Post by Teddy Bear on Oct 17, 2007 22:06:20 GMT
The Telegraph runs a piece today on some of the most absurd information the BBC provides on its website.
Just remember that single mothers can be fined up to £1000, or sent to jail for up to a year for not supporting this crap.
For information on how not to pay your license fee, and understand your rights on this topic, visit this site.
I'm not including links to the various webpages mentioned below, but if you click the link to the article itself you will find all of them there.
Just remember that single mothers can be fined up to £1000, or sent to jail for up to a year for not supporting this crap.
For information on how not to pay your license fee, and understand your rights on this topic, visit this site.
I'm not including links to the various webpages mentioned below, but if you click the link to the article itself you will find all of them there.
BBC's website oddities
Last Updated: 12:21am BST 17/10/2007
If the BBC is looking for cuts in its online operations, there are a few areas that are perhaps a little too 'specialist'
Does my bum look big in this? An investigation into whether the ''Shapes Contour Panty" really does give you the bum of Jennifer Lopez.
Parenting expert explains how to get a three-year-old child to use a toilet.
A page which allows users to test how clever their pets are. It was set up to coincide with a programme broadcast in 2004.
A guide on how to best take your socks off.
A group of boy scouts from Bilston, WestMids, attend an "ant workshop" as part of the opening of the children's film The Ant Bully.
A live webcam showing the view from a window of The Mailbox, the new home of BBC Birmingham (currently some cranes).
A Hallowe'en page from Slink, the BBC's online magazine for young teenage girls, features mocked-up photos of Cheryl Cole dressed as a pig, Paris Hilton as a pumpkin and Jeremy Clarkson wearing a frilly pink dress.
Video report on a street in a riverside town where residents get rid of fat waste into a container which stops the drains getting clogged up.
News story on the popularity of rabbits as pets, which, according to the Scottish Rabbit Club, is growing. The claim came as rabbit fanciers in Scotland prepared to celebrate National Rabbit Week.
Gorilla at Jersey Zoo 'recovering' after an operation to remove one of its testicles.
A page offering alternatives to ashtrays
Horse whispering meets corporate management - meet the man behind "Equine Guided Leadership Training".
The chance to download a virtual garden, if you think it is too wet to attempt the real thing.
A short film about "a wild and vigorous shrub", set in a militant plant nursery.
Southampton student Hannah Green tells why she likes Southampton Common so much.
Animation about how girls cope with the onset of spots with the catchline "Yup, it's the Spots Episode. Prepare for pus, people..."
Animation about how boys can deal with erection problems with the catchline "Our hero suffers strange stiffies..."
Type a name in each box and hit the Go button to see how much two people love each other
A chance to hear a Totnes woman's song about supermarket packing.
What is the best beach to eat a Cornish pasty on in Cornwall?
Last Updated: 12:21am BST 17/10/2007
If the BBC is looking for cuts in its online operations, there are a few areas that are perhaps a little too 'specialist'
Does my bum look big in this? An investigation into whether the ''Shapes Contour Panty" really does give you the bum of Jennifer Lopez.
Parenting expert explains how to get a three-year-old child to use a toilet.
A page which allows users to test how clever their pets are. It was set up to coincide with a programme broadcast in 2004.
A guide on how to best take your socks off.
A group of boy scouts from Bilston, WestMids, attend an "ant workshop" as part of the opening of the children's film The Ant Bully.
A live webcam showing the view from a window of The Mailbox, the new home of BBC Birmingham (currently some cranes).
A Hallowe'en page from Slink, the BBC's online magazine for young teenage girls, features mocked-up photos of Cheryl Cole dressed as a pig, Paris Hilton as a pumpkin and Jeremy Clarkson wearing a frilly pink dress.
Video report on a street in a riverside town where residents get rid of fat waste into a container which stops the drains getting clogged up.
News story on the popularity of rabbits as pets, which, according to the Scottish Rabbit Club, is growing. The claim came as rabbit fanciers in Scotland prepared to celebrate National Rabbit Week.
Gorilla at Jersey Zoo 'recovering' after an operation to remove one of its testicles.
A page offering alternatives to ashtrays
Horse whispering meets corporate management - meet the man behind "Equine Guided Leadership Training".
The chance to download a virtual garden, if you think it is too wet to attempt the real thing.
A short film about "a wild and vigorous shrub", set in a militant plant nursery.
Southampton student Hannah Green tells why she likes Southampton Common so much.
Animation about how girls cope with the onset of spots with the catchline "Yup, it's the Spots Episode. Prepare for pus, people..."
Animation about how boys can deal with erection problems with the catchline "Our hero suffers strange stiffies..."
Type a name in each box and hit the Go button to see how much two people love each other
A chance to hear a Totnes woman's song about supermarket packing.
What is the best beach to eat a Cornish pasty on in Cornwall?