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We’re no strangers to quiz fails on these pages – and indeed in real life – and this one is up there with our very favourites. It’s an episode of Yesterday’s Quiz on the Greg James show, there was an accidental correct answer that got Greg really excited – which is no mean feat at […] The post This accidentally correct answer on Greg James’ quiz will always make us smile and it was simply magnifico appeared first on The Poke.

Marjorie Taylor Greene burst onto the Washington, DC scene (quite literally) in the early 2020s by sticking up for Donald Trump no matter how outrageous the issue. She’d yell, scream, and… what’s another word for talk really loudly and obnoxiously? Simply, she was hard to ignore. But even MTG, amidst a government shutdown that has […] The post Things have gone so far off the rails for Trump and his Magas that Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to look like the sensible one – 15 red-hot responses appeared first on The Poke.

You don’t have to be British to appreciate this but it will definitely help. It’s a list of peculiarly British humblebrags after butwhydidhe asked this over on Reddit. ‘What is a humble brag that only Brits would really understand?’ And just in case anyone needed getting going … ‘For example, I was doing the weekly […] The post People shared the ‘humblebrags’ that only Brits would understand – 17 uniquely British boasts appeared first on The Poke.

You can accuse Donald Trump of being a lot of things, but “in touch with reality” is not one of them. Today’s proof comes via Trump’s thoughts on grocery prices. Here is the President clamoring for praise because he thinks grocery prices are down. Trump: Our energy costs are way down. Our groceries are way […] The post Donald Trump said the ‘cost of everything is way down’ and was brutally called out on Twitter – 17 delicious smackdowns appeared first on The Poke.

Well, that’s certainly an interesting platform to run on. Self-confessed fraudster and on-again-off-again Trump Admin Bestie, Steve Bannon, was giving a passionate speech in response to the recent election results and he had some scorching hot takes. Primarily, that if Magas don’t start winning elections, he and his cronies are going to wind up in […] The post Steve Bannon warned Republicans they’ll go to jail if they don’t win the election and it wasn’t the campaign slogan he thought it was – 15 totally on-point comebacks appeared first on The Poke.

Here’s a rather fabulous thing from back in the day (well, two years ago) that has got us chuckling all over again. A word of warning before we go any further – an extraordinary tale of an Amsterdam hen and stag do gone wrong isn’t just a bit NSFW, it’s very NSFW so don’t say […] The post This especially NSFW tale of an Amsterdam hen do gone so very wrong is a jaw-dropper of the highest order appeared first on The Poke.

Anyone who has fond memories of scoffing a Findus Crispy Pancake with potato smiley faces while watching ThunderCats after school will know that nothing tastes as good as nostalgia. Because, honestly, what is a Crispy Pancake? Probably best not to investigate too deeply. They’ve been discussing the ways in which you can’t improve on the […] The post ‘What’s a ‘posh’ food that will never be as good as the cheap version from your childhood?’ – 23 dinners that money will never improve appeared first on The Poke.

Having a passion for an activity is a lovely quality, unless you become one of those awful gatekeeping types who thinks their particular interest makes them a better type of human than everyone else. You know the type, like a Lord of the Rings obsessive who looks down on you because you’ve never read the […] The post ‘What’s a hobby people act superior for having that isn’t that deep?’ – 21 enthusiasts who aren’t as special as they think appeared first on The Poke.

Time now to turn to Patrick Stewart’s autobiography – well, one bit of it in particular which went viral on Twitter after @Brandon_Bird shared this passage about coming to America and eating a hamburger. And it’s fair to say the star of stage and screen and Star Trek doesn’t disappoint. And here are just a […] The post Patrick Stewart told the tale of the first time he had an American hamburger and it was fabulously, deliciously done appeared first on The Poke.

The current White House has no shortage of characters keen to vomit up their conspiracy theories on health practices. Step aside, for the moment, RFK Jr and take a listen to Dr. Mehmet Oz (the guy who used to sell skin cream on Oprah in the early 2000s), who jumped in front of cameras to […] The post Donald Trump appeared to fall asleep during a talk about obesity and the symbolism nearly broke the scales appeared first on The Poke.