The BBC has announced the new presenter for Top Gear, following the departure under a cloud of controversy of Jeremy Clarkson. Mr Clarkson's replacement is to be MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace. The parallels are obvious. Both programmes had a revamp with a more shoutier presentation style, MsterChef in 2001 and Top Gear in 2002, an both …
Category: Satire
Normal Zayn
So Zayn Malik has quit One Direction because he wants to be a normal 22 year old. Nice start Zayn, but there's more to do to be a normal 22 year old. Here's the next step. Give away your money. It is not normal for 22 year olds to be millionaires. Move back in with …
The other Oscars
And the award for the most ironic performance at a presentation ceremony goes to ... ... Jennifer Lopez. For tripping over her frock when going to present the Academy Award for ... ... best costume design.
Hold on
Bloop bloop beep bloop. I'm listening to music on hold. A strange sort of synthesised sound that says nothing except. "This is music on hold," sweeping me into a strange hypnotic state so that I begin to forget what it was I wanted to say or who I wanted to say it to. It is a strange …
Static cats
Cat owners, do you have a problem with static electricity. Does your cat shock you, literally. Well help is at hand, I have come across a web page dedicated to how to solve your problem. How to get rid of static electricity in a cat's fur. The internet is nothing if not comprehensive. The science …
God’s own county
When started mekkin' t'universe, it were a reet mess. And it were dark. And God's spirit were lurking ovver t'watters. God said, "Let there be leet." And as he said it there were leet, just like that God were chuffed wi' t'leet he'd med, so he separated t'leet he'd med from t'dark; he called t'leet …
Happy Trains – a satire
Once upon a time, and a very happy time it was too, there was a happy country called Ingerland. All the people of Ingerland were happy, because the happy Ingerlander government kept them happy. They even gave their government departments silly names, such as Commons Select Committee, which kept the people amused wondering how something …
Making an ass of myself 