This week's best spoof stories
There have been a number of very good spoof articles this week, several of which you would almost think were real news stories ...
The News Thump website this week said a new survey found that everyone thinks austerity is absolutely necessary unless it affects me personally.
They also said that the new Mission Impossible film will feature Tom Cruise escaping from the Church of Scientology, the first of a number of spoof stories which seem remarkably similar to actual or rumoured events.
Rival spoof site The Daily Mash had a story about how the tube strike backfired as commuters steal train keys and drive themselves.
The followed up by suggesting that "Andy Burnham" is actually a composite designed by a Labour committee, and that Britain's next Labour Prime minister (in several decade's time) has just celebrated his 10th birthday.
But their Piece de Resistance concerns a gift from Greece designed to improve relations with the Eurozone through the present of an enormous wooden horse.
The story continues that having been
"left outside the European Central Bank in the dead of night, the horse has now been moved into the ECB’s central lobby where it is proudly on display.
A gift tag attached to the horse, which is surprisingly light for its size and has small holes along the length of its body, suggested that it should be placed in the bank’s vaults overnight to avoid it being targeted by thieves."
The one slight problem with this joke is that the ECB isn't the sort of bank which has vaults you can steal things from, but nevertheless ...
The News Thump website this week said a new survey found that everyone thinks austerity is absolutely necessary unless it affects me personally.
They also said that the new Mission Impossible film will feature Tom Cruise escaping from the Church of Scientology, the first of a number of spoof stories which seem remarkably similar to actual or rumoured events.
Rival spoof site The Daily Mash had a story about how the tube strike backfired as commuters steal train keys and drive themselves.
The followed up by suggesting that "Andy Burnham" is actually a composite designed by a Labour committee, and that Britain's next Labour Prime minister (in several decade's time) has just celebrated his 10th birthday.
But their Piece de Resistance concerns a gift from Greece designed to improve relations with the Eurozone through the present of an enormous wooden horse.
The story continues that having been
"left outside the European Central Bank in the dead of night, the horse has now been moved into the ECB’s central lobby where it is proudly on display.
A gift tag attached to the horse, which is surprisingly light for its size and has small holes along the length of its body, suggested that it should be placed in the bank’s vaults overnight to avoid it being targeted by thieves."
The one slight problem with this joke is that the ECB isn't the sort of bank which has vaults you can steal things from, but nevertheless ...
Comments
“Basically, working a train is not that hard and if I was getting fifty grand a year to do it I’d probably keep my head down, perhaps even do cockney-style sing-a-longs over the PA to keep everyone sweet."
brilliant :)