TEN CRAZY TIMES THE DAILY MAIL ASKED 'IS THIS?'

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IS THIS THE END OF THE MOSQUITO?

Via dailymail.co.uk

Remember before this article from March 2003 there used to be these little flying things called Mosquitos that would bite you and suck your blood? Ah man it used to be really annoying when they went past your ear like 'buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'. And when you went on holiday you had to buy all sorts of creams and stuff to stop them attacking you. I'm so glad those days are gone. Wait, what, they're still here?

VERDICT: NO

IS THIS THE WORLD'S MOST RELAXING ROOM?

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I'll be blunt - this room looks like a bloody nightmare. It looks like Surbiton amateur dramatics groups rendition of Auschwitz or something. Essentially it's a room with green lights that smells of lavender with "the dulcet tones of a low frequency lullaby" on the stereo. I'd rather be in a room with a few beers and Match of The Day on, but that's just me...

VERDICT: NO

IS THIS THE PROOF THAT SPIRITS DO EXIST?

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Professor Klaus Heinemann, and let's face it- if you're born 'Klaus Heinemann' it's inevitable you're gonna end up being a Professor. Or Nazi. Or both. Anyway the Prof is a NASA scientist whose wife went to a "gathering of spiritual healers" and took some photos. Prof H looked at these pics and saw some "orbs." Thinking it must be dust particles or a faulty camera he "set up dozens of experiments" with the camera yet could never recreate the "orbs". So in a monstrous leap of faith "Heinemann was left with only one conclusion: that he was witnessing some form of paranormal intelligence." And this guy is working for NASA? No wonder we can't get to fucking Mars yet.

VERDICT: NO

IS THIS FROG THE ANSWER TO DIABETES?

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According to this article, diabetes treatment could"take a leap forward" (see what they did there?) because of a frogs skin or something, but the real story here is that the frog in question, the 'Paradoxical Frog', gets it's name because the tadpole is BIGGER than the actual frog. - "The tadpole can be up to ten inches long, while the adult frog is around two inches long." Fuck diabetes, that's insane.

VERDICT: MAYBE

IS THIS THE MOST BURGLED MAN IN BRITAIN?

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I initially misread this as the most bugled man in Britain which really would be some story. Poor Michael Abberley has been burgled 43 times, including three times in one week. Now I'm suspicious this is all an insurance scam and Mikey boy is having us all on, but the Daily Mail seem convinced. It's also important to note that it's not actually Michael himself that has been burgled (No one has ran off with his kidney or stomach or something..) but his houses and stuff. Turns out the local copper is even more suspicious than me - , "We can only locate three reported incidents from Mr Abberley since 1998." he claims.

VERDICT: PROBABLY NOT

IS THIS THE WORLD'S UGLIEST FISH?

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Yeah I reckon

VERDICT: YES

IS THIS THE FIRST PORTRAIT OF A GUINEA PIG?

Via dailymail.co.uk

When author of this piece, Anna Edwards, got into journalism she probably dreamed of a thrilling career of unearthed secrets, revealed corruption and massive scoops. A world of spinning newspapers, battered typewriters and Watergate style secret sources. As Christiane Amanpour says "Good journalism can make our world a better place." But oh how Anna Edwards dreams must have finally ended when she penned this article asking a question literally no one has ever asked -"Is this the first portrait of a guinea pig?" Has anyone ever wondered that? An interesting note buried in this article is that Peruvian painter Marcos Zapata made a painting of the Last Supper where "Instead of meat or fish, the platter in front of Jesus and his disciples bears a very large roasted guinea pig." Just a big fuck off guinea pig -You missed a trick there Da Vinci.

VERDICT: WHO GIVES A FUCK? NOT EVEN ANNA.

IS THIS POPE JOHN PAUL II WAIVING FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE?

Journalist Nick Pisa, no doubt leaning as he wrote this, brought us this sensational news of Polish Pope George Ringo or whatever he was called. The ex Pontiff seemingly appeared waving in some fire at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of his death. Local photographer Gregorz Lukasik took some snaps, and when he developed the pics saw the ex Pope's image in the flames. TV Director Jarek Cielecki from the Vatican News Service, (a station which the Daily Mail rather obviously tells us"specialises in religious news broadcasts" ) is convinced, "You can see the image of a person in the flames and I think it is the servant of God, Pope John Paul II," he says.

VERDICT: YES, I'M WITH JAREK

IS THIS THE WORLD'S LARGEST LAMB?

Weighting in at 21lb, Bruno ("because he's a bit of a bruiser") was born in March 2009 and was three times larger than a normal lamb. Imagine the amount of mint sauce you'd need. Brilliantly the Mail, being the Mail, manage to shoehorn some Jingoism into the article- ending the piece with the completely apropos of nothing sentences "New Zealand is the world's biggest producer of lambs. But the largest new-born lamb ever recorded there weighed just 15.5lbs." IN YOUR LITTLE LAMBY FACE NEW ZEALAND. I preferred the old Zealand anyway...

VERDICT: YES

IS THIS THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST SMOKER?

Tong Liangliang (IS THIS THE BEST NAME IN CHINA?) was given his first cigarette aged 18 months by his father "in a bid to reduce the discomfort caused by his hernia." Top parenting there Mr L. The kid was on a pack a day by aged two and "throws a tantrum if he can’t get his fix."

VERDICT: YES