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The title given to the explanation of what the subreddit r/peanutbutterisoneword is about really sums it up in five words. Here it is. “Just put a clever title Ordering a custom label and giving instructions, only to have the instructions printed on the thing you ordered? How about an engraving saying “I want this left […] The post 17 times the instructions were followed far too literally – to hilarious effect appeared first on The Poke.

Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, has had largely good reviews from the critics and absolutely glowing reviews from the army of Swifties. It has also received a very particular type of thumbs up from the internet, where a line from ‘Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?’ has become a meme, and a […] The post A Taylor Swift lyric has given the internet the meme of the moment – 19 smash hits appeared first on The Poke.

To the world of online dating now, where it can sometimes be as difficult telling someone you don’t want to see them again as it is to see them in the first place. We say this after this exchange went viral when it was shared by Redditor vestsarecoatamputees who said:’She wanted to hook up again. […] The post This woman wouldn’t take no for an answer on Tinder and her staggering parting shot is an absolute jaw-dropper appeared first on The Poke.

Over on Twitter – don’t try to make us call it anything else – people have been sharing the ‘Fiat 500 moments’ live rent free in their head after @missfeven asked this. What Fiat 500 moment or chaos lives in your head rent free? — feven – ፈቨን (@missfeven) April 29, 2024 Full disclosure – […] The post People have been sharing their favourite ‘Fiat 500 moments’ and this one is in a league all of its own appeared first on The Poke.

The saga of the Rwanda Scheme will one day be a fantastic Channel 4 docudrama, with the part of Rishi Sunak being played by Olivia Colman, and Martin Freeman acting his little heart out as a plucky pilot. Probably. We’d absolutely watch the hell out of that. The Rwanda Bill has only recently dragged itself […] The post The Government bribing an asylum seeker to go to Rwanda isn’t the win they seem to think – 14 scathing responses appeared first on The Poke.

There’s fabulous style guru called Derek Guy – @dieworkwear on Twitter – who offers up very funny, occasionally brutal but always incredibly useful fashion advice if you’re thinking about getting dressed up (or indeed down) and want to do it properly. Quite often he turns his attention to someone in the public eye and this […] The post This style guru’s Kermit-based takedown of Piers Morgan’s wardrobe is today’s best thing appeared first on The Poke.

It’s never happened to us – not much does – but we imagine it could be mildly frustrating if you join a new social media platform or something and someone else has already taken your name. But we’re not sure this is the way to go about it, an American woman (and influencer, naturally) who’s […] The post The mounting fury of this woman demanding someone give them their Insta name is a fabulously entertaining jaw-dropper appeared first on The Poke.

A 46-year-old Florida man (we know!) became a real-life Two Ronnies joke when things spiralli-ed out of control on the road. Florida man arrested after ‘throwing pasta with sauce’ amid road rage incident https://t.co/kJritm1LRs pic.twitter.com/wLIhBPZsL0 — The Independent (@Independent) April 30, 2024 Nolan Goins threw the food out of the passenger window of his vehicle […] The post A Florida man was arrested for throwing pasta, and people cooked up some great puns – 14 delicious samples appeared first on The Poke.

People have been sharing the things people say that really get their goat after someone called Blinky_ asked this over on Reddit. ‘What phrase would you be fine with never hearing again?’ And we’ve read all the answers so you don’t have to (very possibly that’s a phrase you could do without hearing all by […] The post People are sharing the phrases they would very happily never, ever hear again – 17 everyday annoyances appeared first on The Poke.

The only time we go on LinkedIn is to unsubscribe from getting emails about LinkedIn but if it’s full of this sort of content then we might be missing a trick. It’s a guy who proposed to his girlfriend – ahhh – who then shared what his proposal taught him about B2B sales. Aarrrgh! Now […] The post An American business owner on LinkedIn shared what his marriage proposal taught him about B2B sales and it just gets better and better appeared first on The Poke.