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The Daily Tonic: Cashes For Ashes

 

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* Noel Gallagher’s cigarette etiquette!
* Nick Knowles’ dangling question!
* PLUS: A sexy Sunday audio round…
>> Sound of the underwire <<
Sunday morning music TV memories
 

When Girls Aloud first broke out in the early noughties they were booked onto every TV show their management could find, including the Sunday morning Simon Amstell showcase, Popworld.

Despite the massive amount of innuendo Popworld managed to sneak in, Amstell and the show were still governed by rules for morning broadcast. So when the girls turned up braless for a Popworld spot, the producers said absolutely not. Dealbreaker. There are children watching.

There was a hasty confab in the green room outside the studio about their outfits. The girls initially put up a bit of a fight but, with the clock ticking, they eventually relented. A young runner – on his very first morning’s work experience – was ushered in with a notebook to jot down the measurements of Cheryl, Nadine, Sarah, Nicola and Kimberley as they were being taken. He then legged it, red-faced, down to M&S on Oxford St to purchase them all bras and made it back in time.

At the traditional post-programme lunch Amstell asked the young runner if he had enjoyed his first morning at work. “You’d better,” he said. “You’ve got the best job in the world.”

STRANGE FAMILY TREE TRIVIA: Former Labour MP Clare Short and Three Amigos star Martin Short are cousins.
>> Cashes to ashes <<
The other brother pays his way
 

Yesterday, we told you how Liam Gallagher was a cheeky little ciggie thief, stealing a reader’s full pack of fags and tossing them back a single in return. Today, a quick story of Noel’s cigarette etiquette.

A Popbitch reader backstage at a Beck gig in 1997 was approached by Noel, who was asking for a smoke. The reader kindly obliged – and as they got their packet out, Noel rather sweetly pulled a fifty pence piece from his pocket, asking if he could maybe get a couple.

SWEDISH MIDDLE NAME TRIVIA: Greta Thunberg’s middle name is Tintin.
>> Too good to be true <<
Question of the day
 

Thanks for all your nuggets of celebrity trivia. As you can see, we’ve peppered a couple of them through this issue – and are always glad to hear whatever you know, so please do keep them coming.

Today’s Question: What’s the best celebrity urban legend you’ve ever heard?

Fire off your shaggy dog stories to hello@popbitch.com and we’ll swap some Popbitch digital goodies for our favourites.

FURTIVE FONDLING TRIVIA: Shane Warne got off with Ridley Scott’s (then-)girlfriend in the toilets at Russell Crowe’s wedding.
>> Rhodes: scholar <<
#1: If the shoe fits…
 

Rx writes:
“I worked in fashion and one time at London Fashion Week, Zandra Rhodes came over to look at some shoes. I decided to give her a pair, so asked what her shoe size was.

“She said she didn’t know and had to ask her assistant. Turns out she’s size 7.”

SEX OFFENDER SANDWICH TRIVIA: The only thing Rolf Harris would ever eat for lunch on the set of Animal Hospital was BLT sandwiches.
>> Nicked off <<
#2: The cats eye mystery
 

albert_o’balsam writes:
“Nick Knowles got his big break as traffic and travel reporter on ITV Meridian, based in the heaving metropolis of Newbury. His bulletins were full of the matey banter for which Nick is now famous, and he would finish with a trivia question for viewers.

“Alas, he was yanked off the air (or found a better opportunity elsewhere, more likely) and we never found out what all the different coloured cats eyes at motorway junctions mean, and it is killing me.”

Can anyone pick up Nick Knowles’ slack and let us know? hello@popbitch.com

WELSH POP PARENT TRIVIA: Duffy’s parents and Cerys Matthews’s parents were all members of the same golf club, Priskilly Forest in Pembrokeshire.
>> Quarantunes <<
Sunday Love Songs II: XXX
 

Last Sunday, your audio round was made up of songs we plucked from the track-listings of Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs compilations. This Sunday, we’ve put together something a little hornier.

Ten songs, twenty points. Try not to cream your pants.

[Play it here]

If you’ve already completed your Sunday crossword and need a few more puzzles to get you through the day, may we recommend the Popbitch Puzzlebook? Filled with all your favourites from the Popbitch Popquiz, it’s £5 and the proceeds help us to keep sending out this daily edition.
[Buy and download here]
>> Hmmms <<
Some Sunday distractions
 

A while back we featured a mash-up of Rage Against The Machine singing along to Vanessa Carlton‘s Thousand Miles. Here’s the reversed sequel
[Vanessa sings to RATM]

Are you bored enough to watch a man play the theme from Tetris in every key on the piano
[We were!]

Goldie Lookin’ Chain have recorded an isolation rap
[Hear on YouTube]

THANKS TO: ML, Dean_Dwl, D, EW, N, JC, MC, AJ, Rx, CM, AC, albert_o’balsam
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