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There’s a definite danger of viewing favourite TV clips from many years ago through rose-tinted nostalgia goggles, and it can ruin some cherished memories to see them again. We have to wonder whether people with fond recollections of this chap’s televised party piece will be shocked to be reminded of the genuine level of his […] The post There’s no party piece quite like being able to jump on eggs ‘without breaking them’ – classic British telly appeared first on The Poke.

As any parent will tell you, raising a child can feel like a punishing, thankless slog at times. But it’s worth it for those moments where you see them flourish. On the flip side though, there are also moments where they exhibit breathtaking stupidity. For anyone who’s ever been concerned that they’re raising a dim […] The post Parents have been sharing when they realised they’ve raised an idiot – 17 brain-melting moments of youthful stupidity appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump did his best impression of a bull in a china shop when he crashed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. While most reviews of his speech at the event landed on something between “exhausting” and “confsuing,” the President felt that his hour-plus long speech was a hit. He even said […] The post Donald Trump said ‘sometimes you need a dictator’ and publicly hammered the final nail into democracy’s coffin – 18 vote-winning smackdowns appeared first on The Poke.

Lying as Donald Trump is one thing. Lying for Donald Trump takes a whole different level of disconnect. Which brings us to White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. During an appearance on Fox News after Trump’s wildly rambling speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Leavitt told viewers that the President’s speech garnered nothing […] The post Karoline Leavitt claimed Donald Trump’s Davos speech got ‘rave reviews’ and the propaganda police made a citizen’s arrest appeared first on The Poke.

People love to bandy about the phrase ‘unprecedented times’, but when the President of the United States is threatening to invade Greenland, of all places, it’s definitely fitting. However, it’s important to remember that times change, and things that seemed normal or right a few years ago now seem strange and wrong. They’ve been chatting […] The post ‘What was normal in 2019, but looks like ‘psychopath behaviour’ in 2026?’ – 23 ways we’ve changed for the better appeared first on The Poke.

Handling Donald Trump is like handling a feral dog. He’s scared. He’s angry. He can lash out at any moment and seriously hurt people (or entire populations of people) in the process. So watching NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte completely muzzle the US President in front of everyone really was something to behold. In a […] The post Nato’s Mark Rutte ruthlessly fact checked Donald Trump to his face and much more of this sort of thing please appeared first on The Poke.

There’s no denying that the tabletop fantasy game Warhammer is absolutely huge, with an estimated 5 million worldwide players. Despite its popularity, it’s also fair to say that it has a reputation for being a bit, well, nerdy. Which, of course, is no bad thing. It’s this very nerdiness that is being addressed so brilliantly […] The post You don’t have to be a table top gamer to enjoy this magnificent song about Warhammer that just went wildly viral appeared first on The Poke.

Unruly behaviour is to be expected from school students, however they’re not the only ones acting up in the classroom. As many former pupils will know, teachers can also be pretty disruptive to say the least. This prompted MrBananaStand1990 to put the following question to r/AskReddit: What unhinged thing did a former teacher do in […] The post People shared the totally unhinged things their teacher once did in a classroom – 17 crazy behaviours that should get a detention appeared first on The Poke.

Time now to return to the cultural chasm that exists between the US and the UK – well, the US and the rest of the world, basically, but in this case specifically the UK. It’s an American woman who shared on Twitter how much quicker she gets drunk than her British friends. How much quicker? […] The post An American woman shared their wonder at how much more we can drink over here and these Brits were only too happy to help – 17 funniest and most on-brand responses appeared first on The Poke.

This is surely the most entertaining Twitter spat since Piers Morgan and Dan Walker – you remember – used to take chunks out of it each other over breakfast TV. It’s Elon Musk and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary who have been going at it hammer and tongs of late after O’Leary declined to install Musk’s […] The post Elon Musk called Michael O’Leary a ‘retarded twat’ and the Ryanair man’s A++ comeback was simply magnificent appeared first on The Poke.