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The inimitable Jimmy Rees has taken his life into his hands by daring to mock that giant of film and TV – but mostly TV …Star Trek. In fact, he’s gone straight to the source – the original series, which aired from 1966 to 1969. The fans are notoriously devoted, but even they must surely […] The post ‘The Guy Who Decides Star Trek’ highlights the many, many oddities of the iconic sixties TV show appeared first on The Poke.

Anybody who ever called a teacher ‘mum’, which surely must be upwards of 70% of the population, will know how mortifying that feels. But someone on the AskUK subreddit called Real-Box-7144 accidentally took it a step further… I have just said ‘Love you, bye’ to my child’s form tutor over the phone. Oh the shame! […] The post Somebody accidentally said ‘I love you’ to their kid’s teacher and asked for other embarrassing stories to make them feel better – 23 tales of extreme cringe appeared first on The Poke.

There’s a reason why the Carry On films, Benny Hill and Viz all did so well in the UK, and it’s because if there’s one thing Brits love, it’s having a good snigger at something that sounds a bit rude – or is a bit rude. One thing that feeds that need is the large […] The post Someone challenged people to find a worse street name than Minge Lane, and these 17 suggestions are a snigger-happy NSFW delight appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump has never been a man overburdened with too much self-awareness. So, when he called into Brian Kilmeade’s show on Fox News on Friday to talk about the evils of the Iranian regime, he didn’t catch just how much he was revealing about himself and his own government. Trump: "There are bad people. They […] The post Donald Trump said the Iran regime is evil because it shoots people who are protesting in the streets and the grim irony is almost too much to bear appeared first on The Poke.

You might have heard this week that the Bank of England plans to replace historical figures with British wildlife on the next series of banknotes. All pretty harmless, right? Oh, my poor, sweet, innocent reader. Of course, this almost immediately got caught up in “anti-woke”/Question Time frothing-at-the-mouth culture war nonsense. Enter PoliticsJOE who hit the […] The post Brits in Benidorm were asked about Churchill being replaced on the £5 banknote and the responses were a mix of hilarious and despairing appeared first on The Poke.

With the US currently at war in Iran for reasons nobody can really pin down, it makes sense that Donald Trump would want to bolster his military bona fides. Which would explain why he posted this throwback image of him posing with his parents at military academy. pic.twitter.com/Hic20QGr2t — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 13, […] The post Donald Trump posted an old picture of him at military academy and was absolutely roasted to the Vietnam War era and back appeared first on The Poke.

For over 40 years, the UK has marked Red Nose Day for Comic Relief by settling down in front of the telly for a night of comedy sketches, celebrity cameos, and fundraising appeals. Admittedly, it’s nowhere near as dominant as in the days of just four TV channels, but it’s still a good cause — […] The post This 1993 Comic Relief version of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is the proper nostalgia-fest we all need right now appeared first on The Poke.

Former Fox News host and discarded Marvel movie villain, Pete Hegseth, has been busy lately. That’s to be expected when the word “War” is in his unofficial title while also being the unofficial description of what’s happening between the United States and Iran right now. The Secretary of Defence (we’re not calling him that other […] The post Pete Hegseth said there’s only one tiny reason the Hormuz Strait is not safe right now and just won understatement of the millennium appeared first on The Poke.

Sam Altman is the crown prince of AI right now and the movement couldn’t have a more out of touch spokesperson. Speaking about the future of artificial intelligence, the gawky tech bro had no problem laying out an aggressively capitalist blueprint for success in the industry. 🚨 SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence […] The post Ultra tech bro Sam Altman wants to put all ‘intelligence’ behind a paywall and nobody is buying it – 15 brilliant clap backs appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump has had an indelible impact on American history. Just not in the way he presumably wants. The man who desperately needs credit for everything was recently seen begging for more adulation at the White House. Amongst the things he had on his wishlist: the Olympics, the World Cup, and… the entire existence of […] The post Donald Trump wonders why he’s never been given credit for America’s 250th anniversary and these 15 clap backs were happy to explain appeared first on The Poke.