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English Football Player Gives Broke Fan Free Tickets via Twitter
At a time when football has focussed on Paolo Di Canio’s political views, perhaps we should have been paying a bit more attention to Tyrone Mings
Mings is a defender for Ipswich Town FC, and he did one local fan a big solid before Saturday’s match against Bolton Wanderers. The story, which was reported on Digital Football, starts with a fan called Tris Monk, who tweeted a good luck message Mings’ way but said he was too “skint” to make the match in person
@tyronemings1 good luck today, wish i was there to watch, hopfully 3 points #skint
— tris monk (@blutris89) March 16, 2013
Generously, the player tweeted back and asked the fan if he could make it to Portman Road (Ipswich Town FC stadium). When the fan responded that he could get there, the defender tweeted:
The astonishing act of loyalty and generosity to a fan was a very simple act of kindness, but has quickly catapulted Mings to Twitter stardom with his initial tweet being retweeted 5,244 times. On top of this the youngster has seen his profile rise in the media with stories from the BBC, The Sun, Metro and ITV!
The Never-Ending Smartphone Checking Cycle
We’ve all been there — you take out your smartphone to make a call and 10 minutes later, after checking your email, Twitter and Instagram, you forget why you took it out in the first place.
This comic by H. Caldwell Tanner of Loldwell shows that we’re all guilty of it. Can you break the cycle? Let me know in the comments.
Funny stories from around the world
Some more funny and random headlines from around the world:
- Bitcoins used to pay for pizza: Programmers have created a site that lets people pay for pizza using the bitcoin digital currency.
- Murdoch hints at Page 3 replacement: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has hints on Twitter that The Sun’s topless women on Page Three may be replaced with a “halfway house” of “glamorous fashionistas”.
- Frank Lampard signs kids’ book deal: England footballer Frank Lampard is to write a series of children’s books, says publisher Little, Brown.
- Delhi’s No.1 ladies’ taxi company: Delhi’s first women cabbies ride out rank sexism
- The awkwardness of the Skype job interview: The awkwardness of having a Skype job interview
- Norway TV’s slow-burning wood drama: Norwegian public television broadcasts a special programme which features a burning fireplace – for 12 hours.
- Gold bars for tsunami-hit Japan port: People in a small Japanese fishing port devastated by the 2011 tsunami have been receiving gold bars in the post from an anonymous benefactor.
- Tom Cruise ‘curry night’ the movie: Hollywood star Tom Cruise’s visit to a Hertfordshire curry house is turned into a film.
- Burger King Twitter account ‘hacked’: US fast-food chain Burger King says its Twitter account may have been hacked after its profile picture was changed to a McDonald’s logo and offensive messages were posted.
- ‘Nuns’ caught drinking illegally: An Irish publican is prosecuted after police found dozens of ‘nuns’ drinking illegally, several hours past closing time on his premises.
- ‘Oldest marathon man’ runs last race: A man believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner runs his last long distance competitive race in Hong Kong.
- Parts of ancient continent found: Fragments of an ancient continent are buried beneath the Indian Ocean, a new study suggests.
- Giant fish reeled in off Shetland: A Shetland fisherman is celebrating after reeling in a giant fish weighing more than 67lbs.
- Drinkers sue over ‘watered-down’ Bud: US beer lovers are suing Anheuser-Busch for allegedly watering down its Budweiser, Michelob and other popular American beer brands.
- The church dome painted by graffiti artists: The street artists let loose on a church
- N Korea’s Kim meets Dennis Rodman: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets retired US basketball player Dennis Rodman at a game in Pyongyang.
- Fujitsu makes ‘smart walking stick’: A walking stick designed for old people – with built in GPS and a heart monitor – is demonstrated at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
- Air New Zealand pilot ‘fell asleep’: Air New Zealand says one of its pilots twice nodded off during a flight between London and Los Angeles but the flight was never in danger, reports say.
The State of Social Media in 2013
The State of Social Media in 2013:
Funny stories from around the world
Some more funny and random headlines from around the world:
- Canada notes have ‘wrong’ leaf: Canada’s new plastic banknotes feature Norway maple leaves, instead of the Canadian sugar maple leaf, according to botanists.
- Birds make music with bum notes: A piece of music that was composed by waiting for bird droppings to fall on giant sheets of manuscript paper in parks receives its premiere.
- Panetta given meat cleaver gift: Leon Panetta completes his final overseas trip as US defence secretary and his staff give him a plastic meat cleaver as a parting gift.
- Original Batmobile sold for $4.2m: The Batmobile used by actor Adam West in the original TV series of Batman sells for $4.2m (£2.6m) at a US auction.
- Pope posts first tweet in Latin: Pope Benedict XVI sends his first Twitter message in Latin, referring to Christian unity and the need to do justice.
- Library in Armstrong pledge prank: A sign in an Australian library promising to reshelve books by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong in the fiction section causes an approving stir.
- Britain’s £1m and £100m banknotes: Why does the Bank of England have £1m notes?
- Surfer rides ‘highest ever’ wave: An American man rides what may be the highest wave ever caught by a surfer off the Portuguese coast.
- Pigeon ‘Bermuda Triangle’ solved: The mystery of why homing pigeons get lost when released from a particular location in the US may have been solved.
- Chinese devour Joyce translation: A Chinese version of James Joyce’s novel Finnegans Wake, which took eight years to translate, surprises by selling out its initial print run.
- Icelandic girl wins right to name: A 15-year-old Icelandic girl has won the right to use the name her mother gave her, after she took authorities to court over it.
- Romania campaign mocks UK anxiety: A Romanian media campaign called “Why don’t you come over?” pokes fun at British anxiety about a possible influx of Romanian job-seekers next year.
- Hartlepool 2-1 Notts County: Peter Hartley and James Poole score to give Hartlepool an appropriate victory against Notts County.
- Dolphins ‘saved’ by distress call: The distress call of a young dolphin is used to lure to safety a large pod of the animals in danger of being stranded off Western Australia.
- Etch A Sketch inventor dies at 86: The inventor of the classic toy Etch A Sketch, former electrical technician Andre Cassagnes, dies in France at the age of 86.
- Ahmadinejad offers to go to space: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad volunteers to become the first person sent into space by his country’s fledgling space programme.
- Paris women permitted trousers: The French government overturns a 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers in the capital, Paris, dating from November 1800.
- World’s longest cat dies in US: The world’s longest domestic cat, a 48.5in (1.23m) Maine Coon named Stewie, of Reno Nevada, dies at the age of eight.
- French MP played Scrabble in debate: A French MP sparks a debate about the use of electronic devices in parliament in France after being photographed playing online Scrabble on his tablet.
- Kids app ‘translates’ grown-up paper: An app that transforms adult newspapers into child-friendly text and animations has been launched in Japan.
- South Korean ‘Les Mis’ a YouTube hit: A South Korean YouTube parody of Les Miserables – featuring snow-shovelling airmen, a cruel senior officer and a love struck conscript – becomes an online hit.
- Mandela granddaughters in TV show: Nelson Mandela’s granddaughters, Swati Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway, are to star in a new reality television programme called Being Mandela.
- ‘Mafia father’ in TV talent show bid: An Italian mafia suspect gave out hundreds of phones to try to bring his daughter success in TV talent show voting, police believe.
What if Jesus Had an iPhone?
If Jesus had been around in the 21st century we all know he’d be plugged in with his iPhone 5 — How else would he keep tabs on the Apostles?
Cartoonist Brad Colbow imagined just how digital this member of the Holy Trinity would be if he were one of us Apple fanboys.
Clearly there would have been no wandering in the desert for 40 days (unless maybe Jesus was using Apple Maps) and the Last Supper would be delivered via Seamless app. He definitely would have Instagrammed his Baptism, and, needless to say, #FF (Follow Friday) on Twitter would have a whole new meaning for the saintly crowd.
What other apps do you think Jesus would have on his smartphone? Share your ideas in the comments below.
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