Little things that bring a smile to your face

[kryss]

Someone just posted this up on Facebook and it made me giggle.

"Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook"

Taking anti-gravity racing to the next level I guess. Not sure I would have taken the series in that direction

Good work, you made me smile.

[charlesr]

The fact that this thread survived as long as the irks thread.

[Spatial]

A man who ordered a special size 14.5 slipper to fit his oversized foot was sent a size 1,450 after the Chinese manufacturers failed to spot a decimal point in his order.

Tom Boddingham, 27, has a size 13 right foot while his left is slightly bigger measuring a size 14 and a half. When he ordered his custom slipper, the manufacturers in China misread "size 14.5" and instead built a size 1,450 measuring 7ft long.

Mr Boddingham, who has always worn custom made shoes, said he now plans to sell the giant slipper on eBay. He said: "It was sent directly from Hong Kong and measures 210 x 130 x 65cms - the same length as a grizzly bear or a family car.

"I reckon I must be the owner of the biggest slipper in the world. I'm going to sell it online and if I can make a few quid out of it then all the better."

A company spokesman for Monster Slippers apologised to Tom, from Ilford, in east London, and said the mistake occurred because of a translation error.
The spokesman said: "We have apologised to Mr Boddingham and are making him a replacement slipper of the right dimensions."

A spokesman for the factory said they thought the slipper was for a shop window display.

[koopatroopa90]

brilliant!

[Plough Boy]

That is, in more ways than one, immense!

[NW2013]

Ha ha ha, what did they think he wanted a size 1450 for?!!

[Rossco]

Ha ha ha, what did they think he wanted a size 1450 for?!!

A spokesman for the factory said they thought the slipper was for a shop window display.

Read EVERY line of the post before you comment. Jeeeez.

[toythatkills]

I like the way he must have either unquestioningly spent about ?1000 on a slipper, or they just shipped it to him for the price of a normal slipper.

[Rossco]

Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking when I read it.

[NW2013]

Read EVERY line of the post before you comment. Jeeeez.

Drat! It's probably made up anyway: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/r...?newsfeed=true

[toythatkills]

Drat! It's probably made up anyway: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/r...?newsfeed=true

There can't ever really have been any doubt, the cost thing just doesn't make any sense at all.

[Spatial]

Killjoys.

[Rossco]

Scrooges!!!

[kryss]

Netflix on my phone and android tablet.

[parkinho]

Managing to get hold of Stone Roses tickets for Sat 30th June - boom!