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Funny story: 2017: The Mushroom Age Is Here! - World Media Promise You News Yet To Happen

2017: The Mushroom Age Is Here! - World Media Promise You News Yet To Happen

Today the world's media gathered, all seven elderly Caucasian men, to discuss headline news which "will happen" in 2017. The seven, representing 98.3% of the planets mainstream news' outlets, met at Chappaqua, New York in a palatial summer resid...

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Funny story: Trump's 'OOMPA LOOMPA' Tweet Causes Mass Hysteria - Opinion Divided

Trump's 'OOMPA LOOMPA' Tweet Causes Mass Hysteria - Opinion Divided

Donald Trump caused a global media frenzy over his latest tweet, "OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPETY DOO", leading to Martial Law being declared in eighty countries overnight. With DEFCON II about to be formally declared, mass civil unrest and hysteria seems...

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Funny story: Editorial: Restore the First Amendment to the Founders' Intent

Editorial: Restore the First Amendment to the Founders' Intent

(Editor's note: This article is in response to recent concerns about the Second Amendment, and should be interpreted as part of a wider debate, especially on gun control. This article was passed along from a deep thinker who uses a pseudonym. -- Edit...

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Funny story: Twitter Fury After Man Calls Leonard Nimoy One Trick Pony. Which He Was. There, I Said It.

Twitter Fury After Man Calls Leonard Nimoy One Trick Pony. Which He Was. There, I Said It.

Fans of Star Wars actor Leonard Nimoy who was buried in Los Angeles in a small, private funeral on Sunday are said to be enraged after one man dared to call the actor "a one trick pony". Nimoy, 83, who died on Friday of chronic obstructive pulmon...

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Funny story: Ebola Virus Can Be Transmitted Through Internet Warns Hospital Worker

Ebola Virus Can Be Transmitted Through Internet Warns Hospital Worker

Public health officials have acknowledged the possibility that anyone could contract Ebola just by surfing the web; widening the possibility that anyone even just reading this article has probably contracted the killer disease. According to "Chubb...

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Funny story: NFL Teams Eye Proactive Name Changes to Stay Ahead of the Game

NFL Teams Eye Proactive Name Changes to Stay Ahead of the Game

Executives emerged from an emergency owners meeting of the National Football League, determined to stay ahead of the pressure to adopt politically correct names, which is non-existent, except where hyped by the media. Some teams are more under th...

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Funny story: Paula Deen Frees Her Slaves And Asks For Forgiveness

Paula Deen Frees Her Slaves And Asks For Forgiveness

Paula Deen is on the comeback trail and has asked the public to forgive her for the racist comments that decimated her career last year. "Listen ya'all, I know I came across as a bit of a racist last year, what with all the bad publicity and what...

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Funny story: Kardashian Flour Bombing Another Publicity Stunt

Kardashian Flour Bombing Another Publicity Stunt

If it's been more than a day without Kim Kardashian in the headlines, it must be time for another publicity stunt. The actress/model/whateveryoucallher was on a fabricated red carpet event for a European launch of her new perfume, when a female atte...

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Funny story: Hurricane Irene embarrassed by all this attention

Hurricane Irene embarrassed by all this attention

NEW YORK, NY--Tropical storm Irene, formally known as Category 1 Hurricane Irene, took time to address reporters in-between rain showers today, saying that she felt the attention given to her was largely unwarranted, citing her largely manageable...

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Funny story: Is It The End of The World Or Just Media Hype?

Is It The End of The World Or Just Media Hype?

When a major Los Angeles freeway was scheduled to be closed for an entire weekend the media labeled the event, "car-mageddon". As in, the end of the world … for L.A. drivers. As usual, the end of the world, at least in L.A., as hyped by the media, did not occur. What would media reporting be for the end of the world scenarios in other daily life situations? How about Armageddon related news re...

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Funny story: Football Match "Not a Classic" despite efforts of media

Football Match "Not a Classic" despite efforts of media

Despite an extensive and prolonged media effort, last nights top of the table clash turned out to be a slightly underwhelming nil-nil draw, of the type that makes well adjusted football fans shrug philosophically and Alan Green explode in self-righte...

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Funny story: Football world in shock as manager takes somewhat one sided view about decision directly affecting his team.

Football world in shock as manager takes somewhat one sided view about decision directly affecting his team.

The world of football was stunned last night when, tired, stressed and under pressure, a football manger made a slightly one-eyed and ill-judged comment. Bill McBain, who had just seen his team lose two points in a crucial relegation battle follow...

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Funny story: Song: "@TheMedia"

Song: "@TheMedia"

Another song, Mr/Ms reader. How about a rant? Everyone does a rant-y song. "@TheMedia" FUCK! Nothing makes sense, Ain't gonna think about it, All these events, Are reported so wierdly, it just confuses me, Builds things up, Break them down, Fooling the uneducated, Twisting those who aren't, The news is what you make it, You make it wrong, Blood-thirsty, Libelous, Mosquitoes...

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Funny story: Tiger Woods Spotted Drifting on Giant Iceberg

Tiger Woods Spotted Drifting on Giant Iceberg

PERTH, Australia - Tiger Woods is perched atop a massive iceberg more than twice the size of New York's Manhattan island and is now drifting slowly toward Australia, scientists announced on Wednesday. The golf phenomenon cleaved himself from the p...

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Funny story: Dr. Conrad Murray Takes Near-Lethal Dose of Propofol

Dr. Conrad Murray Takes Near-Lethal Dose of Propofol

HOUSTON, TX - Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, self-administered the powerful anesthetic propofol in an amount that nearly killed him today, said a source close to the investigation of the singer's death. The Texas-based ca...

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Funny story: Circle of Fear Nearly Complete, Say News Media

Circle of Fear Nearly Complete, Say News Media

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With an estimated 95% of Americans receiving swine flu case count updates at least once every five minutes, the US Government and news media have declared their circle of fear to be nearly complete. "Just a few more days, and we...

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Funny story: Famous person dies, family "devastated"

Famous person dies, family "devastated"

Today we can sensationally reveal that the family of a famous dead person are devastated at their passing. After literally hours of extensive research (mostly conducted in the business lounge at London's Heathrow Airport waiting for the next service...

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