...British singer Susan Boyle claims she was bullied and beaten as a child.  And she still has the ugly stick to prove it.   

Rodell Vereen was sentenced on Wednesday, November 4, to three years in prison after being caught, on video, having sex with a horse.  He admitted to buggery and pleaded guilty, for the second time in two years, to abusing the animal.

In a related story, on Tuesday, November 10, British scientists announced the beginning of a new study on using human DNA in animals!

Do you think the timing of these two news events is just a coincedence?

As part of the British government's campaign against obesity, UK candy makers have agreed to phase out king-size chocolate bars. Critics assailed the move as an assault on freedom of choice and said it's pointless because if somebody wants to eat a double helping of candy, they can just buy two candy bars.  ***MARLAR: Also, from now on, bags of M&Ms can contain only one M.  (I actually love the “fun size” candy bars.  Although to me, any size candy bar is a fun size.)

President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House that made Casimir Pulaski an honorary citizen, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the American colonies against the British.   In a statement released today, Senator John McCain said, "It was a privilege and honor for me to fight along side this brave man."

In the latest issue of British GQ, actress Nicole Kidman reveals that she’s done some “strange sexual stuff”… like marrying Tom Cruise. 

The British Egg Information Service has announced that soon there will be available something they call a "smart egg" to solve the surprisingly contentious issue of when are soft, medium and hard-boiled eggs properly boiled. It seems an invisible ink on the shell turns the egg black at precisely the right moment. Or so they claim.  ***MARLAR: And haven’t we all been clamoring for black eggs?

British Hypnotist David Night is making an astonishing claim. He says women can enlarge their bust by up to two cup sizes by simply undergoing hypnosis! Of course you'll need his CD set to make all this happen, but by listening to it, he claims ladies will see a significant change in size within 12 weeks. He's boasting an amazing 85% success rate based on customer feedback so far. But, lest you think it's a total scam, his CD set does come with a money-back guarantee. Night says, "Every lady's breasts have been grown by the mind. The mind grows it, so the mind can enhance it."  ***MARLAR: If we could really increase a women's bust sizes just by thinking about it, don't you think men would've had success with it already?

A British labor union is demanding new workplace health rules to prevent telemarketers from losing their voices.  ***MARLAR: Wait a second, since when do we want telemarketers to not lose their voices?

A British store is launching a line of underpants for left-handed men, an innovation it says will “save them both time and embarrassment”… unless they have a small penis.

Women's boxing was added to the 2012 Olympics in London. If any British women get their teeth knocked out, we'll see if anyone notices.