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The World Cup will be held in the nation formerly known as the ‘Good Ol’ US of A’ this summer and a very interesting experience it promises to be too. Not least the challenge of actually getting to the various grounds, which is likely to prove as complicated as it is prohibitively expensive. From @TheAthleticFC: […] The post This American has had it up to here with Europeans’ enthusiasm with walking at the World Cup and got owned to the moon and back (on foot, probably) appeared first on The Poke.

Stop what you’re doing – the McDonald’s CEO is back …and he’s brought more nuggets. Back in March, Chris Kempczinski went viral for being thoroughly unconvincing as he pretended to enjoy the new McDonald’s Big Arch burger, and we shared Garron Noone’s hilarious assessment of the shenanigans. Perhaps sales went through the roof, or something, […] The post The viral McDonald’s CEO was back with advice for eating on camera, and Garron Noone was about as impressed as you’d expect appeared first on The Poke.

In business it can be useful to diversify. Why limit yourself to solely flogging vinyl records when you could also be selling live tortoises from the same premises? Why just sell cheese when you could also be catering for the chalk market? When Twitter account 80s Nostalgia posted the picture of the ‘vinyl and tortoise’ […] The post People were asked for their favourite ‘combo-shops’ selling wildly different things – 19 straight from the very top tier appeared first on The Poke.

As no-one anywhere needs reminding, the football World Cup goes to the United States this summer in a tournament that is generating excitement and trepidation in just about equal measure (actually, maybe just trepidation). Anyway, one thing that is especially concerning European football fans right now is their sheer logistics of finding their way around […] The post An American accused European football fans of dissing US ‘local culture’ ahead of the World Cup and the entirety of Europe responded as one appeared first on The Poke.

The World Cup is coming to North America this summer and it’s going totally great. Except that prices are completely out of hand, the US President has picked wars with (approximately) half of the competing countries, and apparently the weather will not be welcoming. That last bit comes to us courtesy of this Tweet from […] The post This American warned Europeans they’d find the humidity super hard to handle at the World Cup and we’ve never been more proud to be European appeared first on The Poke.

If you aren’t aware of the latest row over the appointment of Peter Mandelson to the position of UK Ambassador to the US, firstly, congratulations – you’ve saved yourself some brain-ache – and secondly, we’re sorry we’re about to ruin it. Here’s the catch-up. In December 2024, Keir Starmer appointed the twice-sacked friend of Jeffrey […] The post Downing Street leaked that we were about to see ‘angry Starmer’, and the internet was quaking in its boots – 19 funny reactions appeared first on The Poke.

To the world of Twitter now – no, stick with us – where the self-care routine – there really is no other way to describe it – of this ’20–year-old dad’ has just gone wildly viral. You can see why some people might hanker after a lifestyle like this, and yet there was something missing […] The post This 20 y/o dad’s eye-opening self-care routine just went wildly viral and had women (and many men) everywhere spitting nails appeared first on The Poke.

It’s not been a good week for Keir Starmer and at the time of writing it looks like it is going to get even worse. But at least he can console himself that he is not Lee Anderson. The former Conservative Party deputy chair turned Reform UK chief whip was thrown out of the Commons […] The post Lee Anderson was asked what proof he had that Keir Starmer was lying and his ‘answer’ didn’t speak volumes about the Reform UK man, it bellowed them appeared first on The Poke.

British people are a contradictory bunch, on the one hand alcohol-fuelled bantz-merchants who love a laugh, on the other miserable self-deprecators who talk the UK down at any opportunity. But is any of it doing us any good? Perhaps not, if the answers to this question posted by AsleepDiscussion2328 on the AskUK subreddit are anything […] The post ‘What’s a very British habit or attitude that people rarely question, but probably should?’ – 23 ways our stiff upper lips are doing us down appeared first on The Poke.

Are you in need of an antidote to the news? Would a laugh or several help make your day a little brighter, if not easier? We strongly suggest you let your fingers do the scrolling over on Threads, where there are many, many funny people. If you aren’t convinced, cast your eyes over this lot. […] The post 25 Funniest Threads Posts to Give Your Day a Lift appeared first on The Poke.