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Funny selection of animal photobombs.

1. The Mocktail

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Meet the “Mocktail”, a cocktail minus the alcohol. A travesty I hear you cry, but no, not at all. You get all the benefits of a delicious fruity cocktail that is sweet and colourful and mini umbrella to boot. Sure, they’re little more than fruit juice, but you get to leave behind the dreadful hangover the next day, you aren’t ‘mixing’ alcohol’ types and the calories are decreased. Why don’t you try a “Berry Sweetheart”: cranberry juice, apple juice and honey? Delicious I hear you say and 100% alcohol free. Who needs booze when you’ve got these delicious little beauties.

2. i-Paper

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Aren’t you fed up of reading a conventional newspaper, having to deal with the largeness of it, trying to turn the pages in the most confined of spaces on the morning commute, not to mention getting the ink all over your hands? All this and you have had to pay for the experience? Well, meet the “i-Paper”, aka all the news in the regular paper delivered to you in a mobile app. Most of these news apps are free, contain more up to date information than the newspaper and no page turning necessary. What’s more, you can easily sneak a peak at the showbiz gossip or horoscope discreetly!

3. Window Boxes

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Huge lavish gardens with exotic plants are great if you like spending most of your time keeping them that way. Welcome to the “Window Box”, a self contained planter box affixed on an outside window sill. Herbs, flowers, grasses; whatever you choose to plant in the window box, it is easy to keep and looks fabulous on any window sill. And what’s more, you don’t have to battle the harsh weather conditions to tend to plants; you simply open the window and splash the watering can over them.

4. Fake Tan

Perfecting that perfect sun kissed glow is essential, it would seem, in modern society. You could spend hours basking in the sun getting that glow, and possibly risk getting skin cancer in the process. Want a short cut? Then head to the fake tan aisle in the supermarket instead. Whether you go for the beauty salon spray tan or get your tan mitt out and do it yourself, you can go from pale and pasty to Oompa Loompa in a heart beat, no health risk necessary.

5. Mock Meat

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Eating a lot of meat is all well and good but sometimes you can’t help but think of the health risks plus the poor little animals! You need to introduce “Quorn” into your diet; tastes like meat, but definitely isn’t meat! Quorn is far healthier than real meat, tastes practically no different and who wouldn’t want to save the animals?

6. Smart Photos

Using your smart phone to take pictures on the go has never been more popular and adding them to social sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr is definitely the latest craze. But, why would you want to upload the mediocre basic phone photo when you can instantly jazz up the images via apps such as “Instagram” and “Hipstamatic”. These apps transform the photos into much more desirable vintage styles, add light effects and makes them far more aesthetically appealing; so the question is, who needs the original?

7. Computer Pets

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You buy a pet; a dog, a fish, a cat or even something more exotic and it takes up all your time feeding it, cleaning it, grooming it, or walking it. Sometimes you just wish you could switch it off and relax. Well, now you can. Computer games such as Nintendo’s blockbusting ‘Nintendogs’ allow you to do all the things you can with a real pet, even name it, and when you’re done for the day you can switch it off and switch back on as and when you choose. The computer pet is much more convenient and much cheaper. Who needs a real pet when you can buy a computer one?

8. Audio Books

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We know we’ll get a lot of stick for this one from people saying things like ‘but what about the feel of a real book?’ Well, phooey; sometimes you are just too tired to sit down and read or you’re in a situation where reading just isn’t an option, such as driving your car. This is where an audio book comes in handy. Why slave away reading yourself when you can be serenaded by the soothing voice of Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter or a Christmas Carol by Patrick Stewart?

9. Diet Drinking

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“Skinny latte please”, “Fat-free lemonade thanks”, “a Diet Coke please”; they sound better for a start and don’t leave that sugary taste on your teeth or the calories on your waistline either. Why have full fat when you can have diet; the great taste without all the added nasties? And let’s face it, the hunky men on the diet coke adverts are more than an incentive to buy diet!

10. Online Communication

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We hope this one goes more or less without saying. Of course, the purists will argue, a letter is more romantic, more personal and unique but in reality a letter is tedious and takes at least a day (if you’re lucky) to deliver. With the rising cost of stamps, romance is the last thing on your mind; going online is far simpler, is delivered instantly and, most importantly, it’s free. With sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, not to mention email, getting in touch has never been easier! Sometimes the real deal just doesn’t cut it!

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Dustin Hoffman vs. Los Angeles Magazine

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Dustin Hoffman is very well known for the part he played in 1982s Tootsie, a part where he dressed as a woman. However, this actor won a lawsuit of $3 million when Los Angeles magazine photoshopped him into a dress from the movie. Apparently Dustin doesn’t have the greatest sense of humour and is very particular over who is allowed to put him in a dress.

Lindsay Lohan vs. E-Trade

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During 2010′s Superbowl, a commercial aired for E-trade, a finance firm, starring a promiscuous, milk-addicted baby named Lindsay. Of course, Lohan presumed that the baby was modelled after her (the resemblance is uncanny) and promptly sued E-trade for $100 million, claiming that the advert used her name without permission and crassly referred to her well-publicised run-ins with drugs and law enforcement. It seems unnecessary to point out the irony of Lohan acting like such a baby.

Johnny Carson vs. Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets

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In 1976, a budding US entrepreneur began a new company: ‘Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets’. Concerned that the company was exploiting his legendary catchphrase and certainly not wanting to have his persona associated with the latest in toilet technology, Johnny Carson brought a suit against the company. He won, and the company, though not shut down, was required to stop using the catchphrase. But that wasn’t enough. In 2005, subsequent to Carson’s death, the company attempted to challenge the previous court decision and bring back the Here’s Johnny Portable Toilet. Again they failed when the original ruling was upheld, and Carson was allowed to rest in peace, free from the fear of toilet merchants besmirching his good name.

Allen Heckard vs. Michael Jordan and Phil Knight

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Allen Heckard was born with an unfortunate disadvantage in life: he looks just like Michael Jordan, one of America’s most famous athletes. So when Heckard got tired of constantly turning down autograph and photograph requests in the street, he did the only thing he could think of: he sued Jordan. That wasn’t enough, though. Not content with levelling his wrath at ultra-rich pro basketball player himself, he took this lawsuit one step further and also sued Phil Knight, the founder of Nike since they promoted Jordan, unwittingly causing Heckard unwanted publicity. He sued for $832 million and the case is still working its way through the courts. We have to say though, he does look a lot like Michael Jordan.

Mariah Carey vs. Mary Carey

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Mariah Carey wasn’t too happy when she found out that an adult film star had chosen a stage name a little too similar to her own. Mariah took this claim to court stating that it was damaging her image. She won the case and Mary was forced to change her stage name at the beginning of 2007. Was Mariah worried that the public wouldn’t be able to tell the difference?

Nicholas Cage vs. His Business Manager

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Now celebrities have sued people for some strange things, but this is just plain weird. And hilarious. Get a load of this: Nicholas Cage actually sued his own business manager after he became short of cash. He sued for $20 million claiming his manager had defrauded him which reduced his net worth. The manager then counter-sued stating it was Cage’s spending that had led to his lack of money. While we agree that his business manager probably should have warned him against garbage like 2006’s remake of ‘The Wicker Man’, this is desperation at its peak.

Dallas Page vs Jay-Z

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Pro wrestler Dallas Page, better known professionally as Diamond Dallas Page, invented a signature hand gesture and called it the diamond cutter, which he then copyrighted. Jay-Z used this gesture in 2005 and, of course, Page sued him. They eventually agreed on an undisclosed amount and the case was dropped.

Fort Worth Resident vs. Elvis Presley Estate

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In Fort Worth, Texas man tried to sue Elvis Presley’s Estate claiming that they had lied and he had proof that the golden child of rock and roll was still very much alive and kicking. He went on to claim that he spoke to Presley on a regular basis over the phone and had been doing so for years. As you can imagine he didn’t win the case.

Kookaburra vs. Men at Work

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The band Men at Work, perhaps best known for their 1982 hit “Land Down Under” were accused of illegally using music from the children’s song “Kookaburra” which was written in 1934 by Marion Sinclair and is now owned by Larrikin Music. The publishing company sued the band for using two notes that were very similar to the children’s song and won the case.

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