As the Spoof's foremost reviewer I get to review some cool stuff.
This month I was sent three Lingo language packs: German, Italian and Spanish. I would quite like to have learned Chinese, just to find out what the people in the Chinese Chippy were saying about me. I've never been very good at learning languages though. I even with English struggle. Lingo packs come in three parts. These are:...
The current 250 year licence granted to the USA to use English as its official language is due to expire at the end of January 2011. The licence was originally granted by King George III and intended as a stop-gap till the colony (as it was then) dec...
A bill is sitting on the desk of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer that would make Spanish the official language for Arizona. The law, meant to recognize that the Latino community comprise the majority over the English speaking populus that exist in Arizo...
A Spanish lawyer has urged regional authorities to add the siesta to a list of items deemed to have "special cultural value".
Miguel Don Quixote's application was the latest in a series of attempts to place long-established Spanish customs under t...
Torres Torre-s-mented Utd all afternoon and sent a broadside across the bows of Sir Alex's half-Nelson Victory sinking in the Straights of Scouseland, better known as "Washed up at Anfield near The Mersey"!
Mancunians were jumping overboard whilst...
President Barack Obama met today with Ambassadors from several North, Central, and South American countries. As they were lining up for the lunch buffet, Obama stepped in front of Mexican Ambassador to the United States Jose Luis Lopez Guadalupe de...
The European nation most infamous for injustice, torture and persecution has brought suit against six US Bush administration officials alleged to be involved in torture. The Obama administration has recognized that his predecessor's underlings did em...
In a shock announcement today, Russell Brands' management announced that Brand, aged 78, is not in fact Spanish.
Stunned fans reacted angrily when they heard the news.
As one distraught fan said,"my whole belief system has been shattered, the...
The Spoof film review with the Premierships favourite Max and Paddy look-alike, Liverpool's goatee sporting Spanish Manager, Rafa Benitez.
In a controversial move, the Mexican government has begun hanging "English-Only" signs throughout the country. This measure has angered Mexicans.
Goya who died on April 16, 1828 in Bordeaux France aged 83 was possibly one of the greatest painters the world has seen. When his remains were exhumed for return to Madrid 60 years later, his head was missing.
Recall, if you will, a pan shot - the camera moving slowly and surely across a plate of fancies in a Boston tea shop. The light slants in at an angle, bisecting the angel cakes as the face of Katherine Hepburn looms into view like a Spanish omelette. The camera now zooms in on her mouth as she takes a bite from a mini-roll - the camera, it seems, is moving towards those lips. Now it's insid...
PEQUOT, SD --- In what has been announced as the first of many firings in his school district, Pequot Superintendent of Schools Pat Burn presented Spanish teacher Constanza de la Barca with a notice of termination. Burn announced Pequot High School w...
To Dougie and Freda Duckpond, Benidorm was like a second home. But after spending many happy holidays at the popular Spanish resort, they have now vowed never to return after strange events ruined their stay two months ago.
Happy...