Hell hath no fury like some idiot on Gumtree scorned it seems, because this ad was posted a few days ago on the site by a jilted boyfriend seeking a little person to exact revenge on the heartless harpy who broke his heart. No, really.
Wallaby legend Clyde Rathbone has broken his silence about his years long battle with the depression that cost him his marriage, and almost his life. We’ve got his full awe-inspiring statement, detailing how he fought back, after the jump.
First dates are a minefield of social etiquette, and one misstep can bring disaster. Not one to let sleeping dogs lie, NY investment banker, Mike, let his luckless lady know- in excruciating detail – how you let a guy down easy. You can read Mike’s full 1600 word lunatic ramble or consult our handy 2oceansVibe Quicknotes version which summarises the main points of this lunacy for your convenience.
As North Korea lays to rest their Dear Leader, we should not forget that the ANC Youth League wished to show Kim Jong-il their appreciation for all that he has done for the struggle of the North Korean people, as well as his many achievements. The Youth League will miss their other Dear Leader.
Two male African penguins recently made worldwide headlines after it appeared the two might be gay. As it turns out, Toronto Zoo’s gay penguins were not really gay after all. A female has come between them, and they have officially been split up.
Today’s date – 11/11/11 – is an auspicious one. Particularly so for many Chinese couples, who have adopted ‘the day of six ones’ as an exceptionally lucky wedding date, ignoring the fact that 11 November is usually celebrated as an unoffical singles day in China. Once a century, those extra two ones make this an excellent day to leave the single life behind.
Commercial space travel is now literally months away, and it appears that a mission to Mars is not too far off either. Six men that have been locked in large steel piped tubes for 520 days emerged from isolation earlier today after a bid to simulate a mission to Mars. This is taking Survivor to the next level.
In a week that Americans’ celebrate the introduction of full equality in their Armed Forces, and wrestle over tax and economic reform, another group is trying to focus attention on the plight of millions of single, un-married Americans.
Wendi Deng, better known as Mrs Murdoch, and pie face defender, has revealed in an interview with Vogue magazine that the ex British prime minister, Tony Blair, is the godfather of one of the Murdoch’s daughters. She went as far as to describe Tony as one of her husband’s closest friends.
News emerged yesterday that Benito Mussolini, the great Italian dictator that was partly responsible for fascism, actually did have an affair with Marie-José, who happened to be the last Queen of Italy. Previously, Mussolini’s mistress, Claretta Petacci, claimed this wasn’t so. Mussolini’s youngest son however seems to know something that she didn’t.
A ground-breaking new documentary called Knuckle shows one mans 12-year mission to infiltrate some of the most closely guarded communities in Britain: pikeys. Director Ian Palmer spent over a decade filming James Quinn McDonagh, nicknamed King of the Gypsies, and his family, even living with them, while documenting three feuding gypsy families for a new film.
Constitutional rights don’t hold much water with the Islamic police in Indonesia’s Aceh province. The province’s religious police force have forcibly separated a lesbian couple and warned the two women they could be beheaded under Islamic law. Homsexuality is legal in the rest of Indonesia.
For Dutchman Jim Halfens, wasting time on lengthy divorce proceedings is simply not what life’s all about. He recently opened a hotel in Amsterdam that caters for couples looking for a speedy divorce by offering a convenient weekend marriage dissolution package.
More often than not these kind of feel-good stories seem to emanate from other parts of the world. Not this one however. This one is proudly South African and happened in Sandton City this past Saturday when a man cleverly orchestrated a flash mob to intercept his bride-to-be for a romantic proposal opportunity.
Anderson Cooper is your classic American television news presenter. He could’ve been an old guy with grey hair doing expensive wrist watch adverts, but he’s not. Instead, he’s one of CNN’s better journalists and his confidence grew exponentially after he went to report on the Egyptian revolution. His social commentary is also getting funnier too.
A new club that opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, this weekend, is encouraging women to be totally obedient to their husbands and focus on keeping them sexually satisfied. Predictably, the new branch of the 800-member strong organisation has generated a chorus of disapproval from activists and academics alike.
Men are regularly accused of disturbing other people’s sleep with the sort of loud snoring that can travel through walls and make its way around quiet suburban streets. Now a study, albeit a small one, is adding further fuel to that fire by claiming that your wife’s sleep is an important part of the key to a successful marriage.
Break-ups can sometimes turn very nasty. Take this guy for instance – he appeared on a billboard slamming his ex.The featured photograph shows him holding the outline of an infant, along with text that reads, “This Would Have Been A Picture Of My 2-Month Old Baby If The Mother Had Decided To Not KILL Our Child!” That’s pretty harsh! See pic inside.
It’s called iPlayboy because, well hell, what else were they going to call it? The appeal here is not so much that you get to see tastefully nude photographs in glorious iPad detail as the fact that the application offers full access tothe Playboy archives – you would own every Playboy issue ever. Welcome to the future.
Wow. Alright. Apple gave the the green light to a mobile app that promises to connect rich old dudes with young women. Sugar daddies with gold diggers. Seriously. They call themselves SugarSugar, “the world’s most effective and discreet place for finding Sugar Daddy and Sugar Baby relationships.”
The man formerly known as the Governator has fathered a child with a staff member who worked for the Schwarzenegger family for 20 years. It has been revealed that this is the reason Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she had recently learned he had fathered the child more than a decade ago.
The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, Samuel Wanjiru, was killed when he jumped off the balcony of his home late on Sunday, police have said this morning. Wanjiru appeared to have suffered internal injuries after the fall and was confirmed dead by doctors at a nearby hospital.
The US Presbyterian Church passed an historic ruling on Tuesday evening. They have decided to allow openly gay men and women in same-sex relationships to be ordained as clergy. This comes after a similar mandate that was to allow gay clergy was defeated two years ago.
In case you were concerned that the impending marriage between Prince William and Kate Middleton wasn’t a match made in heaven, British astrologers have now CONFIRMED that they are highly compatible and could in fact be soulmates.
Well, I mean not totally – it’s the evidence found on Facebook as grounds for the dissolution of marriage which causes 20% of all divorce cases in the US, but still. Big number. Increasingly, social networking sites form the primary source of evidence in custody battles and divorce proceedings, so heads up.
Ha. Some kid called Jack Weppler broke up with his girlfriend, so she put a truckload of embarassing Lolcat-style photos of him online – and tweaked it so that they’d all show up if somebody tried to Google him. So hey, that’s something new to worry about.
The British may have invented the missionary position but boy do they deserve credit for the latest kinky curio to celebrate their Royals. Self proclaimed leading supplier of heritage prophylactics, Crown Jewels Condoms Of Distinction, produced and already sold 1 000 purple boxes of condoms featuring a picture of Prince William staring lovingly into Kate’s eyes. Tasty.
Facebook has been hailed as one of the great tools in Human History. It’s brining people closer, creating lasting relationships and strengthening the ties between us. But it’s also created an ettiquette of its very own. In the past if you were cruelly and horribly broken up with the person in question could, with time, be hidden in the recesses of your damaged psyche. But no more!
Dutch scientists have linked post-orgasmic illness in men to an allergic reaction to their own semen. It has been awarded the title of Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS). IOL has reported that these scientists did a study with 45 men who had previously complained about issues after issuing.