A sock belonging to an internationally famous footballer has been sold on an internet auction site for a staggering £776. What is strikingly out of the ordinary about the sock, is that it isn't actually a sock which the player in question wore in a b...
Gavin McCloud, famed Harvard researcher and author of the internationally acclaimed study Leaders Tie Their Shoes, has out done himself once again by proving that the difference between the world's worst dictators and those who are not dictators is...
Most Britons were agitated today as they learned that the Bank of England issued a new fifty-pound note. In the height of the worst recession in history the government decided that this would be a great idea to unify Britons and prepare for the 201...
London Fashion Week has had its socks blown off by socks.
"They're the must have accessory this winter," said fashionista, Gok Wan. "It's what all the fashionably warm people will be wearing."
After last winter's fashion of flip flops saw two d...
Proposed new European Union regulations could see an increased police presence in some of the great tourist centres.
The new law enforcement officials will be tasked with monitoring the footwear of visitors and residents alike and issuing on-the-s...
An unsuspecting ex-pat taking his periodic 'Anglotherapy' leave was seriously conned by a large sports chain recently.
The man told spoof reporters that one of the only reasons he even thinks of going back to the UK is to stock up on cheap socks a...
People close to Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs, reluctantly admitted that Giggsy is a socks addict, and urged him to seek treatment as a matter of urgency, before his addiction finally gets the better of him.
Although never aired publicly...
HOLLYWOOD - The fans of Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato can hardly wait to see The Vampire Diaries episode that the two singing sensations have just finished filming with the shows stars Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder.
Gomez and Lovato were asked by...
Noddy Holder, former frontman with Bilston based international supergroup, Slade today reacted angrily at what he called Prince William's appalling choice of Royal Wedding hosiery.
"Them was just plain black!" Noddy Holder fumed. "What a blinkin'...
UK baked bean producers are reportedly "ecstatic" about an unprecedented surge in popularity in France and are taking steps to dramatically increase the production figures for the humble haricot in tomato sauce. In a tin.
The French have a history...
News just in - There's been an astonishing twist of events just off the Bembridge shoreline as spectacularly large shoals of baked beans began amassing just yards out to sea.
Crowds of local children - many wearing odd socks - who were initially l...
Markets around the world are panicking after it emerged that a group of speculators had cornered the world's sock futures.
Prices of socks dropped like a stone when the FTSE opened this morning after a late flurry of selling in eastern markets. Wa...
It was reported that, earlier today that animal rights activists and emergency personnel were rushed to the home of 'singing sensation' Justin Bieber.
Apparently, Justin was removing his socks in the manner of any teenage 'singing sensation' by fl...
Magnificent Liverpudlian Psychic with the distinguished (and full bodied) head of hair, Derek Acorah, was pictured leaving his home in Southport today wearing odd socks.
Acorah's aide, Eric D'Accord, laughed off the whole incident.
"Derek is tr...
BLACKBURN, West Lothian, Scotland - Susan Boyle, one of the towns most famous citizens recently met with a reporter for The Tickety Boo News and spoke about her career.
She stated that it has been a fairy tale story but with some emotional, physical, mental, and even geographical roller coaster ups and downs.
SuBo, as everyone except for Louis Walsh and Britney Spears, calls her, stated that...
Whilst it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest that the UK doesn't half go through some strange fads and fashions, none surprised analysts more than the recent mania for all things sock and jumper related.
That was strange.
However, things appea...
Papers recently discovered in France suggest that Napoleon might have invaded Russia successfully if his army had better sock supplies.
The Corsican general famously said that an army marches on its stomach, but these papers prove he believed the...
BURBANK - Castle Rock Pictures based in Burbank, California has announced that they have just finished production on the new Durango Grundyweather motion picture set in 1950s Santa Monica titled Sock Party.
The film deals with teen girl parties of...