Yesterday, we showed you some of the search terms that people have used to find our website but, as is often the case, no sooner had we posted that piece, someone discovered our website in a new, and not entirely unalarming way.  Someone in the Netherlands (thus...

Hi, Marc here.  Hope you’re having a great Sunday, I know I am.  Now.  But I wasn’t earlier on.  Because this morning, while I was fast asleep at 04:48, the 7 Reasons team received a tweet.  I know this because my head vibrated.  It turns out that my...

You’d be forgiven for missing this news, but yesterday the Cornish Pasty was awarded protected status by the European Commission. Or at least the term ‘Cornish Pasty’ has. It now means that a Cornish Pasty can only be called a Cornish Pasty if it has...

The World Cup final.  Perhaps the ultimate sporting event.  It was such a let down though.  Can we have Sunday night back?   7 Reasons That The World Cup Final Was A...

What is it about the name Paul? Half the world becomes convinced that an octopus is psychic and half of Paul Gascoigne thinks that a murderer wants to do a spot of fishing. Rather worryingly, that was his sane half. We need to return to normality and thankfully this is...

1.  Gerd Muller. German World Cup Winner in 1974. He looked like a girl.2.  Mario Kempes. Argentine World Cup Winner in 1978. He looked like a girl who didn’t care. She probably had hairy armpits too.3.  Bruno Conti. Italian World Cup Winner in 1982. He...

1.  Un-likeability.  Almost every successful World Cup team contains at least one thoroughly un-likeable character: Maradona, Rudi Voller, Gerd Muller and Marco Materazzi are all World Cup winners and in their squad the Netherlands have diving, whinging, sour-faced...

1.  Be unique.  No one has an orange front door.  Have you ever seen one?  No, nobody has.  Having an orange front door would mark you out as an individual – like wearing a pointy-hat or carrying a piano-accordion, but less embarrassing. 2.  Annoy the...