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Giant goldfish snared after six years

A GIANT goldfish, weighing almost 14kg, that had evaded fishermen for six years, finally caught.

Fisherman Raphael Biagini, 30, took 10 minutes to reel the giant orange koi carp, which weighs the same as an average three-year-old girl, from a lake in the south of France.

The fish, too large for any bowl, is thought to be one of the largest of its kind ever captured.

"To begin with, we couldn't tell what was at the end of the line, but we knew it was big," Mr Biagini said.

"The fish was a good fighter, but not enough to win."

After an impromptu photoshoot, the fisherman from Montpellier returned his prize catch to the water.

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Footy fanatic tattoos his penis

COLLINGWOOD fan Justin Witcombe, 31, proudly wears his heart on his sleeve, and his legs and his chest and his face.

Not even the family jewels are spared when it comes to football.

The Corio tattooist has dedicated his body to football, 1970s rock band KISS and boxing great Mike Tyson.

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Yesterday he showed the Geelong Advertiser all but one of his Collingwood tribute tattoos, revealing a passion for all things black and white.

"The only thing I haven't managed to do is urinate in black and white," he quipped.

"If Collingwood win I'll make room for another tattoo."

The first tribute to the club appeared on his right ankle to honour the 1990 premiership team.

It was soon followed by club patches and magpies and tributes to club greats Peter Daicos and his famous 35 jumper, Darren Millane, Nathan Buckley, Mick McGuane and Gavin Brown.

When the team lost the flag in 2002 and 2003, a teardrop appeared on Mr Witcombe's face as a stark reminder of his heartache.

So just why did he tattoo a magpie and the number 35 on his manly parts? "I ran out of room," he said.

Mr Witcombe was excited at securing a ticket for the final and said his day could be considered perfect if the Pies won and he got to meet his sporting heroes at Victoria Park after the match.

MIKA: A Collingwood supporter, say no more....

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Hitler card game sparks legal threat

The German makers of a card game based on history's worst dictators have been threatened with legal action over Adolf Hitler.

The Top Trumps-style game, called Tyrannen (or Tyrants, in English) is made up of 32 cards of murderous despots from the 20th century.

The pack includes Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin and Franco and each card contains facts about them, such as when they came to power and an estimate of how many people they killed.

But now the makers, Weltquartett, are being investigated by prosecutors in Nuremberg over the use of the swastika on the Hitler card.

The Nazi is named as the top trump, or "Der Blitztrompf", in the children's game.

German law states that the infamous Third Reich sign is a "symbol of an unconstitutional organisation" and cannot be displayed anywhere in public.

The symbol is only half visible on the card but last week one of the 10-euro packs on sale at toy fair in the German city was seized by police.

The game has been on sale since 2008 but officers are now investigating whether it is breaking the law.

Tyrannen splits the leaders into the regions of the world they came from and the aim of the game is to collect matching groups, eg. Asia or Africa.

The person with no tyrants in their hand is declared the winner.

In the traditional game the cards might feature cars or military weapons such as tanks and planes.

But Jurgen Kittel and Jorg Wagner, the men behind Weltquartett, have also created versions of the game with drugs and diseases of the world as the themes.

MIKA: WTF!?

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New iPhone app helps with confessions

Source: Heraldsun.com.au

A NEW "confession" application for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch has received the blessing of a Catholic bishop.

"Confession: A Roman Catholic App," is the first program for the Apple devices created by a South Bend, Indiana-based company called "Little iApps".

Its developer, Patrick Leinen, said the app was designed to be used in the confessional and was intended "for those who frequent the sacrament and those who wish to return".

He said the app, which provides a step-by-step guide to the sacrament, had received the imprimatur from Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese, the first program to receive the stamp of the church.

Mr Leinen said he was inspired in developing the app by Pope Benedict XVI's call to the faithful to use new media to good purposes.

"Our desire is to invite Catholics to engage in their faith through digital technology," Mr Leinen said in a press release on his littleapps.com website.

"Taking to heart Pope Benedict XVI's message from last year's World Communications Address, our goal with this project is to offer a digital application that is truly 'new media at the service of the Word,'" he said.

The app costs $US1.99 ($1.97) in Apple's iTunes store.

It offers password protected customised profiles, a guide to performing the sacrament as well as a list of acts of contrition.

"Individuals who have been away from the sacrament for some time will find Confession: A Roman Catholic App to be a useful and inviting tool," Mr Leinen said.

MIKA: Beat that Android lovers!!

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Do they have one called iPed

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Do they have one called iPed

hahahaha

That croc a few post up is huge!

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MIKA: Beat that Android lovers!!

Android users have no need of this. Only Apple buyers need to confess to worshipping false Gods (ie Steve Jobs).

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Android users have no need of this. Only Apple buyers need to confess to worshipping false Gods (ie Steve Jobs).