaires

May 5, 2016, 7:51 am

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In case you missed it, dating site OkCupid has landed in some hot water recently for having the following question as part of their preliminary matching questionnaire: ‘Would the world be a better place if people with a low IQs were not allowed to reproduce?’

Mencap, a charity representing people with learning disabilities, created a petition urging OkCupid to remove the question from their survey, calling it ‘inappropriate, offensive and discriminatory’ to those with learning disabilities.

Ciara Lawrence, a campaign manager for Mencap, argues that by even asking the question,… Read the full story

Cinco De Mayo 2016: 16 things all burrito lovers know to be true

May 5, 2016, 8:24 am

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God bless burritos – they essentially hold so much food it would look excessive on a plate but as it’s cleverly wrapped tight in a tortilla, everyone’s none the wiser to just how much you’re eating.

All Tex Mex fans know that true happiness is something that is rolled and comes with a side of chips and dip. Here’s a few more things all burrito lovers know to be true:

1. Your first ever burrito was an awakening.

Burrito? More like bAErrito!

2. You don’t know you lived so long without burritos in your life. Now, you can easily incorporate the Mexican blessing from the Gods… Read the full story

Rescue cat has broken jaw turned into the sweetest smile after surviving being hit by a car

May 5, 2016, 8:25 am

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Fluffy little stray cat Duchess has been dubbed the ‘Miracle Kitty‘ after she somehow survived after being hit by a car. 

Her jaw was broken in the accident and she faced a multitude of other health complications. Her chances of survival were extremely slim but, somehow, she pulled through thanks to doctors at the Adobe Animal Hospital in Texas.

Duchess needed to have the majority of her teeth removed and her jaw was wired back together. She was then put into recovery for a month, where she was kept on a feeding tube and lots of medicine.

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Diet Coke is now doing limited edition Absolutely Fabulous bottles and cans

May 5, 2016, 8:27 am

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Listen up, sweetie darlings. We have some absolutely fabulous news. 

Diet Coke has now partnered up with the Absolutely Fabulous movie, so they’ll be doing all kinds of marketing bits for the film.

Which is nice for them. But the exciting bit for us is that as part of the collaboration, Diet Coke will be selling limited edition Ab Fab bottles and cans.

Yep, we’re talking bottles of Diet Coke with Patsy and Eddy plastered across the front.

We need loads of them. For reasons we can’t quite explain (maybe to use as snazzy little vases once we’re done drinking… Read the full story

A Lidl customer got his parking fine overturned thanks to this detailed stick drawing

May 5, 2016, 8:39 am

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A Lidl shopper managed to overturn a £90 parking fine, thanks to his detailed stick drawing.

Teacher Steve Crowley, 40, received a demand through the post asking him to prove he’d shopped at his local store in Yate, near Bristol, when using the car park.

Unable to find the receipt from his shop, he decided to draw them a picture instead.

His detailed sketch of the family shopping trip features a stick-man self-portrait with a speech bubble that reads: ‘Hey kids! It’s approximately 12.30pm on 01.04.16! Time to go shopping!’

It also depicts a Lidl employee leaning against a wall ‘having a sneaky cigarette’ when he… Read the full story

Napspiration: These dogs and their cat friend love to spoon

May 5, 2016, 9:51 am

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Meet Watson, Kiko, and Harry. They’re the best of friends with one overwhelming shared passion: napping.

Oh, and one of them – Harry) is a cat. The other two are dogs. They’re living proof that cats and dogs can get along.

The trio are owned by 22-year-old Jennifer, from Washington. She was given Watson the white golden retriever first, when she moved away from home.

‘I have no family here in Washington and no friends so my boyfriend thought that a puppy was a good idea,’ Jennifer told metro.co.uk. ‘It was.’

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From gurning to naturism, British traditions are wonderfully weird

May 6, 2016, 12:14 am

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Eccentricity is a core British trait.

From gurning competitions and moustache clubs to naked societies and toe wrestling events, here are some of our favorites:

‘The Blackening’ initiation ritual

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You can pay this chef to come to your house and cook you a weed-packed dinner

May 6, 2016, 1:38 am

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For when you want to create and fulfill your munchie urges at the same time.

Chris Sayegh is a chef offering those in LA a taste of the high life. He’ll pop round to people’s homes to cook them a three (or more, if you’d like) course meal, with everything on the menu infused with cannabis. Snazzy.

The only slight snag in this glorious news? If you fancy sampling Chris’s menu for yourself, it’ll cost you around $500 (£350) a head. Alright then.

Oh, and you’ll need a medical marijuana card. And you’ll need to live in LA.… Read the full story

11 seriously filthy pictures from the Food Porn Festival that should be illegal

May 6, 2016, 1:44 am

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The food porn scene in Australia is pretty hot and heavy.

Last year, they gave us towering, cream-laden FreakShakes that brought all guys and girls to the yard. They are also home to the pale pink candyfloss taco and purple unicorn shakes.

And don’t even get us started on the Tella Balls Nutella cafe which just opened in Sydney.

Which is why Yelp decided Melbourne would be the perfect place to run its Food Porn Festival, a photo contest celebrating food at its most provocative. It aims to showcase the most stunning food porn images captured by photographers at some of the best… Read the full story

14 vegetarian toppings for baked potatoes

May 6, 2016, 2:11 am

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Cheese and beans, cheese and beans, and more cheese and beans. Oh, and maybe the odd coleslaw. That’s all you’re likely to be offered on top of a jacket potato if you’re a vegetarian.

Yet creative vegetarian cooks know better. There’s a whole host of delicious toppings out there that work perfectly atop a baked potato.

Here are 14 to whet your appetite:

1. Rustic Greek beans

A lovely alternative to baked beans. Recipe from Tinned Tomatoes.

2. Simple healthy coleslaw

So much better than supermarket coleslaw. Recipe online here.

3. Vegetable mole

Excite your… Read the full story

Crack open the bubbly, the prosecco drought has been averted

May 6, 2016, 2:23 am

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It is with great relief that we bring you the news – handily, just ahead of the hottest weekend of the year – that the prosecco drought may be over before it even started. 

So stop worrying, put your feet up and crack open a nice cold bottle of bubbly, because we’re no longer set to run out. Not this summer anyway.

Only last month, experts issued dire warnings about supplies, with claims we Brits were drinking Italy dry.

Figures published in The Grocer revealed that Brits drank more than 40 million litres of the Italian sparkling wine last year, which was eight times the amount we were drinking back in 2012.

In fact, a quarter of all prosecco produced is consumed in Britain.

Because, you know, we get thirsty.

The problem, experts said, is that prosecco can only be produced in nine provinces in Italy and demand was overtaking supply.

However, it… Read the full story

26 people share what they learned from their first real relationship

May 6, 2016, 2:57 am

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Okay, so your first ‘proper’ relationship didn’t work out. You’re a little bit heartbroken, you can’t stop eating sharing size bars of Dairy Milk, and things are all a bit rubbish.

But there is a bright side.

Every relationship, from its start to its terrible end, teaches you something. You just need to look through what happened for your own personal lessons, listen to them, and learn.

Or if you haven’t just come out of a relationship, you can always steal other people’s lessons instead. Sneaky.

People are currently sharing the lessons they learned from their first ‘real’ relationship on Reddit – and they’re all pretty important (apart from… Read the full story

Your favourite 90s hair gems are back and better than ever

May 6, 2016, 3:39 am

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Oh, the classic 90s to early 2000s disco. What a joy.

The gelled spikes. The one-shouldered tops decorated with butterflies. The body glitter. Oh, the body glitter.

It was truly magical. And we never want those trends to come back ever, ever again.

Apart from one – which actually has managed to crawl its way back from the memory boxes under our beds. We are, of course, talking about hair gems. They’re back. And this time, they’re fashion-y.

Yup. Hair gems are a trend once again. But rather than colourful butterflies and diamantes, the new hair gems are a little bit subtler, with a delicate edge.

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These engraved rolling pins will make baking cookies even more fun

May 6, 2016, 3:53 am

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Love to bake but bored of the generic stars and hearts cut out accessories? 

Rolling Woods create laser-engraved wooden rolling pins that make it easy to to jazz up your dough without giving you arm ache.

Imprinting jazzy designs over the dough, the Etsy sellers have made sure you won’t fall short of variety.

All you need to do is roll out your dough with a normal rolling pin, before using your engraved pin to add the desired pattern.

Shove it in the oven and, once it’s baked, the pattern will have raised, showing off some seriously cool designs.

You can stamp your name… Read the full story

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Could this Friends-themed bridal shower BE any cuter?

May 6, 2016, 4:12 am

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No one told you there’d be days like this.

When Sana Seeham Khan from Dallas, Texas, got engaged to her best friend, Taufik Chhotani, those closest to her knew exactly what the theme of her bridal shower should be.

The couple are both huge fans of Friends. And, you know, he’s her lobster.

So, her friend Michelle Naik and her sister/official photographer Shamain Khan (aka Monica and Phoebe) organised a Friends-themed bridal shower.

It will make you wish bridal showers were a thing over here.

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Genius man trolls hotels with ridiculous requests for his room

May 6, 2016, 4:20 am

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As Drake (probably) once said: don’t you ever get bored of hotel rooms?

One man has a solution. That solution is to ask the hotel to make your stay as comfortable as possible.

Not with extra cushions or fluffy towels, or even a monogrammed robe. Of course not. We’re talking photos of celebrities framed on the bed, an imagined portrait, and a perhaps a puppy picture.

This brave man has asked for all of this and more. And the hotels have happily obliged. His friend jnut731 shared his accomplishments on Imgur, explaining that this is how he entertains himself while travelling on… Read the full story

10 minute hotel workout using only hand towels as resistance bands and flannels as sliders

May 6, 2016, 4:22 am

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As you might have seen from my last video – how to get a full body workout using only a suitcase – I am often on the road and looking for ways to get my workout in when my schedule is packed out and I can’t get to the gym.

This time, I have devised a new routine with my trainer Maurizio Tangari that uses both hand towels and face cloths from your hotel bathroom.

It’s a very cool, unconventional way to work out your core (the hotel won’t mind at all, right?) – and it means you really don’t need to pack your luggage with dedicated gym gear.

MORE: Here’s how to stop wasting your workout by only doing half press-ups

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14 things we’re all guilty of doing on a first date

May 6, 2016, 4:24 am

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Eurgh first dates are never as cool or exciting as we would like them to be.

To all your non-single friends the idea of a first date seems like a whirlwind adventure that will end in mind-blowing sex.

But as a dater you know that the reality of the situation is very different. Instead of adventures and fantastic sex, you’re more like to be sharing a starter platter in a chain restaurant, followed by awkward fumbling if you’re lucky.

1. Get out scenario

If you’ve never instructed your best friend to ring you 17 minutes into a date with the possibility of bailing you out, then you’re a liar.

We’ve all pre-warned someone… Read the full story

15 things you should never say to a new mum

May 6, 2016, 4:53 am

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Becoming a new mum is an immediate and total shift in life as you know it.

This tiny bundle you are now responsible for will cause such a profound shake-up in every single part of your existence you will be left reeling for some time to come.

So with your head in a spin, while you try to come to terms with this awesome responsibility, there are certain things you can do without hearing.

So, for anyone who finds themselves speaking to a mother following the arrival of her child, please, don’t let any of these things pass your lips…

1. Are they sleeping through yet?

The answer is almost certainly no. Little babies are not actually programmed… Read the full story