Parents will find they’ve Throne themselves a curveball
HARDCORE Game of Thrones fans have been naming their weans after characters in the show like Khaleesi, Daenarys, Sansa and Arya.
In fairness, those names are going to have an appropriate effect on the kids. When they’re old enough to realise how daft they sound, they’re going to charge at their parents with massive swords. As mad fans go though, GoT has competition.
Firstly, tourists are being urged to return pebbles taken as souvenirs from a Greek beach where Mamma Mia was filmed.
Or if you’re not going to return them, at least start chucking them at the cast and crew if they try to make another sequel. Then, Take That have said sorry after fans complained about failing to get pre-sale tickets for their anniversary shows next year. The problem is they were trying to pay Take That for the tickets directly. Whereas that money should obviously be going straight to HMRC.
Then there’s the mad world of Harry Potter. The ancient house used as the birthplace of the boy wizard in the movies still hasn’t sold after a year on the market.
That’s because people can still detect an evil force there. Either Voldemort or a local estate agent.
Mind you, a new Harry Potterinspired cocktail bar has opened in London. My pal had a Harry Potter cocktail session the other week. Aye, 10 Mojitos and he was Slytherin all over the floor.
●40 university bosses have written to the education secretary calling for companies who write students’ essays to be banned. Well, one university boss wrote it. The other 39 just copied it.
●Angelina Jolie’s called for a new war crimes body to be set up by the UN. Which caused everyone to ask just how bad a husband was Brad Pitt?