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Local Grandma Doesn't Like the Look of Those Rain Clouds

MABLETHORPE - Staring pensively into the distance, local grandma Betty Godfrey says she does not like the look of those dark clouds over there, insisting: "they look like they're heading right this way." Embarking on a weekend outing with her son Robert, daughter-in-law Sophie and her two grandchildren, the 81-year-old retiree hypothesized that "this could only happen to us," as a formation of... Read more...

Majority of Americans Still Think Tony Blair is Prime Minister

Majority of Americans Still Think Tony Blair is Prime Minister

LONDON - According to a study conducted by the International Awareness Foundation, almost 58% of otherwise politically aware Americans still think that Tony Blair is the Prime Minister of Great Britain, even though the former Labour Party leader resigned in 2007.

The study, which asked 1,000 American...

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Warner Bros to Re-Release 'You've Got Mail' in 3D

Warner Bros to Re-Release 'You've Got Mail' in 3D

Following on from the success of films like Avatar, American film distributor Warner Bros has announced plans to re-release the 1998 romantic comedy smash hit You've Got Mail in 3D.

Warner Bros producer Jacqueline Polk said that the re-release, which is penciled in for October 21st in the United Stat...

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Iran Agrees to Halt Development of Nuclear Family

Iran Agrees to Halt Development of Nuclear Family

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed in principle to discontinue plans to develop a nuclear family, after it emerged that the Zamaani family from the city of Mashhad had been in production since 1996.

As part of a deal reached with Ayatollah Khamenei, the Ahmadinejad administration announ...

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BP Deny Responsibility for 9/11

BP Deny Responsibility for 9/11

The head of embattled oil company BP has denied allegations that he and other company officials lobbied for the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.

BP, who have been deemed responsible of negligence over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, are accused of "paying off" th...

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Muslims Outraged That New World Trade Center Tower Being Built Near Mosque

Muslims Outraged That New World Trade Center Tower Being Built Near Mosque

The Muslim community of Lower Manhattan has expressed outrage over Port Authority proposals to construct a new 1800 ft World Trade Center tower just two blocks away from a holy mosque and Muslim community centre.

One World Trade Center - set for completion in 2013 - will replace the Twin Towers that ...

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Martian President: 'Hands off Our Water'

Martian President: 'Hands off Our Water'

The President of Mars has responded to human efforts to discover water on the Red planet by issuing Earth's leaders with an ultimatum: "keep your hands off our water or face terrible consequences."

Speaking today from the planet's western hemisphere, President Pyomdix Wuppa III said any encroachment ...

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Opinion

Dog-gone Tired

I'm always criticising people, so this week I thought I'd criticise animals instead. Specifically those of a canine ilk. Now don't get me wrong, I like dogs. As a concept. I just draw the line when people say a dog's your best friend. I would never treat my best friend the way a dog treats its... Read more...

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Local Grandma Doesn't Like the Look of Those Rain Clouds

MABLETHORPE - Staring pensively into the distance, local grandma Betty Godfrey says she does not like the look of those dark clouds over there, insisting: "they look like they're heading right this way." Embarking on a weekend outing with her son Robert, daughter-in-law Sophie and her two... Read more...

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2010/11 Premiership Title Race 'Will Be Closest Since 2009/10 Premiership Title Race'

Sports pundits from the BBC and Sky Sports have predicted that the 2010/11 Premier League title race, which officially gets underway this Saturday, will be the most exciting and tightest contest since the last one. Going out on a limb, BBC pundit and commentator Mark Lawrenson insisted that major... Read more...