A friend told me about a week or so before we left that he couldn't quite believe it was actually happening and weren't we concerned about racism.
I recall frowning with genuine confusion. It wasn't as though John had ever been one to over-dramatise, that always fell to his wife, Lucy, and even as we had this conversation, she was frantically talking to her mother, advising her where the 'Meni...
On Burns Night, 2012, the BBC broadcast to English viewers and listeners, Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, reading poems by Robert Burns.
Few will forget the chilling threat that followed this attack. 'Ah will continue tae reid th' poems ay Rabbie Burns at ye sassenachs,' vowed a visibly crazed Mr Salmond, 'until Scootlund achieves independence. Indeed,' he added, with wild eyes bulging...
Edinburgh - Police are probing reports that some very fishy-sounding people have taken over the Scottish government and are preparing to open the country's first embassy in a souped-up former aquarium at London Bridge.
Fishmongers Hall is the SNP...
What if the Thirteen Colonies had been unsuccessful in their attempts (almost 250 years ago) to gain their independence from Mother England? How different would our world be today?
Down the Rabbit Hole, Part One
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"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Howard Cosell coming to you live from Redcoat Soldier Field in Chicago, New Liverpool. I'm joined by my good friend, Dandy Don...
The city of Liverpool today erected a 400 ft wall around its borders announcing it no longer wanted to be counted as part of England but to be a country all by itself.
The people of Liverpool are now believed to be tying the coast of there city t...
In the far North Of England near Hadrian's wall,in the land of the Geordie's known as Geordieland a new political party has sprung up The Geordieland Nationalist Party. Most Geordie's have been voting Labour for years, but many are now considering an...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of England, and Vice President Joseph Biden of the United States, have finally agreed to publicly apologize to the other for The Boston Tea Party party of 1773 which was actually a party after all.
Historians have been...
A startling discovery that is sure to shake the world was revealed this last week from an unlikely source. Washington DC resident Mary Littlegirl has come forward and told TheSpoof.com reporters how at fifteen years of age she had a "fling" with then...
Welcome to the No Spin Zone!...
George Bush and Dick Cheney issued a long statement today declaring their independence from the people of the United States of America.
Just to refresh your memory, since this first document hasn't been read in years, here is the Bill of Rights:...
HOLLYWOOD (AP Newsliar) -- George W. Bush has been cast in a lead role in "Independence Day 2: Mission Accomplished", the sequel to the 1996 blockbuster by 20th Century Fox.
At a public meeting in his East Midlands constituency, Narcissistic Personality Disorder sufferer Robert Kilroy-Silk explained to his fan why he is quitting the UK Independence Party.
In a shock announcement this morning, the major of Bristol, councillor Cray De-Walsh, declared he would lead the partition to separate Bristol from the United Kingdom, and thereby instigate "the birth of a new super state in the South West."
"We have been in talking with the E.U. and an announcement is pending when my secretary gets it typed up."...
Independence Air, the nation's newest discount airline, has revealed ambitious plans to expand and offer flights to "places you never thought you'd want to go".
Rupert Murdoch, the world's greatest garbage recycler, today announced that he is to buy The United Kingdom Independence Party. At the moment, UKIP is seen as little more than a focal point for scapegoat-seekers and an alternative to The Ulster Unio...
Carlisle, PA--In a speech here yesterday evening President Bush outlined his plan for Iraqi financial independence in just five easy steps.