Planet Sad's Extraordinary Gentlemanly Film Still Of The Day

Yes, it's Sean Connery and chums in a still from some steampunk cosplay The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. This is an example of Victorian manliness, so we think they're reacting badly to the sight of a woman's exposed ankle...

The Monday List

Ten Films That Have Scenes Shot In Paris, Just Because They Can

The Devil Wears Prada
Tomorrow Never Dies
Inception
Armageddon
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Something's Gotta Give
Jumper
Home Alone
Now You See Me
Mr Bean's Holiday

Planet Sad's Guide To The Wildlife Of The Low Countries

In recent years, Greta and Freda Sad have travelled extensively in Belgium and the Netherlands, because waffles and frites. Here’s our spotters’ guide to some of the native creatures we found there.

Herons

Herons can always be seen on the banks of canals and rivers, hunting for fish, eels, and small birds they will swallow in one gulp to gross you out. They are supreme opportunists. If you leave a bottle of Evian uncapped for more than a couple of minutes, a heron will arrive and loiter beside it, hoping to catch something.

Cats

Cats have been recently banned from cafes in Amsterdam because of the fear they may be unhygienic and from coffee shops because of the fear they will bogart your joint. You will still see them posing in many shop windows, like the magnificent chap we found pulling focus from some erotic sculptures.

Belgium’s squattest horse

This prestigious award is handed out every year. The winner can be found in a field somewhere between Brussels and Ghent, prompting passing train travellers to look out of the window and recite that Father Ted routine about things that are small as opposed to far away…

Wax George Clooney

Here's Wax George, taking time from his busy schedule of being a waxwork at Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam to nonchalantly enjoy a coffee and ignore the fact he's being photobombed by an Albert Heijn supermarket. Wax George is almost indistinguishable from the real Clooney, apart from one vital detail:

Football Managers Who Look Like Dinner Ladies

No 8, Ricardo Gareca, Peru:

The Monday List

Ten Songs That Are Legally Required To Be On Any 'Summer Hits' Compilation CD

Wake Up Boo! - The Boo Radleys
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff
Good Feeling - Flo Rida
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas
Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira

The Monday List

Ten Music Magazines You've Probably Completely Forgotten About

Flexipop
Disco 45
The Word
Hot Metal
Select
International Musician
Fab 208
Raw Power
Number One
Let It Rock

The Monday List

Ten Films Where Characters Fall Through Ice

Still Crazy
Blades of Glory
Damien: Omen II
The Thing
Orca
Little Women
The Dead Zone
King Arthur
The Good Son

Ladyhawke