Tag Archives: Daily Mail

Burger King Sorry for Ugly Women

Found by on Sunday, 13th March 2011
Daily Mail
» Daily Mail

You’ve got to feel sorry for the Burger Queen.

As far as foot in mouth moments go, it's a bit of a whopper. The global boss of Burger King has had to apologise after branding British women unattractive and describing our country's food as 'terrible'. The comments were made as Brazilian-born Bernardo Hees, 40, spoke to a group of U.S. students about the time he spent at the University of Warwick where he was studying for an MBA.

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Blue Nun – the world’s top-selling wine for 30 years – gets a makeover to tempt the female palate

Found by on Tuesday, 8th February 2011
Daily Mail
» Daily Mail
“It was the height of sophistication. . . or a byword for tackiness. Blue Nun was the world?s top-selling wine between the 1950s and 1980s, but became the butt of jokes and fell out of fashion. It was the wine of choice for the appalling, cheesy, TV chat show host Alan Partridge. However, it survived all the put-downs and even won the approval of style icon Victoria Beckham, who might be assumed to prefer Cristal champagne.”
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Myth of the five-second rule: Eating dropped food can cause food poisoning even if it’s picked up immediately

Found by on Tuesday, 1st February 2011
Daily Mail
» Daily Mail
I’ve had food poisoning. It was worth it…
“You’ve just made a cup of tea when you drop the last chocolate digestive from the packet. You quickly scoop it up and pop it in your mouth, secure in the knowledge it only briefly touched the floor. But now scientists have warned the unwritten ‘five second rule’ could end up causing food poisoning or worse.”
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You can’t save the world with potato waffles for breakfast!

Found by on Monday, 31st January 2011
Daily Mail, Janet Street-Porter
» Daily Mail, Janet Street-Porter
You really don’t need to read this feature to know it’s going to be an entirely non-hysterical opinion piece
“Food prices have gone up almost 20 per cent in the past year, according to the UN, so perhaps this isn’t the best time for the World Wildlife Fund to promote a diet to save the planet”
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