Funny story - Paul the Psychic Octopus' Tentacles Insured for $1 million each

Paul the Psychic Octopus' Tentacles Insured for $1 million each

Anonymous businessmen from Spain have taken out a professional insurance policy on each one of Paul, the Psychic Octopus' tentacles to the tune of $8 million total to ensure that no harm comes to them before the World Cup Final Match on Sunday. Al...

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Funny story - VAR To Sort Out If England 1966 World Cup Goal Was In Or Not

VAR To Sort Out If England 1966 World Cup Goal Was In Or Not

VAR, the Video Assistant Referee, which has proved so successful in helping on-field officials reach correct decisions in football matches all over the world, is to be used to determine whether or not the ball had crossed the line in England's 1966 W...

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Funny story - Stanley Cup Bigger than World Cup, Contends NHL; FIFA Protests

Stanley Cup Bigger than World Cup, Contends NHL; FIFA Protests

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada -- The National Hockey League, which is apparently unaware that Canada is not part of the United States, or vice versa, today presented indisputable evidence from a study in the making for the last three months show...

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Funny story - The old saying goes: Back to the roots!

The old saying goes: Back to the roots!

LONDON, England – (Satire News) – This is exactly what English football needs now. Although the national team is ranked 5th in the International Football Association's ranking list, it did not play well in the World Cup. Who is behind these words…

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Funny story - Four North Korean Soccer Team Players Missing, More to Follow

Four North Korean Soccer Team Players Missing, More to Follow

Four players on the North Korean Soccer Team have gone missing. They were unaccounted for on Friday when they failed to show up for practice. Rumors are swirling that the missing team members have defected and are seeking political asylum in the...

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Funny story - Vuvuzela Found Stuck Up Man's Arse

Vuvuzela Found Stuck Up Man's Arse

Medical staff have told how a man was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital this morning with a vuvuzela protruding out of his arse. The local man, who had been blowing his 'horn' at the South Africa v. Uruguay game, had, apparently, been attacked b...

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Funny story - Mbappé Will Get a Mpuppy After World Cup Loss

Mbappé Will Get a Mpuppy After World Cup Loss

Quatar - Football superstar and Gold Boot Award, Mbappe, told the world's media that he was getting a 'Mpuppy' to help him get over the devastating loss to Argentina. "As soon as I get back to France, I'm getting a Mpuppy," told Mbappe in his pres…

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Funny story - Bring It On Say Cock-A-Hoop England Fans

Bring It On Say Cock-A-Hoop England Fans

English rugby and indeed the entire country has gone mental over its side's win in Paris last night.

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Funny story - Vuvuzela Stuck In Man's Arse Man May Never Walk Again

Vuvuzela Stuck In Man's Arse Man May Never Walk Again

The man who last week was taken to a Johannesburg hospital with a vuvuzela sticking out of his arse, has been said by doctors to be 'out of danger', but may never walk again, it's been reported. The South African man had the instrument shoved up h...

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Funny story - Belgian Team Eliminated For Too Many Men In the Shower At World Cup

Belgian Team Eliminated For Too Many Men In the Shower At World Cup

World Cup Breaking News Spoof - Vegas was taking bets on which team would be eliminated first at the World Cup for violating regional laws, many pegging France or the Italians. But very few had put a wager on tiny Belgium being the first team elim…

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Funny story - The World's Noise Experts Claim That The Sound of The World Cup Vuvuzela Is Worse Than Water Boarding

The World's Noise Experts Claim That The Sound of The World Cup Vuvuzela Is Worse Than Water Boarding

TOKYO - Dr. Choofi Hirocheeto, one of the world's foremost experts on noise, has commented in several publications including the highly prestigious Hey What The Hell Was That Noise Illustrated Monthly, that the sound of the African trumpets known as...

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Funny story - Jimmy Savile Implicated In Nigeria World Cup Match-fixing Scandal

Jimmy Savile Implicated In Nigeria World Cup Match-fixing Scandal

World football's governing body, FIFA, are this morning following a new line of enquiry into the Nigeria World Cup match-fixing scandal by interviewing the pioneering former Radio 1 DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile OBE. Savile, real name Sir James...

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Funny story - Paris Hilton Questioned by Police after Cup Match

Paris Hilton Questioned by Police after Cup Match

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Rooters) - Paris Hilton was arrested after a World Cup match in South Africa Friday after police spotted an unexplainable bulge in the area of her bra, making her appear to have 3 breasts. Hilton and her friend Jenni...

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Funny story - Victoria Beckham Takes Herself Out of 'World Cup' Competition with Breast Reduction!

Victoria Beckham Takes Herself Out of 'World Cup' Competition with Breast Reduction!

Victoria Beckham, the former Posh Spice Girl, is busy trying to establish a new image as a Flat Chested Business Woman in order to gain credibility with her "Brains over Boobs" campaign. The incredible inflating Posh, once described as a barely a...

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Funny story - Dutch ban all "octopussies" because Paul predicts a Spanish win

Dutch ban all "octopussies" because Paul predicts a Spanish win

In a final desperate attempt to tip the scales in Holland's favour all "octopussies" have been banned out of the country. Dutch aquariums and zoos have been ordered to either turn them into calamaries, chop their tentacles off or extradite them.

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Funny story - Vuvuzela horns to be banned - South African World Cup

Vuvuzela horns to be banned - South African World Cup

The 'angry bee' sound of the traditional south African Vuvuzela horn is said to be driving visiting fans, players and even the referee to distraction. One English fan said "What's wrong with these people. I can't hear myself think. Where's the che...

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Funny story - Heskey is an Algerian Mafia Spy!

Heskey is an Algerian Mafia Spy!

Sensational news has just been revealed, in that Emile Heskey, the man that many did not want to travel with the England squad to the World Cup Finals, is in the pay of the Algerian mafia. Although generally classed as a donkey when it comes to fo...

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Funny story - Justin Bieber, Cheryl Cole, and Lady Gaga To Perform at The Halftime of The World Cup Soccer Game Between North Korea and The Ivory Coast

Justin Bieber, Cheryl Cole, and Lady Gaga To Perform at The Halftime of The World Cup Soccer Game Between North Korea and The Ivory Coast

LOS ANGELES - Justin Bieber was having lunch at a local Jack-in-The-Box when he received a text message from his manager. He was informing him that the president of North Korea Kim Jong Il had just offered him 10 million Wons [$698,913 U.S.] to p...

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Funny story - England v Germany - Oz Out Of Auf Wiedersehen Pet Says "Smash The Erics!"

England v Germany - Oz Out Of Auf Wiedersehen Pet Says "Smash The Erics!"

As Skoob News continues to plumb the depths of old comedy staples stereotyping our Germanic brothers ahead of Sunday's vital World Cup last sixteen clash with Germany in Bloemfontein, our reporter came across a motley crew of expats who worked in Dus...

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Funny story - Darth Vader Lands World Cup Stadium Announcer Job

Darth Vader Lands World Cup Stadium Announcer Job

Listen carefully when Greece take on Argentina next Tuesday at the Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane. As well as the relentless drone of the Vuvuzelas, a familiar voice can be heard as substitutes' details are called out, the attendance is announced an...

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