The ginger nut. Who would have thought that this innocent looking morsel could have helped to bring down the greatest empire known to mankind. Gingiber Lamnia was a condition which affected wealthy young men in Rome. The main symptom was a red, itchy patch around the genitals. If untreated it could lead to insanity and possible death. In occupied Gaul the medical condition was openly mocked...
The use of jam in biscuits was nothing new, but Britain after world war two was an austere place. There were shortages of many items and trade union militancy grew. Professional football was no different to any other sector of society. Jimmy Hill, an inside forward with Fulham, was the most militant of footballers. In 1957 he became leader of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA). Hill...
The custard cream was invented by St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). His idea for a custard sandwich came during the Second Custard War which engulfed all of Europe in 1256. Custard was scarce and the price soared. Aquinas saw how the poor often went without custard for weeks on end. There had to be some way to share out the custard resources evenly. Aquinas was a deep thinker. He was known as Doc...
The nursing profession was today in crisis after revelations that biscuit consumption has surpassed "danger" and is now at "crisis" level In a report issued today, it has been revealed that the mean estimated hip size of nurses is now a worrying 6...
In an effort to reach across the isle to the GOP, Obama today agreed to let a congressional committee vet his new Cookie Czar appointee. Today Obama submitted three names for consideration and recommendation, the Keebler Elf, Cookie Monster, and the...
The Government has announced today that it is to hold a Public Inquiry to answer the 'urgent concerns' over Prime Minister Gollum Brown's taste in biscuits. The shock move was announced today by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, who said, "this is clea...
The current financial crisis has left us all turning towards our elected representatives and asking the big question. "Do you dunk your biscuit?" We need to know how our politicians will deal with the economy, Afghanistan, the war on terror, Stephen...
The Prime Minister today dealt with the nation's biggest worry. He revealed what type of biscuits he likes. "I like anything with a bit of chocolate" said the Prime Minister. It has long been suspected that he has sampled Lord Mandelson's chocolate f...
A biscuit has been developed by government scientists that is entirely friction free. The implications of this new biscuit will reach far and wide in offices and work places the world over, wherever people enjoy a coffee/tea and biscuit break. Peo...
A new phenomenon has surfaced in Poland - Britishness. With recession-hit Poles returning to their homeland in droves, many of them find life without Britishness hard to adjust to. So they've taken a piece of old Blighty with them. In their hearts...
Food maker, Bull & Fence is to discontinue a biscuits range for babies which was found to contain Food. The Children's Food Campaign discovered it was among more than 50 products with higher-than-suggested levels of Food. Obesity The Foo...
Viking Re- Enactor Noel Thomas today caused turmoil in the biscuit world by claiming that he and he alone designed "The Garibaldi Biscuit". Oh crumbs.....commented a spokesman from Mc Vities, this will reverberate from the biscuit world right thro...
Gordon Brown planned to ban biscuits from the supermarket shelves of England and Wales before Lehman Brothers collapsed. Papers revealed on Wikipedia this afternoon revealed the PM - egged on by cheeky chef Jamie Oliver - was to defy the Cabinet a...
A recent video stolen from MI5's bugging project of 10 Downing Street, has been leaked on to You Tube showing how Gordon Brown was really chosen by Blair to become his successor. Rumours were rife in 2003 about a secret deal the two may have made...
Conservative Party leader, 'Do Nothing' Dave Cameron today launched a full frontal assault on governmental strategy by declaring to a packed House Of Commons that there would be no need for an alternative Tory Party strategy to Gordon Brown's borrow...
A Baker from Stoke-on-Trent is in hot water this week after giving younger customers his 'tasty air biscuits'. Barry Baker, perhaps destined to work in the trade given his moniker, has been baking treats and delights for his local community for th...
Following Boris Johnson's recent win in the Majoral race for London, a Torquay biscuit maker is re-launching dog biscuits that it originally started making last August.
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