Sophia, a junior at the University of Verona, had run out of money due to inflation caused by the Punic Wars, and, in desperation, had accepted a lucrative offer from Julius Caesar and his wife Calpurnia, which required Sophia to be a surrogate mothe…
The young first-year philosophy professor faced a common end-of-the-term dilemma in an introductory course: one two-hour session left but four hours of ideas that had not been presented yet. Moreover, he was losing his voice. The raspy sound w…
Travis and his wife enjoyed sitting by the hearth on cold winter evenings, warmed by the burning logs. They especially liked the heat from the embers after the fire itself had extinguished and the hot coals glowed on. The problem was that the glow di…
Despite the recent bitterly cold spell in Ireland, unlike most sensible people, Pegeen Na Squarehole insisted on going out without gloves on, as well as washing her hands in cold water, without applying moisturiser afterwards. As a result of all…
Today the winners of the Worst Pun Headlines were announced. The prize is a new one, and will be given out annually by the editors of the Chaffinch St Cock Gazette, a weekly newspaper in Chaffinch St Cock. The winner will receive nothing except th...
Shirley Temple Black, who was the most popular child movie star of all time lifted a filmgoing nation's spirits during the Depression and then grew up to be a diplomat, has died. She was 85. It was a complete shock that we all learned today that s...
Five greedy people were injured - one seriously - in a massive pile of cash on the M62 near Manchester. Dozens of motorists stopped near an overhead bridge as huge bags of money were dropped onto the motorway. Drivers and their passengers were...
Electoral Roll - Packed lunch at the polling station Egg Nog - Noggin The Nog's chicken keeper Crumhorn - Musical cream cake Profiterole - Actor's salary Omelette - Short meditation mantra Letter - Renter of rooms Yorkshire Pudding - Geoff Boycott Reg Varney - Manto's brother Rhode Island Red - New England communist Nudism - Dism updated Francophile - Spanish Civil Wa...
Keith Richards, a guitarist with The Rolling Stones, now aged sixty-six has finally admitted that he has been working for the Israeli secret service since 1961. He had been recruited whilst at Sidcup Technical College when an Israeli classmate realis...
Princeton President Paul Purdue possibly pilfered prized papers from Pentwhistle Parsonage in Philadelphia. Policeman Perry Pines postulated the pilfering possibly pre-dated prolonged parties and pantyraids with Pittsburgh Penguins President Peter P...
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