10 reasons cats make your day

May 17, 2015, 2:00 am

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Cats – everybody loves them. And don’t just take my word for it, just ask the 19% of households who own 8.5 million cats in the UK.

Our feline friends are here to stay and there are valid reasons why we should welcome the news – when it comes to bringing a smile to your face, there is more than one reason why a cat will make your day.

1. Cats keep you calm

And relieve stress and anxiety. Meaning that, what you think is just a cat-cuddle, is actually a highly effective way of keeping you chilled.

2. They’ll keep you healthy

Cats don’t just keep you calm, there is also medical evidence to suggest that they’ll improve your general health too. According… Read the full story

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We don’t care how cheeky it is, Nando’s is disgusting and must be stopped

May 17, 2015, 3:24 am

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This is a think piece about Nando’s. Because this is what modern life has descended into. A quagmire of Air Max trainers, bare ankles, and peri peri sauce.

It’s no secret that people love Nando’s, because what people who love Nando’s love even more than Nando’s is talking about how much they love Nando’s.

Ffs, 2015 has already been declared the year of the ‘cheeky Nando’s’, just look at this graph…

13 things that happen on holiday with your partner

May 17, 2015, 5:08 am

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Holidays are great.

It’s even better when you go with your other half.

For one thing, you remind one another you’re totally capable of more exciting things than going to Wetherspoons every Wednesday.

But there are some other things you can expect.

Here’s 13 things that happen on holiday with your partner.

1. Everyone suspects that you’ll be getting engaged – if you aren’t already

Before you even go you are met with pressure. Are you going to propose? Or are you expecting a proposal?

But really all you care about is eating special foreign cheese.

Which leads us to point 2…

2. If they drop something, you’ll assume a proposal… Read the full story

The 14 most complicated things about being bisexual

May 17, 2015, 9:41 am

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With Cate Blancett telling Variety magazine that she’s had ‘many relationships with women’ recently, the subject of bisexuality is back in the headlines.

Being bisexual can be tough – while many would consider it to be double the fun, with double the choices, certain tricky situations that can arise.

Here’s the 14 most complicated things about being bisexual.

1. ‘It’s a phase’

And you’re doing it because it’s ‘fashionable’, with Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Amber Heard and Lady Gaga being just some of the celebrity women who are openly bisexual.

A little credit please.

2. People think you’re greedy

…and just want to eat all the pies.

3. Non-committal

Or can’t decide what you want to eat.

4. Pretentious

‘I don’t recognise sexuality or gender, I just fall in love with a person.’

Is… Read the full story

15 signs that he wasn’t good enough for you anyway

May 17, 2015, 10:35 am

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Hi, I’m Nixalina from Sex & London City.

We’ve all been there – we’re sad, sobbing and obsessing over a guy we know is a complete tool.

But how do we get over the douchebag super quick and move on?

With my 15 signs that he wasn’t good enough for you anyway, that’s how.

1. He never made any effort

He has to make a decent amount of effort, for goodness sake. He didn’t really, did he?

Who wants that around?

2. You always had to call or text first

It’s pretty simple, girls – if he didn’t ever text or call, it is not because he’s too busy, it is because he didn’t… Read the full story

A must-have for all Tinder babies: The ‘My parents swiped right’ onesie

May 17, 2015, 11:53 pm

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‘First there were the baby boomers, followed by generations X and Y and of course the infamous millennials. With the creation of Tinder in 2012, a new generation has now been born, “Generation Tinder-babies,”‘ proclaims the Tinderbaby.com website.

Yep, generation Tinder is now a thing.

With the online dating app, where you swipe right for a match, now three years old (it started on September 15, 2012 apparently), it’s starting to spawn its first Tinder babies.

And the must-have for all self-respecting Tinder kids? The ‘My parents swiped right’ onesie.

So the whole world can know how mummy and daddy met/accidentally conceived (and how many pouting selfies/photos of men with tigers they had to… Read the full story

Here’s why we get wrinkly fingers and toes when we’ve been in the bath too long

May 18, 2015, 12:41 am

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Some people are bath people. Bath people can spend inordinate amounts of time just soaking in the tub.

And now you can take your iPad in and catch up Made in Chelsea on 4OD while you’re in there, there’s really no reason to ever leave (except, you know, work and stuff).

But, there’s one thing all bath people will have wondered about at some stage of their epic soak – why are my fingers all wrinkly?

Thankfully, science has the answer.

YouTube channel SciShow has created a video explaining why we wrinkle when wet.

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Get set for Balmainia: Kendall Jenner and Jourdan Dunn announce Balmain for H&M at the BBMAs

May 18, 2015, 1:18 am

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It’s official. The next H&M designer collaboration will be with Oliver Rousteing’s sexy French house Balmain.

Yep, get set for Balmainia this November 5.

The news of the H&M/Balmain hook-up was announced in typically starry style on the red carpet at the Billboard Music Awards.

Designer Rousteing appeared on the red carpet, draped in models Kendall Jenner and Jourdan Dunn, who were, themselves, draped in H&M x Balmain, a full five months before the planned launch in stores on November 5.

 

Kendall wore a classic bead-embellished Balmain blazer with OTK boots, while Dunn posed up a storm in a sheer navy top, chunky gold belt, and a draped satin mini-skirt.

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13 thoughts you have every Monday morning

May 18, 2015, 1:37 am

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Monday mornings are a special time of the week. You’re forced to leave the cocoon of your bed, put on grown up clothes and at least try to act like a functioning adult for a few days.

Here are 13 thoughts we all have every Monday morning:

1. Is it a bank holiday?

Once the alarm goes off you have a slight moment of madness as your brain tries hard to convince you that today is in fact a bank holiday. Of course it is not.

2. I can snooze for a few minutes…

Just five more minutes results in you waking 17 minutes later in a mad panic. Obvs you end up being late for work and find yourself inventing some form… Read the full story

Man wears a suit onesie disguised as a business suit for a week, no one notices

May 18, 2015, 2:43 am

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If you’re not familiar with the ‘Suitsy’, you’re obviously a man with impeccable taste who spends more time in the real world than he does on the internet.

In which case, can we have your phone number please? Just leave it in the comments below.

For everyone else, the Suitsy is a suit/onesie hybrid set to revolutionise the modern working wardrobe, also described as ‘if a jumpsuit and a business suit had a lovechild.’

It was successfully crowdfunded via Betabrand last year and can now be pre-ordered here.

To test out the all-in-one suit’s efficacy, one brave journalist – Greg Ferenstein from Business Insider… Read the full story

There’s a floating house on the Thames and you can stay in it

May 18, 2015, 3:49 am

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Whiskey vagina: The reason why you’re not getting wet, ladies

May 18, 2015, 4:32 am

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Whiskey vagina or ‘whiskey vagdryna’, much like cotton vagina, is a thing and FYI it’s why you’re not getting wet down there.

According to a new study published in the Journal of Sex Research, which included 18 females, booze is a total killjoy when it comes to getting it on and *really* getting off.

The study, which kept each participant at different blood alcohol levels before watching pornographic material and masturbating to reach orgasm, found that ‘alcohol‐induced orgasmic dysfunction’ is a very real thing.

Results revealed that: ‘increasing levels of acute alcohol intoxication are related to systematic changes in female orgasmic experience reflected by physiological, behavioural, and cognitive indices’. We knew it.

One too many whiskey cocktails being a… Read the full story

‘Things parents know about their children but will never, ever tell them’ is our favourite new Reddit thread

May 18, 2015, 5:05 am

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A Reddit thread where parents share the embarrassing things they know about their children is proving pretty enlightening for all.

Redditor theexplosivecandle asked over the weekend: ‘Moms of Reddit, what do you know about your child that you will never tell to him/her?’ and the mums of Reddit have not disappointed.

While it will probably put some people off ever having children, and will make any teenagers reading it even more suspicious of their parents, there’s no denying it’s pretty damn hilarious.

Let’s face it, it’s what Reddit was made for.

There’s this future Blue Peter presenter.

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That moment when you fall hard at graduation. And someone gets it on video

May 18, 2015, 5:37 am

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We totally feel for this girl, because SHE FELL OVER is an understatement. And on graduation day too, the most nerve-wracking of occasions when all eyes are on you and all efforts are placed on not stacking it.

Unfortunately she did, and it took her what feels like an eternity to go down.

It’s like she’s going, she’s going, she’s styling it out, she gone.

If you hadn’t already ditched your seven-inch stilettos (flats are in this spring/summer, y’know) then watching this will make you vow never to totter across town or Astro Turf in them again unless you’re very well practised.

Broken ankle/s is never a good look.

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12 reasons Manchester is better than London

May 18, 2015, 6:30 am

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Manchester is now often referred to as Britain’s second city, but to many Mancs it’s the greatest place on earth, and therefore better than London.

Here we give you 12 reasons why Manchester is definitely better.

1. Our water doesn’t taste like soap

If you’ve ever seen the inside of a London kettle you’ll know straight away that something’s wrong with their water. The bottom of it will be filled with horrible, flaky white bits caused by the astonishing amounts of limescale that comes from their taps.

And you can taste it in the tea too, as it leaves an unpleasant soapy aftertaste, like you’ve been licking washing powder off the kitchen worktop. And you can’t get a lather up when you shower.

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May 18, 2015, 6:47 am

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Introducing Anty Gin – it’s gin flavoured with ‘the essence of ants’

May 18, 2015, 7:47 am

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Want to add a little frisson to your 5pm G&T? How about the world’s first gin flavoured with ants?

Anty Gin (props for the name) is the invention of the Copenhagen-based Nordic Food Lab and the world’s first gin tailor, The Cambridge Distillery.

The Cambridge Distillery’s Will Lowe collected over six thousand red wood ants and used them to flavour his unique offering.

Each £200, 700ml, bottle of Anty Gin contains the essence of 62 ants. To be very exact.

The point of the gin, Will explains, is to ‘open people’s eyes to the possibility of insects being used as a viable source of food and flavour.’

Handily, ants are known for their citrus flavour so… Read the full story

So here’s what happened when I shaved my legs with peanut butter

May 18, 2015, 8:20 am

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Shaving my legs is without a doubt my least favourite thing, purely for the fact that I never do it well and it’s a total F word.

I always cut my ankles and get that red, bobbly, still-look-stubbly thing.

I switched to waxing forever ago.

That said, there’s a beauty hack doing the rounds online that involves shaving your legs with peanut butter for blow your mind silky-smooth results.

Yes, actual spread-it-on-your-toast peanut butter, instead of shower gel/shaving cream.

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So for the love of a good beauty trend, I decided to take one for the team and give it a try to get… Read the full story

8 reasons you should stop eating meat for #NationalVegetarianWeek

May 18, 2015, 8:54 am

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It’s National Vegetarian Week, that time of the year when Big Mac-dodging salad-munchers like me crawl out of the woodwork to berate you carnivores for your insistence that meat-eating is fine.

So here we go:

1. Become a vegetarian and you’ll spend less money!

A vegetarian diet is massively less expensive than a carnivorous one. Give up meat and you’ll feel rich.

2. Vegetarian food tastes better

And not just because you’re not tasting death with every mouthful – it genuinely does. Most meat hardly tastes of anything unless you dowse it herbs, spices and artery-clogging salt.

3. Less cruelty!

No-one ever removed an infant butternut squash from it’s… Read the full story

This woman creates art with her menstrual blood to tackle the stigma of periods

May 18, 2015, 8:58 am

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Who knew periods could look so good? Certainly not us, as we sit curled up in our trackie bottoms, with our greasy top knot and spotty chin once a month.

But, Jen Lewis, aka self-proclaimed ‘conceptual artist & menstrual designer’ (yes really), begs to differ.

She’s taken something usually seen as an inconvenience at best, and shameful at worst, and turned it into a series of stunning images, called Beauty in Blood.

She draws beautiful pictures using her menstrual… Read the full story