OPINION (Daily Mirror)
IT turns up every four years like an uninvited Canadian relative with a maple-leafed rucksack and a grave halitosis problem, and it’s equally excruciating. I’m talking about Forced Footy Fever Fortnight (FFFF).

Screwdrivers used to floss teeth - study
More than 60 percent of Britons use items such as screwdrivers, scissors and earrings to remove food from between their teeth, according to a survey on Friday.

The perfect man (Salon.com)
Design-your-own boyfriends lack that certain something. Until they don’t. A short story.

Dentists get to root of bad breath problem
Got mints? Dentists say that a pack of your favorite breath freshener won’t cure a hefty case of halitosis, a fancy term for bad breath.

Business diary (Daily Telegraph)
Malcolm Wall, the 6ft 5in former chief operating officer of United Business Media, is to return to the boxing ring after 28 years. The 49-year-old NTL content chief is to fight in a charity boxing match on June 9 at York Hall, Bethnal Green hosted by the Real Fight Club.

Military rules too harsh for dating (Aberdeen American News)
Dear Annie: I am a retired naval officer. Two weeks ago, my 16-year-old daughter had a date with a young man I had never met. My wife, a teacher at the school, said he was a good kid.

Fernando to hand out breath fresheners in hygiene drive
FROM body odor to bad breath. After distributing deodorants to public transport drivers on Thursday, the Metro Manila Development Authority on Friday announced that it would start giving them breath fresheners.

Are your vices foiling your finances? (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
We do the math on three personal indulgences: alcohol, cigarettes and coffee. You may be surprised at how much you can save by sacrificing one or more of them.

Dental Stress (donga.com)
For many patients whose gum disease worsens abruptly, the cause is often stress.

What tale shall serve them (Guardian Unlimited)
I feel as though I’ve opened a book whose cover features a scantily clad Kate Moss, only to discover a scholarly analysis of post-structuralism in which Moss features as a footnote on page 197. Britain’s Power Elites is luridly clad in yellow, red and black, and the publisher promises: “The order that governed Britain is dead - this book reveals our new rulers.”