Culture International

Paris Movie Walks

Paris Movie Walks: A Guide for People Who Couldn’t Afford the Actual Film Set Our man in a beret, Reginald Fotheringay-Smythe, has strapped on his sensible shoes and waddled through every park, boulevard, and existentially depressing side street in the French capital — all in the noble pursuit of identifying where Hollywood pretended Paris was Paris, when Paris was actually New Jersey. What Are Paris Movie Walks, and Why Do…

Culture Current Absurdities

Peak District National Park

Peak District: England’s Favourite Muddy Argument Between Sheffield and Manchester BAKEWELL — The Peak District National Park, England’s first and arguably most argumentative national park, celebrated its 73rd birthday this year by continuing to be simultaneously adored by 13 million annual visitors, underfunded by successive governments, and caught in an eternal territorial dispute between Yorkshire folk who believe it belongs to them and Mancunians who have already built a tram…

News Royals

Monarchy Quietly Googles “How To Look Normal”

Britain Arrests Former Prince Andrew, Monarchy Quietly Googles “How To Look Normal” Five Observations About An Institution Attempting Casual Behaviour Under Extraordinary Circumstances The royal family has perfected dignity except when trying to define “normal.” Google’s autocomplete now understands constitutional crisis better than most historians. Palace aides discovered normal people own only one front gate and zero clarinet fanfares. The monarchy’s greatest challenge is pretending Thursdays are routine. Britain collectively…

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Prince Andrew Fans

Prince Andrew Fans Say He Is Being Punished For The Crime Of Knowing People In The 90s Five Observations About The 1990s Being Called As A Character Witness Britain has entered the first legal case where nostalgia itself may be called to testify. The 1990s officially promoted from decade to co-defendant. Every acquaintance from before Wi-Fi suddenly requires a character reference. People who still own a fax machine are nervously…

Political

Journey Time Determined By Personal Grievances

Londoners Discover Journey Time Determined Primarily By Personal Grievances Transport Analysts Confirm Emotional Positioning Governs London Travel Transport analysts have concluded travel across London is governed less by infrastructure and more by emotional positioning, with residents making routing decisions based on deeply held beliefs rather than anything resembling geographical logic. A comprehensive study tracked 2,000 commuters and found the average route is 38% longer than necessary due to principles, ideology, and what…

America International Locations News

TOP SECRET: U.S. Military Operations

Leaked War Plans Reveal U.S. Strategy: “Confuse the IRGC With a WWII Museum Exhibit” WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what defense officials are describing as “the most historically immersive military deception since Hollywood convinced people Matthew McConaughey could pilot a spaceship,” leaked planning documents suggest the United States is preparing a daring strategy to deal with the widely dispersed units of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The solution, according to the…

Bad Taste Culture News

Khamenei Hell’s Orientation

EXCLUSIVE: Hell Confirms Khamenei Has Arrived — Ticket Number 6,666,667, Massive Queue, No VIP Lane HELL’S LOWER MANAGEMENT (Special Correspondent) — In what underworld officials are calling “the most straightforward intake we’ve had since Saddam,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei touched down in Hell early Saturday morning, approximately forty-seven seconds after a joint US-Israeli airstrike reduced his Tehran compound to rubble and his legacy to a Wikipedia past tense. Sources close to the…

International News

Hell Has Been Preparing Khamenei’s Room Since 1989

Afterlife Officials Say Hell Has Been Preparing Khamenei’s Room Since 1989 Dateline: Infernal Facilities Department, Seventh Circle — Eternal Realm Officials at Hell’s Department of Long-Term Planning confirmed Thursday that a room assigned to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been under quiet preparation since 1989, the year he first rose to supreme leadership in Iran. According to internal memos from the Infernal Facilities Department, the accommodation had been listed for decades…

Culture Current Absurdities Political

Starmer Demands Justice Be Swift

Starmer Demands Justice Be Swift, Agile, and Visible, Accidentally Invents New Olympic Event for Prosecutors Prime Minister Unveils Revolutionary Justice System That Now Requires Lycra Keir Starmer, speaking with the sort of commanding urgency typically reserved for announcing the final biscuit at a Cabinet meeting, told Parliament this week that the justice system must be “swift, agile, and visible” — a phrase that has since been formally registered with the…

Political

Situation Described As “Fluid”

Situation Described As “Fluid,” Mostly Meaning Nobody Knows Officials Perfect Art of Sounding Informed Whilst Being Clueless Government spokespersons have deployed their most reliable euphemism for “we haven’t got a clue,” describing the current crisis as “fluid” in seventeen separate briefings across three different departments. The term, which has become the go-to phrase when facts prove inconveniently unavailable, allows officials to sound authoritative whilst conveying absolutely nothing of substance. Developing…