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Funny story: Yellen Resigns as Treasury Secretary: Fauci Named as Successor

Yellen Resigns as Treasury Secretary: Fauci Named as Successor

The White House, in a shocking development, announced that Janet Yellen has resigned as Treasury Secretary effective July 1. Her replacement will be Dr. Anthony Fauci who will also continue as Chief Medical Advisor to the President. The pr…

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Funny story: Government tackles cost of living crisis

Government tackles cost of living crisis

Today's Queen's speech was delivered to Parliament by Queen Charles. In it she laid out the government's policies for the next year. Top of the list was the Conservatives' plan to help solve the cost of living crisis. In the last year inflation ha…

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Funny story: Rees-Mogg made Brexit minister - promises to drag UK economy into 19th century

Rees-Mogg made Brexit minister - promises to drag UK economy into 19th century

In a desperate attempt to distract attention from his failures, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed top-hatted Victorian gentleman Jacob Rees-Mogg as Brexit Minister. The news comes in the same week that the government's own figures reveal…

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Funny story: Fed Chief Powell Testifies He Was Told by His Wife that Prices are Going Up, Causing Markets to Drop

Fed Chief Powell Testifies He Was Told by His Wife that Prices are Going Up, Causing Markets to Drop

Washington - The stocks market suffered a huge setback on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, in his monthly report to Congress, shared the news that his wife and kids had told him at dinner one night recently that prices for every…

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Funny story: Man Forced To Economize After Further Salary Cut

Man Forced To Economize After Further Salary Cut

A man who, only weeks ago, was told that he would be receiving his full salary again after an earlier pay cut, has been told to brace himself once more, as a 50% reduction in remuneration will come into force from Monday. Five days before Christma…

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Funny story: Coronavirus On Recovery: "Over My Dead Body!"

Coronavirus On Recovery: "Over My Dead Body!"

As the world slowly but surely tries to get its act together with the roll-out of various COVID-19 vaccine programs, and governments start planning for economic recovery and a return to normal life, the Coronavirus itself has reacted to these effort…

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Funny story: Man Is On Economy Drive

Man Is On Economy Drive

A man who had been experiencing severe financial difficulties before he eventually returned to work six weeks ago, has continued to exercise the spending constraints he imposed during the lockdown, claiming it is good practice for the future. Moys…

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Funny story: Corner Shop Is Now Shut

Corner Shop Is Now Shut

It's not the first business to suffer from the finger of fate during the Coronavirus Lockdown, and it certainly won't be the last, but a shop at the corner of two streets in one man's neighbourhood appears to have closed down at some stage recently -…

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Funny story: 50% off meals will reinvigorate hospitality sector - but lardy lockdown bingers fear meals will simply be half size

50% off meals will reinvigorate hospitality sector - but lardy lockdown bingers fear meals will simply be half size

The government's post-Coronavirus strategy will support ailing restaurants and tackle the lockdown binging obesity crisis by providing half a meal, at full price, for fatties. ‘This government isn’t going to sit on its arse, we’ve got an appetit…

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Funny story: Sammy Hagar Pisses Off a Lot of Real Singers

Sammy Hagar Pisses Off a Lot of Real Singers

BISON SPIT, Montana – Former singer, Sammy Hagar, who is 72-going-on-92, has just made what is being considered by many to be the most idiotic, stupid remark regarding the Coronavirus pandemic yet. The Memphis Post-Haste newspaper wrote that even...

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Funny story: Warren Puffit: "Dow at All-Time High by Election Day"

Warren Puffit: "Dow at All-Time High by Election Day"

In a rare interview, financier Warren Puffit told Spoof On Business: "We may be in a recession, and the stock market may have fallen nearly forty percent, but it is a certainty that the Dow Industrials will hit an all-time high before election day in…

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Funny story: Trump Assures Americans that They’ll Be Able to Return to Their Crappy Low-Paying Jobs without Health Insurance Soon

Trump Assures Americans that They’ll Be Able to Return to Their Crappy Low-Paying Jobs without Health Insurance Soon

With the end of the national COVID-19 lockdown in sight, United States President Donald Trump reassured Americans currently unemployed as a result of coronavirus-related business shutdowns that they will be able to return to their crappy, low-paying...

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Funny story: 'Scream Out Of Your Window In Frustration' Event To Go Ahead

'Scream Out Of Your Window In Frustration' Event To Go Ahead

A worldwide event that had initially aroused opposition from various governments due to concerns about noise, has been given the all-clear, and will go ahead, as scheduled, on Saturday at 8pm, wherever you are. The 'Scream Out Of Your Window In Fr...

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Funny story: Slacker Struggles to Pretend COVID-19 Has Negatively Affected Him

Slacker Struggles to Pretend COVID-19 Has Negatively Affected Him

In the midst of the financial downturn as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, Sam Josephson of Brooklyn, New York, who admitted to being somewhat of a "slacker," has struggled to maintain the façade that the coronavirus crisis has negatively affected...

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Funny story: Wilbur Ross Has Lost His Marbles

Wilbur Ross Has Lost His Marbles

The US commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, has been speaking on television and appears, very much, to have lost his marbles. Interestingly, the top of his head looks a bit like a marble. Mr Ross, talking to Fox Business News, commented that the de...

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Funny story: Nashville Realtor Finds Online Dating More of a Seller's Market

Nashville Realtor Finds Online Dating More of a Seller's Market

Single for over three years, real estate agent Mike Fordham of Nashville, Tennessee, dipped his toe into the world of online dating, only to find it to be more of a seller's market. "What these women are asking is out of control," sad Fordham. "I'...

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Funny story: Trump's Fourth Of July Celebrations To Be "Astronomically Expensive"

Trump's Fourth Of July Celebrations To Be "Astronomically Expensive"

The annual fourth of July celebrations, commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776, have always been celebrated on its anniversary, and this year will be no different. One major difference this year, howeve...

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