Funny/Strange News Stories

[UKMikey]

A horse goes into a bar. BBC.

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Original punchline: ...and the barman says "why the long face?", or "porquoi le visage longue?"

Luckily it turned out to be neigh problem.

 

[Touring Mars]

A horse goes into a bar. BBC.

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Original punchline: ...and the barman says "why the long face?", or "porquoi le visage longue?"

Fortunately it wasn't in there furlong.

 

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Police twig to driver branching off trunk road

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[UKMikey]

Police twig to driver branching off trunk road

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I was going to make another stupid pun but I think I'll bough out for the time being. Leave it!

 

[UKMikey]

Pakistani ice cream seller discovers he's an ex-billionaire after hundreds and thousands of rupees are laundered via his bank account, authorities find his flaky protestations of innocence to be wafer-thin.

OK, I made that last bit up as his illiteracy proved his innocence but it's a stone cold mystery what happened to the money. At any rate his career is now on ice due to his unwanted fame.

 

[baldgye]

At any rate his career is now on ice due to his unwanted fame.

Fame can be a rocky road

 

[TenEightyOne]

Fleshy Feely Frenchy Fone Finger.

 

[baldgye]

Fleshy Feely Frenchy Fone Finger.

It can also stroke its owner on the hand...

...yeeesss... the hand....

 

[UKMikey]

Fleshy Feely Frenchy Fone Finger.

"That's the spirit, Thing, lend a hand!" --- Gomez Addams

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Thought of pregnancy test have been recalled. So to be or not to be (pregnant), that is the question?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...f-58000-clear-simple-pregnancy-tests-recalled

 

[UKMikey]

Thought of pregnancy test have been recalled. So to be or not to be (pregnant), that is the question?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...f-58000-clear-simple-pregnancy-tests-recalled

I hope they advise users to check positive results with a doctor in the small print. I get the idea that in other more litigious countries this would be lawsuit city otherwise.

 

[TexRex]

Fleshy Feely Frenchy Fone Finger.

Fantastic!

 

[TenEightyOne]

Honestly, the way kids get through money nowadays. BBC.

 

[TenEightyOne]

In a sort-of-follow-up to the above story... Banksy's best gag yet. BBC.

 

[UKMikey]

Honestly, the way kids get through money nowadays. BBC.

But the couple are in luck. The US Treasury department's Mutilated Currency Division promises "a redemption at full value" for destroyed currency, provided they send it to them and their "trained experts" can piece it back together.

"Today on World's Crappiest Jobs..."

In a sort-of-follow-up to the above story... Banksy's best gag yet. BBC.

This is like when the KLF pretended (?) to burn a million quid, but funnier.

 

[daan]

In a sort-of-follow-up to the above story... Banksy's best gag yet. BBC.

How did it know it was sold?

 

[TexRex]

In a sort-of-follow-up to the above story... Banksy's best gag yet. BBC.

The buyer must've been torn up.

 

[Obelisk]

How did it know it was sold?

The theory I've seen floating around is that Banksy was at the event and triggered the (remote-controlled) shredder.

 

[TexRex]

"Today on World's Crappiest Jobs..."

I don't know...I suppose there's a right person for it.

This was an entertaining and educational watch when it aired a few months ago:

 

[DK]

I find it hard to believe no-one at Sotheby's thought there was something unusual about that Banksy piece's frame.

 

[TenEightyOne]

How did it know it was sold?

I'd guess that he (or an accomplice) was in the building or on the phone. I think Sotheby's webcast their auctions too given that many buyers are only present by phone. Some sort of preparation was involved though - he had to have had access to the frame in the weeks or days before the auction. I'm not sure who the seller was.

EDIT: This post on Reddit has a video from Banksy explaining a little more about it.

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Reddit, so language/content warnings apply! Link.

 

[adamp93]

I'd have probably done the same.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Piers' papoose pie. Good on Harry Hill.

 

[baldgye]

Piers' papoose pie. Good on Harry Hill.

Can people please just stop ****ing employing Piers

 

[Johnnypenso]

Can people please just stop ****ing employing Piers

You want him to be out of a job because he has opinions you don't like? How progressive.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Let's eat Grandma.

 

[Touring Mars]

In a sort-of-follow-up to the above story... Banksy's best gag yet. BBC.

I didn't post my reply to this last week, but funnily enough my original reply was saved as a draft...

The theory I've seen floating around is that Banksy was at the event and triggered the (remote-controlled) shredder.

A funny stunt but I reckon it failed - the paper gets stuck and the full effect wasn't achieved.

It turns out this was right - Banksy has apparently posted a video to show that the idea was for the whole painting to shred and fall to the ground, but the shredder broke down halfway... it still made the news, but it shows how close it was to not working at all.

 

[baldgye]

I didn't post my reply to this last week, but funnily enough my original reply was saved as a draft...

It turns out this was right - Banksy has apparently posted a video to show that the idea was for the whole painting to shred and fall to the ground, but the shredder broke down halfway... it still made the news, but it shows how close it was to not working at all.

I’m still not sold on this whole ‘prank’... while it mocks (to a degree) the wealthy, it’s those people who are buying his one-off limited run prints that actually make him a living...

not only that, he through the action of shredding a rare piece of his work, made some millionaire a massive return, before they’d even gotten their wallet out...

 

[Robin]

Chinese city 'plans to launch artificial moon to replace streetlights'

Cue the...

 

[Crazy Taylor]

My sues Tesco after colleague farted in his face.

Just a load of hot air.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/18/man-...n-after-colleague-farted-in-his-face-8052373/