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Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman; Is Prostitute's Story The New Fairy Tale For the Internet Age?

From another point of view it looks as if Julia Robert's character (central casting's hooker with a heart) 'needs' Richard Gere's character (wealthy financier) in order to be 'saved' and live happi...
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Posted 05:16 PM on Sat May 23 2009
By Let's Cyber
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Commented at 07:07 PM on Sun May 24 2009 by Barbie Let's Cyber - when was the last time you watched Pretty Woman? 'She believed that her investment in the one night stand was worth it even though it was based upon huge and highly uncertain risks.' This is not the Pretty Woman analogy. Pretty Woman is about a prostitute and a city boy who fall in love. No money or goods are ever exchanged for sex. It is a roman...
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Reality check It's All Fake, The Matrix / Truman Show is Real - The Real World Does Not Exist The whole world is living in a real Truman show / Matrix. What people know of the r... [More]	Posted 08:14 PM on Wed Apr 08 2009 By FishDinner 8702 views, 5 comments Commented at 05:52 AM on Sun Mar 06 2011 by inyazserg Matrix and Philosophy - William Irwin, ed.pdf TORRENT BELOW http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5163113/PopCultureandPhilosophy-abunch_more this is a complete book, not just a free 10 pages from Google Books ) Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Ranter's Corner Disappointments of 2008 Things we were supposed to be excited about but weren't [More]	Posted 08:15 PM on Thu Dec 11 2008 By Barbie 7305 views, 1 comments Commented at 07:21 PM on Thu Dec 18 2008 by Wedding Belle Couldn't agree more, Barbie Doll!;) xx Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

TV NOTHING TO SAY AT ALL - TAKE THAT PROVE THAT THEIR LYRICS ARE STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART Take That could be inline for yet another award, this time for The Most Boring Band of the Year, after their immensely dull interview with Jonathan Ross on Friday. Still, at least they acknowledge... [More]	Posted 02:07 PM on Tue Jun 16 2009 By Media Mogul 5167 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Ad Value

The HTC Desire, Pure Hardware Porn

It's smooth, powerful, sleek to the touch and fulfils my hardware porn yearnings. The HTC Desire is a new android phone. It is very similar to the Google Nexus One.
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Posted 12:48 PM on Sat Mar 27 2010
By Let's Cyber
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Commented at 03:26 PM on Tue Mar 08 2011 by Let's Cyber There are three types of popular smart phone you can nab. Android - can do what an iphone can, but hundreds of models so you can express your individuality. Blackberry - has BBM (messenger application for forming cliques at school/college) and can look either chatty or business-like. Iphone - Will be out of date in June when iphone5 launches. A phone for people who l...
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Appearances can be deceptive

CAN WE REALLY BELIEVE THE INTERNET CHERRY SELLERS?

'...It's not as if the only other witness is likely to come forward with a different version of the event:
"Actually, I have a huge beer belly, she flew Easy Jet, it was a Holiday Inn and...
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Posted 11:44 PM on Thu May 21 2009
By Barbie
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Commented at 01:00 AM on Sun May 24 2009 by Work Slave Good on these girls I say. We're all commodities these days - whether we're selling our talents, our Monday to Fridays or our bodies. At least these girls are showing a bit of creativity and entrepreneurship and not just watching the clock or pushing through ridiculous expense claims!
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TV IS SUSAN BOYLE THE NEW MICHELLE MCMANUS? '...What separates Susan from Michelle is that on Pop Idol we were never shown whether there was a fun side to McManus whereas after only two appearances we already feel like we know Boyle, or Su-B... [More]	Posted 09:33 AM on Thu May 28 2009 By Media Mogul 4460 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Fools Paradise BEWARE: ADVERTISING GRADUATE TRAINEE SCHEMES Mad Men's Don Draper is the personification of the Advertising industry: from the outside he appears very attractive with the perfect lifestyle, but in reality he has no integrity, operates only o... [More]	Posted 03:22 PM on Thu Apr 02 2009 By Work Slave 4382 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Fools Paradise BEAT THE BITCH - TESS STIMSON NO MATCH FOR THIS MORNING'S DENISE Daily Mail journalist, Tess Stimson, had an affair with a guy, won him, then lost him; her qualifications for writing the book 'Beat the Bitch' that's currently doing the media rounds. Tess gives ... [More]	Posted 11:34 PM on Thu Jun 18 2009 By Wedding Belle 4382 views, 1 comments Commented at 01:09 PM on Sat Jun 20 2009 by Freak "There's nothing like a heavy dose of a man's mistress to make him miss his wife." (The Women, 2008) Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Fools Paradise

LONDON COLUMNIST 'EROTIC DANCER' NICO IS SADLY MISTAKEN - Stripping Is Not Empowering

I'm so bored of the 'stripping is empowering' line. I've worked in strip bars: They only exist to pander to male sexual insecurities and they are rancid, smelly places which...
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Posted 01:41 PM on Thu Mar 19 2009
By Barbie
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Commented at 02:57 AM on Sat Mar 21 2009 by jomo1972 This is actually a valid point. Who are middle class professional women to tell others that they shouldn't make money in this way? Whats it got to do with us? At least women who do this aren't living off beneifts which is actually by far the greater sin.
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Ad Value The Most Rude Skittles Commercial You Will Ever See Pure, unadulterated filth! [More]	Posted 04:08 PM on Sat Jul 23 2011 By Downtown 4101 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Fools Paradise Why so many of us girls are still single...... A class A tosser gets his comeuppance... [More]	Posted 02:15 PM on Thu Sep 24 2009 By Barbie 4067 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Fools Paradise Danni Minogue's nostrils steal the show It's not been a great week for X Factor. The most successful winner ever was punched in the face at a book signing, over-hyped judge Cheryl's been... [More]	Posted 12:09 PM on Mon Oct 19 2009 By Media Mogul 4003 views, 1 comments Commented at 01:46 PM on Thu Oct 22 2009 by Rehab Barbie Ha ha! I have to say I thought Whitney was just great, though I don't think she really knew where she was. Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

It's your life ABSURD OBSERVATIONS : A review of The Outsider by Albert Camus Book Clubs are not just for librarians! [More]	Posted 09:21 PM on Tue Jul 14 2009 By Rehab Barbie 3843 views, 3 comments Commented at 03:49 PM on Fri Jul 17 2009 by Single Minded Brilliant review. My taste buds have been wetted. I now feel I can surmount my geekiness and read a work of fiction without feeling that I've wasted my time. Thanks Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Glamourama

KNICKERS ON SHOW

I really enjoyed Alex Foggard's article as the London Paper Columnist on Friday: 'After all, no one wants to be the one to break the news to a colleague that they have a bogey on their nose. But ...
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Posted 05:24 PM on Mon Mar 09 2009
By Barbie
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Commented at 01:42 PM on Wed Apr 01 2009 by Passive Split One of my most embarrassing moments was splashing the crotch area of my light coloured trousers with water before an important presentation. In the loo before the meeting, I must have turned on the wash basin tap too forcefully causing the water to splash back at me. I was only alerted to this halfway through my talk by the smirking faces of a couple of front-row delegates st...
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Fools Paradise FESTIVALS - JUST A BIG PILE OF CRAP? '...Both, over the three days, will smell and see extraordinary huge piles of sh*t, piss and blood - the memory of which will forever haunt them, causing them to retch on recall right up until... [More]	Posted 12:16 PM on Sat May 30 2009 By Wedding Belle 3619 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Fools Paradise Things that freaked me out when I was a kid Evil Edna, No 73, a man with a hoover, lollipop ladies and rabies. [More]	Posted 03:26 PM on Tue Jan 05 2010 By Freak 3511 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Music Cheryl Cole's debut video - sadly lacking in the X Factor Oh dear. Proof that a booty-less wannabe, accurately described by Frankie Boyle as 'a snooker ball with eyes' ain't no match for Beyonce. [More]	Posted 02:51 PM on Thu Sep 24 2009 By Freak 3510 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

TV BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FINALE A win for mankind - and technology. [More]	Posted 07:34 PM on Wed Mar 25 2009 By Media Mogul 3508 views, 1 comments Commented at 10:18 AM on Thu Mar 26 2009 by Asifbymagic Best tv series in recent years bar none - including The Wire. Isn't part of the point though that the soul is something that transcends purely physical form? Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Fools Paradise BUSTS 4 JUSTICE � THANKS FOR NOTHING 'One day it's 70% of us who are wearing the wrong size, the next it's 85%. Where on earth do these figures come from? And why do they not go down as the fitting rooms fill up?' [More]	Posted 12:32 PM on Wed May 13 2009 By Barbie 3504 views, 1 comments Commented at 12:38 PM on Tue May 26 2009 by FishDinner Women's boobs are getting bigger. They are bursting out and showing more cleavage. Tremendous tits are now the norm. I think this is why more and more women's bras don't fit. Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Reality check My Life According to Nirvana Monday really hurts [More]	Posted 01:01 PM on Mon Aug 10 2009 By Rehab Barbie 3475 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

TV GOT TO LOVE MCENROE Jockovich takes on the legend at the US Open... [More]	Posted 06:13 PM on Tue Sep 08 2009 By Jamie K 3359 views, 0 comments Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Reality check

WHY I LOVE...BRIXTON

Once you've learnt never to buy anything from a random person in the street, that the vegans in the Wholefoods shop are grumpy to everyone and that the man who always asks for 2p really wants more,...
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Posted 12:07 PM on Tue May 05 2009
By Jamie K
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Commented at 02:26 PM on Tue May 05 2009 by Jamie K Sathnam Sanghera, the Times journalist who wrote that article ‘drifted into the area after college', attracted by the ‘Benetton-advert racial diversity’ that he somehow thought would affirm his own existence. By his own admission, he used Brixton to try to impress people with his ‘ethnic credentials’. Clearly it was he who was co-existing with the community rather than integrating or inter...
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Diving for Gold

Why do us girls still want to get married?

Are we simply being faithful to the little girl we once were, or is there more to it?
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Posted 03:03 PM on Sun Mar 08 2009
By Work Slave
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Commented at 07:22 PM on Fri Mar 13 2009 by Bone Smuggler Call me bitter but for women it's a competition. A wedding is just another item on the list of things to do to be one-up on their friends. Other items on the list include: own a house; have a career; join the mile high club or make love in the office/train/public pool; write a book or make a record or appear on TV. My ex left me to tour and make a record with Kylie a month after our wonde...
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Reality check What they DON'T tell you about Bikram... I've been intrigued by Bikram yoga for a while. I'm not really sure why; yoga itself is wanky enough, you'd think, without the added wankiness of a heated room. I think it's something about... [More]	Posted 10:46 AM on Thu Mar 12 2009 By Erotic Dancer 3061 views, 2 comments Commented at 06:07 PM on Tue Mar 17 2009 by Red Hot Mamma I advise three towels - put one over your head whilst in the shower. Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

TV WIMBLEDON 2009 - COME ON THE MUZZ! Andy Murray attributes his abilities to the motivation gained from losing to his elder brother Jamie, who had been the second-best junior player in the world. He first beat Jamie... [More]	Posted 10:57 PM on Sun Jun 21 2009 By Jamie K 3061 views, 2 comments Commented at 11:44 AM on Mon Jun 22 2009 by Work Slave Andy Murray is coming into his own. I can't wait to see him wipe that smug look off Federer's face. Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Ranter's Corner

FACEBOOK BIRTH PICS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD

Every time I login to facebook, I seem to be greeted by yet another smiling new mum gripping her baby, having just given birth. Considering becoming a mum myself, I now have yet another...
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Posted 05:22 PM on Wed Mar 04 2009
By Wedding Belle
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Commented at 05:41 PM on Tue Mar 17 2009 by Red Hot Mamma There are loads of old folk whose children live miles away or in different countries and never visit them. Sorry if it sounds sentimental but I think it's best to have a child just because you love the person you're having it with and want to make a person out of that love. Then give your children unconditional love. I know it's relatively easy for me to say this as I have the best childre...
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Fools Paradise

WEST END STAR DARREN DAY GOES FROM HUNK TO CHUNK

'Darren Day, the 'smooth-talking love-rat' who filled Jason Donovan's cast off 'Dream Coat', continues to follow in Donovan's wake as the latest fading celebrity to attempt a re-launch of his caree...
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Posted 01:10 PM on Wed May 06 2009
By Media Mogul
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Commented at 01:58 PM on Tue May 12 2009 by Single Minded It's getting hot outside, maybe I should dress down and dispense with outer garments. I could be a tough-man and strut around outside the local parade of shops in a black string vest, smoking a joint while drinking a can White Lightening.
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Let's talk about death Great Expectations A mother and her 15-year-old daughter discuss the afterlife. [More]	Posted 08:05 PM on Mon Jul 20 2009 By Grammar Girl 2896 views, 1 comments Commented at 08:34 PM on Wed Jul 22 2009 by FishDinner Lovely......I sometimes wonder if my children, by having more material possession, lose the will to develop creativity that I had as child growing up in the sixties. Add comment \| Post your own article Tweet

Who I am voting for and why

The UK General Election - have your say and win £50

To celebrate the UK's first ever live televised election debate, today we are launching a competition entitled: 'Who I am voting for and why.'
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Posted 11:48 PM on Mon May 10 2010
By Editor
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Commented at 04:23 PM on Wed May 12 2010 by Editor Thank you to everyone who entered. We were impressed with the quality of articles we received. Special congratulations go to Cshore whose article 'Time for a reality check' had the most unique views of all valid entries and therefore won. A new competition will be coming soon but in the meantime please keep submitting your writing - we welcome articles on any subject; from Death to Glamou...
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