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Woolworths has been given the kiss of life as an online-only store after Shop Direct bought the now defunct UK High Street retailer’s brand name.
Financial terms of the deal were kept secret by the David and Frederick Barclay-owned company, which is Blighty’s biggest home shopping dealer and operates under well-known brands such as Littlewoods and Kays.
“Woolworths is a much-loved brand that engenders huge affection among British consumers and is an important part of the country’s retail heritage,” said Shop Direct CEO Mark Newton-Jones.
“In what will be Woolworths’ 100th year, we are proud to be reviving the brand for future generations.”
Woolies went into administration in November last year when it shuttered more than 800 stores, with the loss of around 27,000 jobs across the UK after it failed to secure a buyer in time.
Shop Direct said it planned to launch the Woolworths online store this summer, and Woolies’ clothing label Ladybird will also be resurrected on the interwebs, it added. ®
Quite possibly one of the best and strangest adverts iv ever seen, bet good money it never see’s the light of day !
Durex – Get it On
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ThinkGeek just released this little gem of a device…the Phantom Keystroker V2. Smaller, easier to use, only $14.99.
The Phantom Keystroker may look like a harmless usb thumb drive, but it’s actually a devious contraption of unlimited office-based torture. Simply discreetly attach the Phantom Keystroker to any extra USB port on your victim’s computer, no drivers needed.
The Keystroker emulates a keyboard and mouse and periodically makes random mouse movements, toggles caps-lock and types out odd garbage text and phrases. Switches on the side allow you to choose between keyboard garbage typing, caps lock-toggle, annoying mouse movements or all three. An adjustment dial sets the duration between “events”. We recommend you don’t set it too frequently so as to extend the agony. Your hapless co-worker pal will think his computer has been possessed or infected by a destructive virus. As he writhes in anger and furiously dials tech support you can rest easy with a job well done.
It’s official: Hitler really did have only one ball, confirming the suspicions of Brits who during WWII musically suggested* the Fahrer was a ‘nad short of a full lunchbox.
That’s according to the Sun, which says the fact was confirmed by German army medic Johan Jambor who saw an injured Hitler during the 1916 Battle of the Somme, minus one testicle.
Jambor – who died in 1985 – recounted the facts to priest Franciszek Pawlar in the 1960s, who in turn wrote the story down. Jambor’s chum Blassius Hanczuch has now confirmed the account. He explained: In 1916 they had their hardest fight in the Battle of the Somme. For several hours, Johan and his friends picked up injured soldiers. He remembers Hitler.
They called him the ‘Screamer’. He was very noisy. Hitler was screaming ‘help, help’. His abdomen and legs were all in blood. Hitler was injured in the abdomen and lost one testicle. His first question to the doctor was: ‘Will I be able to have children?’.
According to the Sun, records show Hitler did cop a groin injury on the Somme, and suggests a Soviet autopsy may have confirmed his monorchic state, or monotesticularity, or seminadity.
Via : The Register
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