A top university is giving its students the opportunity to learn how to write satirical stories in an effort to improve the quality of spoof writing on the internet.
In a recent online survey by the comedy spoofing website, the BBC, over 75% of t...
It arrived yesterday addressed to the people of Boston, a huge card from the people of Sendai, Japan. Despite the devastation of the recent tsunami and the tremendous loss of life and resources, thousands of the senders expressed their sorrow for Red...
London - My source Hydrogen Balloon, after 20 pints of ale, confided to me why he writes. It is because every time he tells a joke, people groan. This irritates HB, and that is why he decided to tell no more jokes. This caused a pent up need to pu...
London - Ellis Ian Fields, my source, dials lifelines. Ellis started doing this when he noticed that "dials lifelines" is an anagram for his name "Ellis Ian Fields".
"What the heck. I figured I'd give it a try. I started calling life-lines, t...
If you thought vegans were insane (and let's be honest, they are), you won't believe the new craze which is taking California by storm.
Vegetarians refuse to eat meat, the most tasty food on the planet. Vegans refuse to eat any animal products like milk and honey, and live solely off plants. But now there is a group which refuses to eat any living thing at all.
They're formally called lithiv...
Canada - RCMP announced at a press conference today that Lady Godiva was found incoherent and ill-dressed (her usual condition) in a snow bank. Doctors confirmed that she had been "avidly goaded", which is very strange, since this is an anagram of h...
The sporting world was in a state of bemused shock last night after the shock announcement that Great Britain are refusing to participate in the 2012 London Olympics.
Speaking for the team, a spokesperson said, "Some of the chaps on the committee...
Washington DC - My source, a.k.a. Bill, in the IRS, jubilant over the averted government shutdown, revealed to me after five Black Russians, that the IRS will start taxing Americans on the 'beneficial' radiation that they are subjected too as a resul...
CCN (Crazy Cal News) Washington - Last night, President Obama announced to the public that he had prevented the government shutdown.
""The American people have been told the agreement contains both historic and painful cuts. Yes, some of the cu...
I do not know much about politics at all but recently I've read many Spoof articles referring to The Tea Party.
I Googled this term and below is my interpretation of that what I read.
I hope my article helps other non-political writers and readers to better understand politics.
The Tea Party is an American movement, which is generally recognized as conserving librarians and has sponso...
The U.S. House of Representatives removed Weenie Waggers from the endangered species list in a late night session on Friday. The measure introduced by the Tea Party caucus of the GOP received a unanimous vote of the Tea Party members.
Speaking fo...
Viewers of the BBC's popular Saturday morning cooking show Saturday Kitchen clogged the station's phone lines today with complaints and praise.
Today's edition was shortened to make way for the annual blanket coverage of the Grand National race me...
With now at least 20,000 people claiming their phones were hacked by News of the World journalists, it is becoming clear that Solicitors representing 'victims' are going to have a field day.
Clients attracted by no win no fee offers are joining a...
As Rupert Murdoch's News International admits liability for the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, a local man claims to have been a victim and is seeking compensation.
News International admits there were at least eight victims of the hacki...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has compared attacks on the alternative vote with opposition to female suffrage.
The British electorate will go to the polls on May 5 for a referendum on whether to change from the current first-past-the-post syste...
Victoria 'Posh' Beckham is suing the News Of The World for "insulting and disrespectful behaviour".
The former Spice Girl and husband of England football superstar David Beckham is furious that she was not considered important enough by the tabloi...
Research has established a definite link between excessive alcohol consumption and stupid behaviour.
A Europe-wide survey in the British Medical Journal found that increased drinking led to 3 out of 10 men and 2 out of 10 women posing with funny h...
The Wayne Rooney roller coaster goes on.
In a week when he let loose a foul mouthed tirade at the cameras after completing a hat trick against West Ham that saw him receive a 2 match ban and lose a megabucks contract with Coke, the controversial S...
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth will be celebrating her 85th birthday on April 21. Reports coming out of Buckingham Palace state that when Prince Philip asked his wife what she wanted for her birthday she replied for him to surprise her.
At first Philip figured that he would buy her a brand new yacht, but then he realized that she had not used the one he bought for her back in 1995.
He then thought...
Flat Stanley, adored by school children and teachers alike, left the Betty Ford clinic last month after entering around Christmas of 2010. When he entered rehab, he was sullen and pale. Not to mention high as a kite and cussing out the nurses. After a month long bender of crack and tequila, friends checked him into rehab. He looks like his perky old self now, and I was able to sit down with hi...
The much documented rivalry between English football giants, Manchester United and Liverpool plumbed new depths today, following the announcement that Stevie Gerrard is likely to be out for the rest of the season.
It looks pretty much like it's go...
My three young girls have just finished eating my patented "MacaDaddy and Cheese." They are all lying on the living room floor, emerging from a lactose-coma. Here's the recipe:
Cook and drain 1 box Ronzoni Smart Taste elbows.
Add 1 stick butter, 1 cup 2% milk.
--Heat until burned and smoking.
--Curse loudly.
--Throw out burned food, f--ked up pot.
Cook and drain a second box of Ronzon...
I don't know why everyone is so against fondue. Simply stated, croutons are much better after being dunked into molten cheese.
I remember my mom and dad had a fondue party once. My dad spent some time showing off the new Chrysler Cordoba, and then mom lit the Sterno cans under the earthenware pots. I even got to dip a cherry in chocolate.
Then, some of the neighbors came over and everyone...