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Funny story: Bono announces intention to be the next Pope

Bono announces intention to be the next Pope

Following the announcement that Pope Benedict the XVI will step down on the 28th of February Bono the lead singer of the band U2 has said that he would like to be the next Bishop of Rome. Popes are elected by a conclave of cardinals under the age...

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Funny story: Brooks facing questions over horse meat

Brooks facing questions over horse meat

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to be questioned by the police over allegations that she disposed of a former police horse that she borrowed in some beef burgers. The Horse which was ridden by David Cameron while in the...

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Funny story: Trump: I have new evidence in JonBenet Ramsey case.

Trump: I have new evidence in JonBenet Ramsey case.

Donald Trump today made an astonishing claim today that President Barack Obama was behind the murder of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey in 1991. Trump who has spent most of the last five years attempting to prove that Obama was born in Kenya sa...

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Funny story: Housemate found in Beefburger

Housemate found in Beefburger

Shoppers in England and Ireland today were shocked to discover that Beefburgers stocked by many of the leading supermarkets have been found to contain meat from former 'Big Brother' housemate Jade Goody. DNA testing by the Irish Food Standard Agen...

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Funny story: France start military action against Mail

France start military action against Mail

France have today started to deploy troops against The Mail group of newspapers. The French President François Hollande released a statement this morning: "We have deployed troops to finally deal with the menace of 'The Mail'. For over a hundred year...

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Funny story: Kate Moss to sue Kate Winslet

Kate Moss to sue Kate Winslet

The model Kate Moss is to sue the actress Kate Winslet after the 'Titanic' star followed her husband in placing a copy write on her new legal name Kate Rocknroll. Winslet married the Virgin Galactic boss who is a nephew of Sir Richard Branson just...

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Funny story: Captive breeding centre to open in Ashford, Kent

Captive breeding centre to open in Ashford, Kent

In a first for medical science the Deputy Prime Minister will today open a captive breeding centre in Ashford. The centre will provide a habitat for lonely Liberal Democrat voters and hope to produce the next generation of Lib Dem voters. "I'm ve...

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Funny story: Pay to Stay plan for British Jails

Pay to Stay plan for British Jails

Back in the 1850's Charles Dickens wrote an editorial about a man who had been wrongly arrested for robbery. The real criminal was arrested and later convicted, he served 5 years in Prison. The man who was wrongly arrested spent 40 years in jail. The...

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Funny story: Entwhistle to Marry Miranda

Entwhistle to Marry Miranda

Disgraced former BBC Director General George Entwhistle has announced that he is to marry the BBC's top paid star Miranda Hart. It was during Entwhistle's brief tenure as Director General that Miranda signed a new contract believed to be £14m over th...

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Funny story: Papers suggest closer Savile Thatcher link

Papers suggest closer Savile Thatcher link

Papers released under the 30 year act seem to suggest a closer link between entertainer Jimmy Savile and then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. During the period in 1982 when Thatcher's son Mark was missing Thatcher had regular meetings with Jimmy...

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Funny story: Ted Neugent to tour Kindergartens

Ted Neugent to tour Kindergartens

Veteran rocker and mainstay of the NRA is to tour Kindergartens around the US in an effort to familiarize pre-schoolers with automatic weapons. "Kids need to know about heavy weapons." He told 'Imus in the Morning' "It is every American's birthri...

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Funny story: Emin makes art work for Middleton

Emin makes art work for Middleton

Former Turner Prize nominee and artistic turncoat Tracy Emin has been commissioned to produce a new piece of work by Royal hanger on and professional shopper Pippa Middleton. The work will another neon piece in the style of Bruce Nauman and will...

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Funny story: Queen attends Cabinet Meeting at Parliament

Queen attends Cabinet Meeting at Parliament

The Queen today attended cabinet where she sat between David Cameron and William Hague. During the meeting there was a discussion on Afghanistan as well as a vote that resulted in everyone giving The Queen three cheers. One extraordinary piece of...

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Funny story: Monkey spotted shopping in Ikea

Monkey spotted shopping in Ikea

A small monkey wearing a sheepskin coat was spotted shopping in a branch of Ikea in Toronto. Shoppers were surprised and shocked by the sight. "It was just a small monkey. I thought at first it was a little person in a mask." Mario Tomlin said. '...

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Funny story: 'Big Brother' plan angers Clegg

'Big Brother' plan angers Clegg

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is outraged by Tory plans to force him to compete on 'Celebrity Big Bother' early next year in a plan to raise the profile of the coalition government. The move follows the success of right leaning Tory Nadine D...

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Funny story: Putin and Obama discuss Mayan Prophecy

Putin and Obama discuss Mayan Prophecy

Details of the first phone convocation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama since the recent US election have emerged. The pair spoke about Syria and the opposing view that they hold on what President Assad is do...

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Funny story: Fix it man kidnapped and forced to fix things

Fix it man kidnapped and forced to fix things

A handyman from California who went missing six months ago has told police that he was taken hostage and forced to do odd jobs around a large house. Gordon Bucket said that after being hired to fix a leaking tap at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hi...

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