Spoof news stories from Friday 26 March 2004

WMD gags - A hit!

The sequence of jokes that G W Bush made on Wednesday about not being able to find WMD has generally caused hilarity and major yucks.

Angry Republicans Say Nothing Worth Hearing

After the horror of the 9-11 attacks and the consecutive carpet bombing of Afghanistan and Iraq, it seemed as though it would take nothing short of an atom splitter to get our attention. Then, along came Richard Clarke who dropped a bomb so loud tha...

Surprise Swedish Find: Smoking Cure for Alzheimer's

Stockholm, Sweden-The latest news from the Swedish Institute of Health reveals a surprising new find in geriatrics. Smokers are 86% less likely to suffer fro...

Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston; Courtney Love Honored With Lifetime Achievement Awards

Green Bay, WI The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay Wisconsin may seem like a strange venue to be handing out awards to celebrities, howeve...

Political Correctness - can it really be applied to Ginger people?

Midgets. Dwarves. Shortarses. Umpa-Lumpas. These types of terms are not politically correct. Munchkins - there, another one. Vertically challenged people recently won a ruling to have themselves referred to as 'little people' and its wrong to...

FSA and FOS disbanded

Gordon Brown has decided to sack everyone at the Financial Services Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service because he thinks they've gone soft on him. He believes that there are too many companies and advisers selling investments and this...

Cruise & Cruz Split - Cruise on cruise

Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz have split up it is reported. Their three year relationship is said to have finished at the end of January and is believed to have been amicable.

Nobel Prize Shared between Great Peacemaker Leaders

Sweden 09:00 26 March 2004 In the spirit of Alfred Nobel's foundation and the famous Peace Prize created by the inventor of nitroglycerine e...

Bobby Brown Released.....again

DEDHAM, Mass. - Singer Bobby Brown was released from the county jail Thursday after spending a night behind bars for failing to pay $63,500 in child support. Brown was released after the Norfolk Probate and Family Court received the money. Bobby comm...

Report: 65% of NBA Players Pass Gas During Games

San Diego - The University of California San Diego Scripps Research Center released a report today which states that 65% of NBA players pass gas during games. "Over the course of the past two years we conducted a study that included the viewing of t...