There were 224 spoof news stories published in December 2018. A selection of the most popular stories is shown here. You can use the calendar on the right hand side to get news stories from a day in this month.

Funny story: Johnny Carson “Carnak The Magnificent” One Liners

Johnny Carson “Carnak The Magnificent” One Liners

BILLINGSGATE POST: Johnny Carson was the very best. Some of his one liners: "A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou." Reading the contents of the envelope: "Name three things that have yeast." A: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Q: What were some of the earlier forms of Preparation H? A: Shoo-be-doo-be-doo. Q: What do you look for when you're tracking a shoo-be-doo-be? A: Zippo Marx. Q: What do you...

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Funny story: Trump Threatens to "Totally Destroy" Ankara if Turks Attack Kurds

Trump Threatens to "Totally Destroy" Ankara if Turks Attack Kurds

The White House. President Donald Trump today tweeted a threat to Turkey's President Recep Erdogan in the event of a Turkish attack on Kurds in Syria. "I love Recep, but if he unwisely moves militarily against our Kurdish allies, the U.S. will res...

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Funny story: Santa's In Trouble; Caught Singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

Santa's In Trouble; Caught Singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

It's cold INSIDE, too, in many quarters for poor Santa, since some MeToo-ers have declared the song suggestive and deserving of being banned from the airwaves. Many of those who sing it are being relegated to the doghouse. But Santa is defiant, st...

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Funny story: Turner Prize 2018 Dominated By Smartphone Videos

Turner Prize 2018 Dominated By Smartphone Videos

The Turner Prize 2018 has gone to Charlotte Prodger, a 44-year-old Scottish lesbian who filmed herself 'coming out' on her iPhone, but the second and third-placed entries were also videos recorded on phones. Second place went to the Hull-born soci...

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Funny story: Struggling Comic Strikes Gold with Trump

Struggling Comic Strikes Gold with Trump

NYC -- 36 year-old Benjamin Kowalski of Newark, New Jersey, has struggled for more than 15 years to find success telling jokes on-stage. Born into a family of strict orthodox Jews, it was always assumed he was headed for medical or law school. But...

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Funny story: Christmas Sales To Start On Christmas Day

Christmas Sales To Start On Christmas Day

Christmas bargain hunters will not have quite as long to wait for their 'Christmas bargains' this year, after businesses voted overwhelmingly to throw open their doors to customers at 6am on 25 December. The move comes as high-street traders try t...

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Funny story: Upskirty Stick To Be Removed From Stores

Upskirty Stick To Be Removed From Stores

A company that makes smartphone accessories has announced that its 'Upskirty Stick', the newly-designed successor to the 'Selfie Stick', has been pulled from shelves after the government banned the product. O'Sodomy Accessories say the 'Upskirty S...

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Funny story: Man Sucked Inside Hadron Collider

Man Sucked Inside Hadron Collider

There's been a disaster at the site of the Large Hadron Collider facility near Geneva, Switzerland, after a man who was on duty there fell asleep, and was sucked inside the machine. The LHC went live in 2008 to try to accelerate particles in order...

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Funny story: Mate Tea Bag Thrown At President Trump At G20 Summit

Mate Tea Bag Thrown At President Trump At G20 Summit

There was controversy in Buenos Aires this evening, when delegates leaving the G20 Summit were surprised by a protestor who threw a mate tea bag at US President, Donald Trump, hitting him on the forehead. Police moved in, and a woman was led away...

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Funny story: List of Future Top Jobs For the Next Generation Includes Many New Ones Not on List Before

List of Future Top Jobs For the Next Generation Includes Many New Ones Not on List Before

The Naldrett Future Studies Institute of Anchor Bay released their latest report on future jobs. This gives Millennials the chance to plan ahead before spending all their future earnings on college courses. The Institute said that the most jobs w...

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Funny story: Trump Denies Rumors that He Is the Antichrist

Trump Denies Rumors that He Is the Antichrist

"Nonsense," scoffed President Donald Trump in response to widely-circulating rumors that he may be the Antichrist. “Granted, I may be a little abrasive, but I’m not the Antichrist.” “Or Satan,” he clarified. The rumors that Trump could in fact...

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Funny story: Trump Breaks Dow With Premature Chinese Tariff Promise

Trump Breaks Dow With Premature Chinese Tariff Promise

Wall Street, Manhattan President Donald Trump has done it again, as he set a new record for negative tweeting. Because he broadcast a tariff deal as 'done' when it WASN'T done, the fine folks on Wall Street went into panic mode, and the Dow plunged 8...

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Funny story: French Rioters Try To Pull Down Eiffel Tower

French Rioters Try To Pull Down Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris, of France, and of Paris, France, has been the object of an ugly incident during the ongoing riotous actions of a few despicable thugs in the capital today. A crowd of about a thousand Yellow Vest protestors a...

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Funny story: 2019 - The First Time For 100 Years That The Four Digits Have Added Up To 12

2019 - The First Time For 100 Years That The Four Digits Have Added Up To 12

The new year of 2019 is almost upon us, and a group of mathematics boffins are celebrating that it is the first time for a century that the individual digits of the year have added up to 12! This year - 2018 - the four digits added up to 11, and t...

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Funny story: Amazon To Lay Off Staff As Pre-Christmas 'Rush' Doesn't Happen

Amazon To Lay Off Staff As Pre-Christmas 'Rush' Doesn't Happen

Amazon, the online shopping retailer, has said that it is facing being forced to make staff at its distribution centers redundant, as online sales for Christmas have fallen way below expected targets. Sales of goods are 28% down on those in the fi...

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Funny story: God convinces Einstein to repent his sins!

God convinces Einstein to repent his sins!

Einstein, a dedicated atheist, now in heaven, has been forced to review his doubts about The Holy One. In fact, God has demanded that Einstein repent his sins, kiss His feet, and swear that there is a God, otherwise he will be sent 'downstairs'! A...

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Funny story: The Osmonds Christmas Single Out Next Week

The Osmonds Christmas Single Out Next Week

The Osmonds, the flamboyant family pop group from the 1970s, who had scores of hits such as 'Crazy Horses' in 1972, are to release their new Christmas single next week, albeit it a little later than traditional festive releases. The band, which is...

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Funny story: Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Settle Custardy Battle

Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Settle Custardy Battle

Movie stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, whose marriage ended in a split in 2016, have ended their custardy battle in agreement, reports the Spoof. Pitt and Jolie - commonly referred to by fans as 'Brangelina' - have six children aged between 10...

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Funny story: Pogues Christmas Hit 'Fairytale Of New York' Comes Onto LGBT Radar

Pogues Christmas Hit 'Fairytale Of New York' Comes Onto LGBT Radar

Christmas, the time of year when families get together and celebrate, and love and happiness is shared throughout the community, is almost upon us once again, and, to mark this festive season, the LGBT community is demanding that The Pogues song, 'Fa...

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Funny story: Mel Gibson and O.J. Simpson Visit Bill Cosby in Prison

Mel Gibson and O.J. Simpson Visit Bill Cosby in Prison

SCI Phoenix, Pennsylvania Mel Gibson and O.J. Simpson have both visited convicted rapist and one-time comedian Bill Cosby. Spoke Gibson, "I have to admit, I never really liked Bill until all this secret drink stuff came up. And then, when I found...

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Funny story: Kanye West, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin To Throw Benefit Concert for Trump

Kanye West, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin To Throw Benefit Concert for Trump

White Settlement, TX President Trump's strongest supporters in the entertainment world have announced that they will have a benefit concert in support of the president. They will donate 2% of the profits to the Trump Defense Fund they know will be fo...

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Funny story: G20 Summit Hears That Global Warming Is Good News For Marine Animals

G20 Summit Hears That Global Warming Is Good News For Marine Animals

Delegates at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires watched and listened in a hypnotized silence this afternoon, as they were informed by a mystery speaker that, contrary to popular opinion, Global Warming is actually a good thing - for all the creatures tha...

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Funny story: NASA Explains InSight Probe And All Other Space Exploration

NASA Explains InSight Probe And All Other Space Exploration

NASA officials have defended the space agency's InSight probe to discover the interior structure of Mars, after facing pointed criticism, earlier in the week, that the project was an "astronomical waste of money". The landing on the surface of Ma...

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Funny story: Santa May Just Kill Us All

Santa May Just Kill Us All

Paris -- During the latest Paris Climate Accord convention, few countries escaped the scathing criticism of environmentalists seeking to quell the effect fossil fuels are having on Earth's climate, but one continent in particular -- the North Pole --...

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Funny story: Boy Sniffed Bicycle Seat

Boy Sniffed Bicycle Seat

Several people in the Hull area have made verbal statements to the effect that, back in 1976, they witnessed a schoolboy sniffing a bicycle seat. The incident happened at Sydney Smith High School, Anlaby, near Hull, and was seen by numerous 'frien...

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Funny story: Huawei exec Meng Wangzhou flees to Ecuador embassy in Vancouver

Huawei exec Meng Wangzhou flees to Ecuador embassy in Vancouver

Reports indicate President Moreno of Ecuador, sitting at his desk, snapped his pencil on hearing of a new asylum seeker at an Ecuador embassy. He is rumored to have said: "At least she’s rich.” This time it’s Meng Wanzhou, 46, CFO of Chinese te...

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Funny story: Listening Repeatedly To Dominique A, Made Man Speak English With French Accent

Listening Repeatedly To Dominique A, Made Man Speak English With French Accent

An Englishman who listened incessantly to the music of French artist, Dominique A, started to speak English as if he, himself were French - complete with a French accent! Travelling on a Finnair flight back to Manchester in 2012, Moys Kenwood scan...

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Funny story: Two White Guys, a Black Guy, and a White Girl Debuts Monday Night

Two White Guys, a Black Guy, and a White Girl Debuts Monday Night

The NBS network is getting ready to roll out a new sitcom Monday night called "Two White Guys, a Black Guy, and a White Girl." "Two White Guys, a Black Guy, and a White Girl" is about four friends living in the Big City trying to navigate through...

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Funny story: Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Is A Bit Tasty!

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Is A Bit Tasty!

And, before we set off on the wrong foot, this is not some humorous reference to 'authentic Chinese food', just so you know. Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer at Chinese communications giant, Huawei, who is 46 years old, was detained by th...

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Funny story: Medical Association Declares Eggs are Bad, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

Medical Association Declares Eggs are Bad, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

The Association of Super Intelligent Doctors and Scientists has revealed the findings of a 3 billion-dollar, 20-year study. The research concluded that eating eggs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays is bad for the health. The chief of cardiolog...

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Funny story: Man Buys Black-And-White TV Set

Man Buys Black-And-White TV Set

A man who craves the return of 'the good old days', took a step down that path at the weekend, when he bought a black-and-white television set from an old woman who wanted rid of it, for £10. Moys Kenwood, 55, of Hull, is easily old enough to be a...

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Funny story: O2 Network Collapse Causes Chaos

O2 Network Collapse Causes Chaos

Millions of customers were unable to access their mobile data today when the O2 network suddenly stopped working due to "technical problems". The company did not specify what the problems were, but suffice to say that they were technically technic...

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Funny story: Man Watched 'Das Boot', And Felt As If He Were Suffocating

Man Watched 'Das Boot', And Felt As If He Were Suffocating

A man who watched a movie about a World War II submarine and its crew, has revealed how he started to feel claustraphobic, and had trouble breathing, at certain points in the film. Moys Kenwood, 55, purchased a 2-DVD copy of Wolfgang Petersen's cl...

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Funny story: Nashville Man Resolves to Find True Resolve in 2019

Nashville Man Resolves to Find True Resolve in 2019

After a lifetime of hemming, hawing, and beating around all kinds of bushes, Christian Caldwell of Nashville, Tennessee, has resolved to find true resolve by - or at least during - the New Year. “No two ways about it," said Christian, his resolve...

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Funny story: Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley And The Fall's Mark E. Smith To Have A Pint And Form Supergroup

Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley And The Fall's Mark E. Smith To Have A Pint And Form Supergroup

Pete Shelley, the Buzzcocks frontman, is to form a supergroup with Mark E. Smith of The Fall, who died in January. Shelley - real name Peter Campbell McNeish - was 63, and died of a suspected heart attack at his home in Estonia on Thursday. He and...

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Funny story: A celebrity with a heart as big as his bank account (well, almost)

A celebrity with a heart as big as his bank account (well, almost)

Actor Tom Banks, whose net worth is estimated at $350 million, give or take a million, played Santa Claus at an N-n-Out Boogers in Fontana, Californicate, treating his fans to a free lunch. “Order anything you want,” he told his devotees. “Money i...

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Funny story: Russia Is Behind Gatwick Drones

Russia Is Behind Gatwick Drones

The police investigation into the unauthorised drone activity at Gatwick Airport went 'two steps back' today, when a man and a woman arrested on Saturday were released without charge. Russia has emerged as the new suspect. The drone, which was...

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Funny story: Party Time as Makers of Viagra, Chapstick and Sensodyne Toothpaste Combine

Party Time as Makers of Viagra, Chapstick and Sensodyne Toothpaste Combine

"It's a no-brainer. Who wouldn't want to sell all the ingredients for the after-party? Viagra for that long lasting erection, along with Sensodyne for oral health, and Chapstick to moisten those dry, cracked lips. We also do Panadol for the hangover,...

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Funny story: Redskins subvert local laws by becoming a federally recognized Native American tribe

Redskins subvert local laws by becoming a federally recognized Native American tribe

The NFL is finding it increasingly difficult to purge itself of domestic abuse perpetrators after the Redskins became a federally recognized Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian affairs. The current land designated to the Redskins i...

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Funny story: NASA creates a time machine for exploration

NASA creates a time machine for exploration

LOGIC NEWS: NASA has released the first images of data collected from the Spectra 1 and Spectra 2 time rovers sent into the future 3.2 million years from now. Spectra 1 was sent to Mars while Spectra 2 was sent to Earth. The time rovers successfu...

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Funny story: Jamal Khashoggi Officially Forgotten About

Jamal Khashoggi Officially Forgotten About

Jamal Khashoggi, the murdered dissident journalist who was so savagely slain in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, has been officially forgotten about, it can be revealed. Khashoggi, who had only gone to the consulate to get som...

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Funny story: Globus militaris interruptus wreaks tsunami-like havoc in Washington

Globus militaris interruptus wreaks tsunami-like havoc in Washington

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria and drawdown in Afghanistan, has the nation’s capitol in a near state of paralysis. Even FOX News has turned on the President with accusations he is “refounding ISIS.” A hullabaloo of protest ha...

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Funny story: Police Arrest Gatwick Drone Operator

Police Arrest Gatwick Drone Operator

Police at Gatwick Airport have made an arrest in connection with the drone that have grounded 765 flights and caused a shutdown of the facility over the last three days. Timmy Smith, aged 9, was taken to a police station early this morning after...

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Funny story: Retirement-eligible committee of mainly old geezers fondly remembering their glory days yield lower-than-expected College Football Playoff® T.V. ratings

Retirement-eligible committee of mainly old geezers fondly remembering their glory days yield lower-than-expected College Football Playoff® T.V. ratings

(The Unassociated Press) - The interested T.V. audience for the College Football Playoff ®™ dropped significantly from last season, due to a systemic failure by executives to recognize good entertainment value. Data analysis suggests that the win...

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Funny story: Man Has Opened New Pack Of Chocolate Biscuits

Man Has Opened New Pack Of Chocolate Biscuits

News has just reached The Spoof that a man who believes that chocolate biscuits are the best thing since sliced bread - possibly even before that - has opened a brand new 300gram pack of McVitie's Plain Chocolate Digestive biscuits "in the last few d...

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Funny story: God Has Had Enough! It's The End Of The World!

God Has Had Enough! It's The End Of The World!

After further volcanic eruptions at Krakatoa, and Monday's 'unrest' at Mount Etna in Sicily, it's been confirmed that God has had just about as much as he can stand, as has decided to put a stop to it all, with the End of the World. Last week's un...

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Funny story: Bill Cosby Is Santa Claus As Christmas Pantomime Season Gets Going

Bill Cosby Is Santa Claus As Christmas Pantomime Season Gets Going

Former US comedian, Bill Cosby, now incarcerated for between 3 and 10 years for rape, has been getting into the Christmas spirit behind bars, and earlier today visited fellow inmates in their cells, dressed as Santa Claus. As the pantomime season...

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Funny story: President Trump Christmas Album Out Thursday

President Trump Christmas Album Out Thursday

US President Donald Trump has, this morning, revealed in a tweet that he is to break into the music industry "with a purpose" by releasing a Christmas album that is available from Thursday. The album features various Trump speeches recorded over t...

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Funny story: Dark Matter "Needs to Lighten Up" Says Head of CERN

Dark Matter "Needs to Lighten Up" Says Head of CERN

"C'est un travail de merde" said normally mild mannered Monsieur Jacques Trounoir, Head of Operations for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in conversation with The Spoof's European Editor, Plagny Toxique. "We at CERN proved the existence of Higgs bo...

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Funny story: Nazis Sponsoring Nordic Walking Exercise Equipment?

Nazis Sponsoring Nordic Walking Exercise Equipment?

A TV advertisement for a 'Nordic Walking' exercise machine involving several supremely fit-looking individuals whose healthy, energetic and confident demeanor resembled that of some sort of 'Master Race', has attracted the attention of a man in Tapon...

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Funny story: "Baby Jesus Would Adore Globalist Authoritarians"

"Baby Jesus Would Adore Globalist Authoritarians"

VATICAN, ROME - Pope Francis provided a "casual response" to journalists after being asked about "Migrants" and the Border Policy of the United States. Democrats in the US Congress embarked on an "All-Christmas-Long" Media Blitz on how the "Religion...

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Funny story: Santa Claus Hates Mince Pies

Santa Claus Hates Mince Pies

On the eve of the most widely-celebrated Christian festival of the year, the main focal point of the event, Santa Claus, has spoken out about one of the things he hates most about it - mince pies. Parents of young children everywhere have, down th...

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Funny story: Man Read Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 'Cancer Ward', And Began To Feel 'Ropey'

Man Read Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 'Cancer Ward', And Began To Feel 'Ropey'

A man who read a copy of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn classic, 'Cancer Ward', has revealed how, whilst reading the book, he started to feel distinctly unwell. The book, a classic amongst Russian literature, was written in 1966, and was censored by t...

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Funny story: Man Begrudgingly Went To Xmas Party, But Ended Up Being The Life And Soul Of It

Man Begrudgingly Went To Xmas Party, But Ended Up Being The Life And Soul Of It

An office clerk in New York who was not in the right frame of mind to enjoy himself at the firm's annual Christmas party, eventually gave in to the overwhelming pressure of his friends and went along. Ed Reeperbahn, 26, an accountant at Stronk and...

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Funny story: Apes Will Speak English, Say Scientists

Apes Will Speak English, Say Scientists

Apes will soon be able to develop sufficiently to converse with humans, say expert animo-lingusitic experts, and will almost certainly speak English. Members of the ape family have long been known to resemble humans in many other areas, and their...

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Funny story: Curious Entity Defies Any Kind Of Classification

Curious Entity Defies Any Kind Of Classification

An entity that used to be a human male has spoken out about its choice to 'self-alienate', and to escape any kind of classification or categorisation aside from 'it'. The entity, or 'it', has shed its name, thrown away its birth certificate, and d...

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Funny story: Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth Split

Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth Split

Showbiz couple, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, who were only married on Sunday, have already split, and are to divorce early in the New Year, it has been rumored by me, just now. Cyrus, who is a pop star, and Hemsworth, who is an Australian, repo...

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Funny story: Dora The Explorer Accused Of Poor Personal Hygiene

Dora The Explorer Accused Of Poor Personal Hygiene

Children's TV star, Dora the Explorer, is at the center of a huge row this morning, after being criticised by parents about never changing her clothes. Dora, who shot to stardom in 2000, has always worn a pink T-shirt, orange shorts, yellow ankle...

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Funny story: Actor Had His Face Chewed Off By Tiger Before The 9pm TV Watershed

Actor Had His Face Chewed Off By Tiger Before The 9pm TV Watershed

An actor in a TV drama involving a man who sometimes changes into a white tiger, had his face gnawed off last night, despite the fact that, in many countries, this would have been before the 9 o'clock watershed. Thing is, in Cambodia, there are ma...

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Funny story: Galapagos Twitchers In A Flap At FBI Grand Jury Subpoena

Galapagos Twitchers In A Flap At FBI Grand Jury Subpoena

Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - (Agencies, Associated Mess): There are reports this weekend that FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a dozen indigenous Ecuadorian ‘bird watchers’ in the ongoing Rump Golden Showers Witch *unt probe. Pap...

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Funny story: Man's Nose Wouldn't Stop Running

Man's Nose Wouldn't Stop Running

An unexpected change in the weather conditions caught one man unawares this week, and the cold he got caused his nose to run all day long, and at the most inconvenient of times. Moys Kenwood, 55, of Tapon, woke on Friday morning with a runny nose...

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Funny story: Nashville Musician Wonders if He Might Be a Little Self-Centered

Nashville Musician Wonders if He Might Be a Little Self-Centered

Nashville musician Corndog Kramer, front man for the classification-resistant indie band Existential Insomnia, recently wondered if the adulation and praise lavished upon him by the discerning music aficionados who truly get his stuff, together with...

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Funny story: FDA Urges Americans to Keep Health Goals Aspirational

FDA Urges Americans to Keep Health Goals Aspirational

With the New Year and its associated array of resolutions fast approaching, the Food and Drug Administration has urged Americans contemplating losing weight and getting in shape to keep their health and fitness goals aspirational. “People have the...

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Funny story: O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson, Denny McClain, and Pete Rose Start Prisoner Reform Group

O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson, Denny McClain, and Pete Rose Start Prisoner Reform Group

Calling a press conference at the Las Vegas Hilton, four sports stars who spent time in the slammer made an historic announcement--they were going to work to help others like them walk the straight and narrow. "We, we, uh, we just wanta help those...

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Funny story: Sandi Toksvig Is Paid Only 40% Of What Stephen Fry Got For QI, But Is This Too Much?

Sandi Toksvig Is Paid Only 40% Of What Stephen Fry Got For QI, But Is This Too Much?

Sandi Toksvig, the presenter of intellectual TV game show, QI, after taking over from former host, Stephen Fry, has spoken out to an audience, moaning that she is "only paid 40% of what Stephen was getting." The audience, it must be noted, was at...

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Funny story: New "MiB" Film Set to Break Box-office With Cutting-Edge Tech

New "MiB" Film Set to Break Box-office With Cutting-Edge Tech

Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment are banking on a new, controversial technology for their latest film release, Men in Black: International. The much-anticipated fourth installment in the blockbuster franchise features a fresh A-list cast,...

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Funny story: Updated Version of Electronic Ouija Board Fails to Produce Terrifying Ghostly or Demonic Activity

Updated Version of Electronic Ouija Board Fails to Produce Terrifying Ghostly or Demonic Activity

Platteville, WI. KRIMCO's newly released electronic Ouija Board failed to impress a local resident who purchased the device with the sincerest hope that using it would cause frightening spiritual events to occur. With everything he had learned...

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Funny story: Catholic Priest Was "Only Joking" About Boy's Suicide

Catholic Priest Was "Only Joking" About Boy's Suicide

A Catholic priest who shot his big, fat, stupid mouth off at a boy's funeral, about how suicide will anger God and prevent a dead person's soul from entering heaven, has said he was only joking. Father Don LaQuesta (not real name, but nearly) was...

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Funny story: Melania Trump Faces Indictment on Witchcraft

Melania Trump Faces Indictment on Witchcraft

WASHINGTON DC - Representatives for the FBI have announced that First Lady Melania Trump may be implicated on capital crimes related to Witchcraft and Russian Collusion in the 2016 US Presidential Election. Although a large number of law enforcem...

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Funny story: 2019 To Be Much The Same As 2018

2019 To Be Much The Same As 2018

The New Year, 2019, is likely to be very much the same as its direct predecessor, 2018, it's been claimed by analysts who have been studying 'the signs'. Contrary to popular belief, goes the claim, one period of time is no more likely to be any be...

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Funny story: Lakers' LeBron James will Return to Cavaliers

Lakers' LeBron James will Return to Cavaliers

Staples Center, Los Angeles. Magic Johnson, head of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers, has reportedly reached a secret deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers sending NBA superstar LeBron James back to Cleveland before the end of the current...

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Funny story: Prosecutors look the other way in Seagull case

Prosecutors look the other way in Seagull case

La La Land—Prosecutors in La La Land (aka Los Angeles) announced that martial arts expert and occasional “actor” Steven Seagull will not be prosecuted for a 2002 sexual assault he (allegedly) committed against a former model. According to the mode...

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Funny story: Football: Big Match Preview

Football: Big Match Preview

With the League title looking like it will be the most open it has been for a long, long time, two of the top contenders meet up this weekend in what is sure to be a crunching battle between fierce rivals who still have several scores to settle. B...

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Funny story: British publications high on their own intestinal gases blur the news

British publications high on their own intestinal gases blur the news

It is a known but largely secret fact that many people enjoy sampling their own intestinal gases when in convenient circumstances. Not surprising, this aspect of humanity has led to academic studies. Professor Federico Schmellini, Harvard Unive...

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Funny story: Trump bromance with Putin hits the skids

Trump bromance with Putin hits the skids

In Argentina for the annual G-20 conference, Mr. Trump is reported avoiding Mr. Putin after cancelling any official meeting between them. Analysts probing this response remind that in the 2016 campaign Mr. Trump had been enthusiastic about Mr. Put...

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Funny story: Last Night's TV: Make Me a Dealer

Last Night's TV: Make Me a Dealer

Popular daytime telly favourite, Make Me a Dealer, returns to our screens this week. The show, hosted by amiable host Mart Paulin, pits two aspiring drug dealers against each other. The two contestants, Dwayne Trutter a former football hooligan and D...

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Funny story: Game Of Thrones Leaks Will Infuriate Producers

Game Of Thrones Leaks Will Infuriate Producers

Fans of HBO drama, Game Of Thrones, have been frantically sweeping the pages of satirical news website, TheSpoof.com, this morning, after it was revealed that details of the final GOT series, which will be shown on Sky Atlantic in April 2019, had bee...

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Funny story: President Trump - Homeland Security Has Uncovered Mexican Invasion Plan

President Trump - Homeland Security Has Uncovered Mexican Invasion Plan

US Homeland Security has uncovered what it says is a plot to invade US territory by its neighbor, Mexico, and is taking "appropriate action" to thwart this. The 'evidence' has been provided from two sources: the first, from a captured Mexican sold...

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Funny story: University students keeping the world safe from comedy

University students keeping the world safe from comedy

Students at Columbia University pulled the plug on SNL comedian Nimesh Patel in the middle of his set, after organizers deemed his jokes racist and homophobic. The comedian reportedly joked about a gay, black man he knew, saying that being gay canno...

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Funny story: CIA Advises Bombing of Saudis Over Khashoggi Death

CIA Advises Bombing of Saudis Over Khashoggi Death

WASHINGTON DC - Members of the US Congress are receiving a large number of reports from the CIA with information related to the death of Jamal Khashoggi. Senators with special access to these briefings say the evidence is very compelling. Nearly ever...

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Funny story: Pope Francis To Guest On Jay Z Album

Pope Francis To Guest On Jay Z Album

It has been revealed that Pope Francis is to make an appearance on hip hop maestro Jay Z’s new album. Whilst the rapper is known for his willingness to experiment musically, teaming up with the Pontiff would come as a major shock to his millions of f...

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Funny story: Raiders May Move to Hawaii, Play in Volcano

Raiders May Move to Hawaii, Play in Volcano

With a nod to his late father, Al Davis, son Mark, owner of the Oakland Raiders, is negotiating a deal with Honolulu business and sports interests, that involves moving the Raiders from Oakland to Hawaii next season. That would leave Las Vegas, where...

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Funny story: Bombshell: Trump Is Done. He's Finished. It's Over.

Bombshell: Trump Is Done. He's Finished. It's Over.

In a bombshell report first issued just days after the 2016 election and re-emerging today, it looks like Donald J. Trump's presidency is coming to an end. "I've been saying it for two years straight," said several news pundits who have been predi...

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Funny story: World leaders going incognito with disguise and voice modification in foreign countries

World leaders going incognito with disguise and voice modification in foreign countries

Nervous over developments in the past few days regarding Mr. Trump’s sanctions, world leaders are taking unusual steps to avoid arrest when traveling abroad. Leading the way, Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada has recently traveled to Hong Kong, whe...

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Funny story: New Huggable "Vlad The Impaler" Doll To Be Sold In Stores Soon

New Huggable "Vlad The Impaler" Doll To Be Sold In Stores Soon

Are you lonely? Do you need something to hug at night in order to make you feel safe, warm, and cozy? Are teddy bears just not cutting it anymore? IMPALED recently announced that it will soon be releasing a new huggable "Vlad the Impaler" doll.

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Funny story: Are Coincidences Just a Coincidence, Déjà Vu or Imaginary?

Are Coincidences Just a Coincidence, Déjà Vu or Imaginary?

You've had the experience. You're on a train en route to a meeting at your office in Liverpool and you're attempting The Observer Everyman crossword but one clue is giving you a problem. You work through it again and just one thing fits - "Port Sunli...

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Funny story: Rodeo Folk Do The Right Thing

Rodeo Folk Do The Right Thing

Succumbing to pressure from a community which has grown tired of the exploitation and abuse of animals, the Russian River Rodeo Association has voted 315 to 3 to replace their traditional affair this year with a "Virtual Rodeo." Using mechanical...

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Funny story: Serial Killer Solves Cold Case

Serial Killer Solves Cold Case

Chester, PA. (WTFM) -- Early this morning, while digging a shallow grave intended to be the final resting place for his latest victim, serial killer Derek Flatt uncovered a shallow grave containing a victim of serial killer, Justin Crabwell. Crabwe...

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Funny story: New York Man Credits Antidepressants with Saving His Life (or at Least Possibly Helping a Little)

New York Man Credits Antidepressants with Saving His Life (or at Least Possibly Helping a Little)

Rich Jones of New York City credits anti-depressant medications with saving his life, or at least, possibly helping a little. "Instead of total despair, i now just feel generally blah," reported Rich. "For that, I have these drugs to thank.” R...

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Funny story: Football Gossip: Hibs, Arsenal "Hippy Crack", Tevez, Mourinho?

Football Gossip: Hibs, Arsenal "Hippy Crack", Tevez, Mourinho?

Hibernian defender Ryan Porteous has denied that head coach Neil Lennon has lost the dressing-room after a run of seven games without a win. Said Porteous "I can categorically confirm that it was still there after morning training". Arsenal player...

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Funny story: Used Condom Found In Christmas Cracker

Used Condom Found In Christmas Cracker

There was a less-than-festive surprise in store for one man and his girlfriend on Christmas Day, when they pulled a cracker, and out popped a condom - that had already been used! Mick Warble and his fiancé, Donna Jackson, had opened their presents...

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Funny story: Gambling in Las Vegas or on our knees in the transept. Nuns just wanna have fun!

Gambling in Las Vegas or on our knees in the transept. Nuns just wanna have fun!

Two naughty nuns have been spotted gambling in Las Vegas on slot machines and Blackjack tables with money they slipped into their wimples. When asked by their boss, a Papal rep, where in "heaven's name" (get it?) did they get the money from and wh...

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Funny story: Football Gossip: Brendan Rodgers "I was halfway home", Larne FC "Champions League", Mourinho Team Building

Football Gossip: Brendan Rodgers "I was halfway home", Larne FC "Champions League", Mourinho Team Building

Constantly bitching Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho says his team is "far" from being built in his own image as he prepares to face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. The United supremo told The Spoof "My team does not sulk, they are not negative,...

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Funny story: Giftmas: Making the Holidays Great Again!

Giftmas: Making the Holidays Great Again!

Christmas is only a few short days away. People are scrambling around buying those last-second gifts for any loved one they worry might feel scorned if the pile of presents underneath the tree doesn’t feature a tag with their name on it hanging from...

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Funny story: Modern-Day Scrooge: "Enjoy Your Last Christmas, Suckers!"

Modern-Day Scrooge: "Enjoy Your Last Christmas, Suckers!"

BOSTON, MA, CHRISTMAS DAY -- Archibald C. Reilly III, born to a wealthy North Carolina family of tobacco barons in 1932, has spent his eighty-six years on this Earth with the single-minded purpose of accruing a vast amount of wealth. Through a long s...

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Funny story: George H W Bush - Best CIA Asset in White House

George H W Bush - Best CIA Asset in White House

WASHINGTON DC - With the passing of George H W Bush on November 30th, thousands took time to remember the man he was, and to be thankful for many of the things which he had done. In fact, his accomplishments were so profound that many of the most pow...

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Funny story: Drone Stole Boy's Homework

Drone Stole Boy's Homework

Police are investigating an incident in which a student from a local school alleged that, whilst he was busy doing his homework on Monday night, a drone came through his open bedroom window, and stole the book from under his nose! The incident hap...

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Funny story: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama kick off 2020 campaign with Shakespeare on Broadway

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama kick off 2020 campaign with Shakespeare on Broadway

Now starring in major roles for Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra, Ms. Clinton and Mr. Obama have already started in with the 2020 presidential election. The performance is bringing widespread global attention, especially due to several "steamy...

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Funny story: Queen's Christmas Speech To Have Subtitles For The First Time

Queen's Christmas Speech To Have Subtitles For The First Time

The Queen's Christmas message to her subjects, traditionally broadcast on Christmas Day, will this year benefit from subtitles, in order to provide clarity for more of Britain's ethnic population. The subtitles will be in Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati a...

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Funny story: President Trump Given Grilling During Kids' Xmas Phone-in

President Trump Given Grilling During Kids' Xmas Phone-in

US President Donald Trump got more than he bargained for this morning, when a Christmas Day phone-in with young children didn't exactly go according to plan. Trump and his wife, Melania, were sat in easy chairs in the State Dining Room at the Whit...

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Funny story: A Professor Suffers Collapse— Submission Rejection Delirium

A Professor Suffers Collapse— Submission Rejection Delirium

Two ER physicians at Gabbert General Hospital in Gabbert, Arizona, huddled over the patient still strapped to a gurney. The white male, approximately Medicare age, had been brought in by ambulance just a few minutes earlier. He was unkempt and clearly in a distressed state. There were no signs of injury or trauma, and his vital signs were good, except for somewhat elevated BP. He had no ID, but he...

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