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Everyone has their own personal benchmark for pretentiousness. Some people tap out at the idea of oat milk, whereas others are repulsed by boarding schools. Sometimes though, certain things can slip through the pretentious net and surprise people with how brilliant they actually are. To find out which pretentious things people have changed their mind […] The post What did you think was pretentious til you tried it and realised it was totally worth it? – 17 finer things very much worth the hype appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve said before – and we’ll say it again – how much we miss Harry Hill’s TV Burp (yes, we know it’s been gone for a while now). But we’ve been thinking about it again after coming across this Harry Hill Q&A about the show from back in the day. Specifically, this tale about how […] The post Harry Hill’s tale of how Jamie Oliver once took great offence at TV Burp is a celebrity troll for the ages appeared first on The Poke.

The war with Iran and Trump’s constant mockery of Keir Starmer don’t seem to have swayed the King from going ahead with his planned visit to Washington. NEWS: The Trump administration is expected to announce this week that King Charles III will be in Washington next month for a state visit, according to multiple sources […] The post An American journalist got his regnal numbers mixed up and made a right Charlie of himself – 19 historic reactions appeared first on The Poke.

Suella Braverman, the one-time Tory leadership wannabe who know finds herself in Nigel Farage’s home for failed Conservatives, has got the hump because it’s going to be a bit chilly this Easter. Time to get the ‘big coat’ back out Temperatures are dropping widely below average but in brisk northerly winds, it will be feeling […] The post Suella Braverman questioned global warming because it’s a bit chilly right now and was schooled to the moon and back appeared first on The Poke.

Over on Fox News – no, stick with us – Jesse Watters sent a reporter down to the beach to ask sun-kissed Americans what they make of Donald Trump’s war on Iran right now. Well, that and other things, but it was their thoughts – such as they were – on the Middle East that […] The post These young Americans were asked for their thoughts on Trump’s war on Iran and their answers didn’t just speak volumes, it belowed them appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump has shed more light – well, sort of – on the three American warplanes that were shot down in his war on Iran earlier this month. The president said the fighter jets were downed in a friendly fire incident by Kuwaiti forces using America’s own Patriot missiles. And yet the way Trump described […] The post Three American warplanes were shot down with their own missiles and Donald Trump tried to turn it into a triumph – 14 heat-seeking smackdowns appeared first on The Poke.

Few things in life are as universally loathed as people having conversations in public over speakerphone. And yet plenty of people seem to have not got the memo that they’re infuriating. To get to the bottom of why people have speakerphone conversations in a world where earbuds exist, im_super_into_that decided to go to the source […] The post People who talk on speakerphone in public, what’s your deal? – 17 possible explanations for the anti-social annoyance appeared first on The Poke.

Ipswich Town haven’t generated this much attention since they won the UEFA Cup with Bobby Robson back in the early ’80s (one for younger readers there). Except this time there was rather less to be proud about after Nigel Farage turned up at their home ground of Portman Road for a gratuitous Reform UK publicity […] The post Ipswich Town’s Nigel Farage own-goal was already bad enough but Norwich City’s A++ response really rubbed their faces in it appeared first on The Poke.

With no drop in output, the Poke could easily become a full-time ‘What battshittery has Trump said now?’ site. We won’t, because all of us need some respite from the Orange Oaf in the Oval Office, but it’s definitely possible. It’s things like this that would feed the ever-hungry content monster with Trump titbits – […] The post Donald Trump claims Iran gave him a very expensive present, but you don’t know it because it goes to another school – 22 generous helpings of chinny reckon appeared first on The Poke.

It’s almost four months since London Mayoral hopeful and Dubai resident Ant Middleton fell for an AI slop video of an irate soldier yelling at a police officer, and his post is still up. I’ve warned of the unrest between our Military and the Government… Keep going boys! 🫡🇬🇧 https://t.co/Pdhubgigg4 — Ant Middleton (@antmiddleton) December […] The post Ant Middleton fell for an obviously fake Keanu Reeves account’s anti-woke message, and went straight into public ownership – 17 savage takedowns appeared first on The Poke.