Spice Girls, Boozy Diddy: latest in Brit gossip

Blimey.

June 14, 2010 at 8:02PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Spice Girls c. 1998
Spice Girls c. 1998 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It has to be legitimate, because it spells rumors with a U, which means it's British. The Daily Star quotes Mel C:

I haven't it read it anywhere, thank heavens, so my faith in other news outlets remains intact. In other news from the Star:

I have no idea what that means, but a "MOJO gong" does sound like something you'd give the Led Zep guitarist. A caner, I have now learned from googling, means someone who drinks a great deal. The story concerns Did's 80,000-pound bar tab. he blew a whopping £80,000 in four hours on alcohol, or "Caning Fluid."

So the bar has dancers and bagpipe players sitting around, waiting for someone to buy a 2,100-pound drink? Uh huh. Rush order! All ten pipers on the floor, NOW!

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