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To PMQs now, where what qualifies as a joke in the House of Commons wouldn’t always pass muster as being very funny in actual real life. But Keir Starmer’s A++ takedown of the absent Farage, holidaying in the south of France despite Parliament going into recess this Friday, it even had Farage’s Reform UK colleagues […]
Donald Trump has reportedly been left “deeply disappointed” after discovering that the US military’s new ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system is not, in fact, made of actual gold.
You presumably don’t have to like Eamonn Holmes to wish him a speedy recovery after he fell off his chair on live TV on Wednesday. It made for quite a spectacular bit of TV, not because of what happened to Holmes – well, not entirely – but because of the reaction of the guest and […]
This exchange of messages went wildly viral after it was shared by Amber Says over on Facebook. It’s an anonymous guy who had a particular (and particularly grim) request of a masseuse and got entirely the response he deserved. 1. 2. 3. 4. Beautifully done. And here are just a few of the many, many […]
A new vaccine offering protection against gonorrhoea has been met with an uncharacteristic silence from the usual crowd of Facebook virologists and wellness podcasters, sparking suspicions that even conspiracy theorists draw the line at giving up their Friday night Tinder marathons.
There’s a corner of Reddit called ‘oddly accurate insults’ which, as the name suggests, is devoted to takedowns ‘that are way too specific’. Alas it is no more, and we can think of no better reason to round up 17 of our very favourite bitingly specific and fabulously entertaining takedowns from its vaults. 1. ‘Everything […]
A 46-year-old Florida man (we know!) became a real-life Two Ronnies joke when things spiralli-ed out of control on the road. Florida man arrested after ‘throwing pasta with sauce’ amid road rage incident https://t.co/kJritm1LRs pic.twitter.com/wLIhBPZsL0 — The Independent (@Independent) April 30, 2024 Nolan Goins threw the food out of the passenger window of his vehicle […]
Neutral football fans across the country are coming to terms with a Europa League final in which they face a lose-lose scenario. With widely despised Manchester United taking on the broadly loathed Tottenham Hotspur in tonight’s Europa League final, fans across the country are facing the realisation that one of them will be rewarded for
We didn’t think we’d find ourselves writing about US defence secretary Pete Hegseth’s socks today but each day brings a new challenge, right? And we mention them because they were highlighted by the always followable menswear writer and all-round Twitter sensation, @dieworkwear, who suggested they were inappropriate for a man of his office. This is […]
Jimmy Fallon has, for several years, been teaming up with Kevin Bacon to produce a segment on The Tonight Show, called First Drafts of Rock. Some of their popular re-drafts have included Lola by The Kinks, Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty and Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash. The premise is […]
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