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<i>Sideswipe:</i> Tuesday

Ana Samways
By Ana Samways,
Sideswipe - ana.samways@nzherald.co.nz·
4 Feb, 2008 04:00 PM3 mins to read

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KEY POINTS:

Have you lost a camera with this picture? In early January Richard Adams found a digital camera at Hot Water Beach in the Coromandel. "We're pretty sure the camera might belong to the guy in the back left of the shot, or maybe his partner," he says. href="mailto:ana.samways@nzherald.co.nz">Email Sideswipe with details of the make and model to get the camera back.

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The very best one-hit wonders:
Los Del Rio - Macarena (1996)
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (1990)
Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out? (2000)
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy (1991)
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (1982)
Nena - 99 Luftballons (1984)
The Knack - My Sharona (1979)
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1982)
New Radicals - You Get What You Give (1999)
4 Non Blondes - What's Up (1993)
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares to you (1990)
Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You
The Cardigans - Lovefool (1996)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1982)
Europe - The Final Countdown (1986)
Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (1999)
Aqua - Barbie Girl (1997)
EMF - Unbelievable (1991)
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (1997)
Falco - Rock me Amadeus (1985)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (1997)
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (1979)
OMC - How Bizarre (1996)
Lipps, Inc - Funkytown (1980)
A-ha - Take on me (1985)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (1984)
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the heart (1990)
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1976)
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974)
Toni Basil - Mickey (1982)
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (1979)
Afroman - Because I Got High (2001)
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag (2000)
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (1998).
(Source: oddee.com).

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To the two cops who ticketed the driver of the yellow Lamborghini in Mission Bay on Friday night for parking in a disabled park - thank you, says Mike.

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Professional misconduct: A New York dentist, George Trusty, was sued after a drill bit snapped and lodged near a patient's eye, allegedly because he was dancing to the song Car Wash on the radio while tending to the patient. Also, an Illinois eye doctor's assistant, Joseph Vernell jnr, was sued after a patient complained that, in a dark room "exam", Vernell was detected licking her toes (but then explaining that he was actually "checking [her] sugar level". (Source: News of the Weird).

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Over-anxious brides-to-be want their bridesmaids to sign contracts promising not to put on weight or get pregnant before the big day. More than one in five women planning their wedding would ask their maid-of-honour to sign a written bridal "pre-nuptial agreement", a survey found. Almost 48 per cent said they would sack a bridesmaid who did not abide by the contract. The survey, commissioned by You & Your Wedding magazine, asked more than a thousand women which clauses they would like to see in a contract. Favourite answers included not putting on weight, not falling pregnant intentionally and not changing a hairstyle before the wedding day.

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Today's Webpick: Simon and Wendy and Mike and Hilary will be caking on a darker shade of foundation for their return to the prime time news bulletin... why can't they try The Swing News.. Watch it here. Scroll down.

These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.

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