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Cilla Black was undoubtedly a Titan of light entertainment for several years, enjoying far more fame for her TV shows than she did for her 1960s pop career. But, like the statistical likelihood of being 10 feet or less from a rat, a Cilla song was always disturbingly close. In one of her Christmas specials, […] The post They don’t make telly like this Cilla Christmas special, anymore …thankfully appeared first on The Poke.

Anyone who celebrates Christmas – or doesn’t, but works in retail – will be only too well aware of how stressful it can get. Thanks to the wonderful Jimmy Rees, we now know exactly who to blame. In this episode of The Guy Who Decides, we really get to the bottom of the thinking behind […] The post ‘The Guy Who Decides Christmas’ might just make you want to give him the sack appeared first on The Poke.

It’s the most… wonderful time… of the yearrrr. The holidays are always stressful, but this year in the US has an extra surge of nervous tension. Prices are up, jobs are down, and no one is quite sure how to make ends meet. Lucky for America, they have the Everyman President, Mr. Donald Trump. Trump […] The post President Compassion strikes again with a message for worried shoppers: ‘Don’t be dramatic!’ – 15 replies that came with receipts appeared first on The Poke.

Thanks to social media, everyone is able to present a happy and successful version of themselves to the world. But as we all know, online appearances can be deceiving. People who are truly doing well in life communicate this fact more subtly than a self-congratulatory Instagram story. To help you spot the tell-tale signs of […] The post ‘What’s the clearest sign that someone is genuinely doing well in life?’ – 17 indicators that somebody has their act together appeared first on The Poke.

The man who builds exploding cars and rocket ships has gone viral again. At least this time the only flames were coming from confused fan boys dropping fire emojis. Musk went on a Maga podcast to bloviate about his greatness. When he was posed with a hypothetical question about how he’d start over, he gave […] The post Elon Musk was asked how he would start over with $1,000 and his incoherent answer reveals everything we need to know about him appeared first on The Poke.

It’s always difficult to decide which factor should be more cause for concern, the nature of Donald Trump’s rambles or the subject matter. In this case, it’s a double whammy. Let’s observe Trump in his natural habitat, grasping on for life to his lectern, spewing nonsense that touches on everything from steel to dolls to […] The post Donald Trump wants parents to ration their children’s pencils and toys, if you were wondering how the economy is going – 18 replies ready to toss him in the bargain bin appeared first on The Poke.

We all make mistakes, especially when we’re young. Luckily, most of us grow out of these misunderstandings but sometimes they end up so deeply ingrained that we end up still repeating them as adults, and making ourselves look like right wallies. They’ve been discussing these hard-to-shake mistakes on the AskUK subreddit after user GotAnyNirnroot posted […] The post Somebody asked about childhood misconceptions people have struggled to shake, and the answers will leave you feeling like an absolute genius appeared first on The Poke.

Over on X, an American healthcare company founder has been indulging in a bit of European rage-baiting, and we have to admit – it worked. Arthur MacWaters jumped on the pull-up bandwagon that we thought had already rolled off the road and into a ditch, with this strange comment. bobby kennedy casually repping our 20 […] The post An anti-woke American claimed Europeans ‘cannot comprehend’ RFK Jr doing pull-ups in the airport, but it wasn’t the point he thought he was making appeared first on The Poke.

The amount that British people love a cup of tea feels like a national stereotype, but is it actually a stereotype or simply an indisputable fact? Hard to say, but a German person called Muted_Reflection_449 found out just how passionately we feel about leaves and hot water in a cup after asking this on the […] The post Somebody asked how Brits make ‘a quick cup of tea’ and the answers were as impassioned and silly as you’d expect appeared first on The Poke.

As you can probably tell from his job description(s), comedian, actor, author and podcaster George Lewis is a man with many strings to his bow. Even the popular sketches he posts on social media are diverse. He has a keen eye for TV tropes. @georgelewiscomedian Eveey episode of Grand Designs #granddesigns #kevinmccloud #ukcomedy #funny ♬ […] The post ‘Toddlers chatting Christmas tree’ is as funny as it’s brilliantly accurate appeared first on The Poke.