Foster’s puts swearwords on its cans

I’ll let this report explain:

To champion the ‘swearing is caring’ habit of British men and to give them a helping hand to reconnect with mates, Foster’s has launched ‘Love You Cans’.

The new campaign centers round new research from Foster’s that found that 59% of British males resort to calling one another names like ‘W*nker’, B*llend, D*ckhead, Toss*r and Kn*bhead’, as a way of expressing love towards their mates.

The limited-edition run of cans are emblazoned with the affectionate insults men already use with their closest mates.

Zach Jordan, senior brand manager at Foster’s said: “These aren’t just novelty cans. They’re designed as an olive branch. Mates who’ve drifted apart can head online and send a ‘Love You Can’ directly to a friend, complete with a personalised note to act as an easy, no-pressure way to break the ice and open the door to conversation again in a style that rings true with mates all over Britain.

An urn that streams music

To be precise, it’s called the ‘Eternal Playlist Urn’ and it’s a limited-edition offering from Liquid Death in collaboration with Spotify.

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Get yourself more time… to worry

From Australia: digital bank Bankwest finds a rather cheeky way to highlight the time-saving benefits of its tools and features.

   -Subscriptions manager
   -Spending details
   -Virtual card

Inseparable Luggage

Luxury luggage maker Rimowa has released this photo series featuring actor Nicholas Braun.

       

RIP Frederick Wiseman

Welfare (1975)
  - ‘Waiting for something’

Obsessed with bread

Morgan Freeman helms the latest Warburtons campaign, to mark “150 years in the baking.”

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RIP Robert Duvall

Of his most well known role as Tom Hagen in The Godfather and its sequel, critic and historian David Thomson posed this thought:

Was ever a role better designed for its actor than that of Tom Hagen in both parts of The Godfather?

Of his performance as an armed robber in the action thriller, The Outfit (1973), Quentin Tarantino quotes critic Philip Lanier as saying this:

His [Duvall’s] quiet determination brings across a character who appears to be a desperate man by choice. It’s a mysterious kind of masculinity that only he seems to possess.

And while his brief appearance in Apocalypse Now is his most quoted performance, I submit that his banter with Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012) is equally worth remembering.

IKEA wants you to get rid of your ex’s memory… foam

Relationships run their course. So do mattresses.

With that thought, and a cleverly worded campaign, IKEA USA has announced a mattress sale.

       

Lure of Olympics leads to fugitive’s arrest… after 16 yrs

To quote from one report:

A Slovak fugitive thief was arrested in Milan after checking into accommodation near the city to watch his national ice hockey team compete at the Winter Olympics, Italian police said on Friday.

The 44-year-old man was wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Bolzano court in 2010 for thefts in commercial establishments, the Carabinieri said in a statement.

Police tracked the man down on Wednesday morning after receiving an automatic alert from accommodation in the Baggio district on the outskirts of Milan when he checked in.

The fugitive told authorities he had travelled to Milan to support Slovakia's hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. He was taken to San Vittore prison to serve a remaining sentence of 11 months and seven days for property crimes.

Slovakia played Finland on Wednesday afternoon, but the arrested man could not attend as he was already in custody.

‘The device your relationship has been missing’

Specsavers has a Valentine’s Day campaign to promote what it cheekily describes as “the most exciting innovation in couples’ connection and intimacy”.

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‘Armed me with techniques that still get me into trouble’

Sacha Baron Cohen on master clown Philippe Gaulier, as quoted by The Guardian:

If I hadn’t crossed paths with him, I’d probably be doing something terribly sensible. Instead, I chose comedy – entirely because he believed in me, pushed me, and armed me with techniques that still get me into trouble.

NYC ‘Super Flush’

First, there was this post from NYC Water, ahead of the Super Bowl halftime:

While everyone is watching the game today, our team will be waiting in the wings for the real action to start! NYC's water supply system experiences a synchronized spike in water demand during halftime and at the end of the game. Now, that's a super flush! #SBLX

A day later, came this announcement:

NYC saw a significant reduction in water usage throughout the five boroughs during the Super Bowl’s #BadBunny halftime show yesterday, but in the 15 minutes right after the show ended, there was a spike in usage equivalent to 761,719 toilets flushing across town.#SBLX

A Turkish barber’s visual response to Nigel Farage

Triggered by Farage’s comments about Turkish barbers, Glasgow street artist Rebel Bear teamed up with a local barber to put up posters of the Reform UK leader sporting a variety of hairstyles.  To quote from an explanatory note:

After Nigel Farage’s ignorant and deliberately divisive comments about Turkish barbershops, street artist The Rebel Bear teamed up with G11 Barbers to highlight the stupidity, absurdity, and hypocrisy behind both the remarks and the man himself.

Rather than meeting with more hate, we aimed to respond with unity and humour.

Claude’s ads make an ad-free promise

Anthropic’s Super Bowl campaign for Claude take a jab at OpenAI’s decision to test ads in the free version of ChatGPT.

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   -Mom talk
   -Essay
   -Business idea
   -Six pack

‘Quite good and quite illegal’

To quote from a report by the police department of Commerce City, Colorado, posted alongside footage of a fire-juggling unicyclist:

This post was certainly not on our Bingo card, yet here we are.

The intersection of US-85 and 60th isn't exactly the Las Vegas Strip... or is it?

We got numerous calls the other day when drivers were treated to a little stoplight entertainment courtesy of this fire-juggling unicyclist.

Our drone caught his act, which was both quite good and quite illegal (trespassing in the median, impeding traffic by not vacating the crosswalk in time).

We actually regularly do enforcement efforts at this intersection to ensure that pedestrians selling wares and services aren't interfering with you and the roadway and it's worked. We don't often get reports like this anymore... well to be fair... we have NEVER gotten a report quite like this one.

So let's all take a moment to appreciate this man's talents then all agree that we aren't going to do stuff like this. Mmkay?

McNugget Caviar

It wasn’t too long ago that Rihanna posted a video of herself having nuggets with caviar and triggered an interest in this combination across social media.  Now we have McDonald’s collaborating with Paramount Caviar to offer McNugget Caviar kits. To quote from the press release:

To be known is to be loved, and we know our fans love pairing our crispy Chicken McNuggets® with their favorite caviar. Inspired by this perfect match, we’re dropping our first-ever McNugget® Caviar kits featuring premium Baerii Sturgeon caviar on Feb. 10, exclusively available online. After all, nothing says ‘ILY’ quite like a limited drop from McDonald’s just in time for your Valentine’s Day plans.

Oh, and the best part? It’s on us.

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Paramount Caviar to offer a premium product at a price that only McDonald’s can — free of charge. Each kit includes everything you need for an upscale yet effortless celebration: a 1oz tin of McNugget® Caviar, $25 Arch Card® for plenty of Chicken McNuggets, plus crème fraîche and a Mother of Pearl caviar spoon to top it all off. The kits drop at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 10, exclusively at McNuggetCaviar.com—and supplies are limited, so act fast.

What makes this pairing so iconic? The crispy, golden goodness of our signature McNuggets and the salty, savory, black pearls of Paramount’s Baerii Sturgeon caviar make for a true match made in heaven for the special occasions in life.

Olympic skiers to have crotches microchipped

As explained in a report in The Sun:

In the age-old question of whether size truly matters, various sources will give you different answers.

However, if you happen to be a Winter Olympic skier, then yes, size DOES matter.

It matters so much in fact, that Olympians competing at this month’s Milan Cortina Games will have their crotches microchipped in an effort to crackdown on cheating.

The sport of skiing has been swept by a sensational scandal ahead of the games which claims athletes have injected hyaluronic acid into their manhoods and were stuffing clay into their underwear.

The method behind the madness relates to gaining a competitive advantage during the jump whereby they have to wear a larger suit.

This larger suit increases their lift and reduces their descent rate due to a bigger wingspan, effectively turning them into human gliders.

One study in Frontiers found even an extra 2cm in suit size circumference could reduce drag by four per cent and lift by five per cent, equivalent to an extra 5.6 metres in jump length.

With margins so tight in elite sport, that can make all the difference when it comes to bidding for a medal.

Team Norway were found at the heart of this scandal at last year’s world championships when their top two skiers were found to have manipulated the crotch area of their uniforms.

If Jurassic Park had reliable wi-fi…

That’s the setup for a new spot for Xfinity that brings back some of the key cast of the 1993 movie along with a more pleasant outcome and some cleverly reimagined dialogue.

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The Guardian corrects its ‘Melania’ rating… to zero stars

It’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality.

By any standard,The Guardian’s review of the documentary was scathing.  That fact has now been overshadowed by this clarification, three days later:

The star rating for this film was corrected on 2 February 2026. A formatting issue led an earlier version to be awarded one star, when the reviewer’s intention was zero.

Calls to Balls

Australia’s largest IVF provider has a new campaign that literally calls out for more sperm donors.  To quote one of the creatives behind it:

The situation is dire. This isn’t a time for Aussie men to sit back, we need them to lean in and lend a hand. To get the numbers back up to where they need to be, we need people w@#king around the clock. If you’re male and aged 21-46, please think about rolling your sleeves up and doing something important for Australia.

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