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There are good movie posters and there are bad movie posters, and then there are those movie posters which entirely misrepresent the film you’re about to go and see. We say this after @EmmaTolkin said this over on Twitter. THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY IT LOOKS LIKE A ROMCOM Pls share posters that TRULY do […] The post People are sharing the movie posters that really don’t reflect the vibe of the movie – 23 must-sees appeared first on The Poke.

At the risk of sounding terminally uncool, the world of street food has slightly passed us by, although we do enjoy a Greggs sausage roll every now and again (what do you mean that doesn’t count?) Partly – okay then, almost entirely – it’s a cost of living thing, street food not being the cheap(ish) […] The post This innocent-looking food container sent people into a world of street food fury – 13 lip-smacking responses appeared first on The Poke.

Here’s a rather lovely minute or so, an interview from back in the day with Ryan Gosling in which the actor was presented (confronted, you might say) with a tea towel with his face on it. Three faces, in fact. It’s just gone viral again on Reddit for reasons which will become apparent. Ryan Gosling’s […] The post Ryan Gosling’s reaction to this tea towel with his face(s) on it is one minute to make your day better appeared first on The Poke.

Every relationship involves a little – and occasionally a lot – of give and take, and stuff that might seem weird to other people is totally normal to you (or your partner). We mention this after VelvetSophieCream had a question of people over on Reddit. ‘What’s the weirdest thing your partner does that you’ve just […] The post People are sharing the weird things their partner does that they’ve learned to love – 21 proper eye-openers appeared first on The Poke.

Here’s a minute to make your day better, it’s Sheila Darwin – Alpha Male Hunter which has just gone viral on Reddit. @stanzipotenza Exploring LAs wild alpha male population #xyzbca #fyp ♬ original sound – Stanzi Here it is again, just in case that’s tricky to see. Alpha Male Hunter byu/Seasonal_Sam infunny Follow @stanzipotenza on […] The post This ‘Alpha Male Hunter’ is very funny and magnificently on the money appeared first on The Poke.

In what is frankly not the most shocking news we’ve heard this year (or this week) yet another Tory MP has had the whip removed – this time after allegations of misuse of campaign funds. To add the cherry to the very familiar cake, it appears that the Chief Whip may have known about the […] The post Grant Shapps’ reluctance to discuss Mark Menzies wildly differed from his Angela Rayner comments appeared first on The Poke.

When professor and author Lea Ypi gave a lecture at Cambridge University she presumably didn’t expect to end up being written about in the Spectator magazine, and certainly not like this, an absolute jaw-dropper of a column which, no matter how many times we read it, we still can’t quite believe it. It’s a piece […] The post This professor had the very best response to being named in this jaw-dropping Spectator column about the ‘male libido’ appeared first on The Poke.

As you’ll surely know by now, Liz Truss has got a new book out, and at this point it feels like she’s spent more time talking about it than she did in Downing Street. By all accounts, it’s not very good, the totally bizarre nature of the whole exercise beautifully captured by LBC’s James O’Brien. […] The post Whoever put Liz Truss’s book in this section of this London bookshop, take the rest of the week off appeared first on The Poke.

Although we think it would take a lot to beat the sneezing panda to the accolade of Best Video Ever, we can see why max – @lunarmaxie – has nominated this TikTok stitch from 2022. We’re sorry you had to be exposed to this spaghetti abomination, but it’s worth it to see Ayamé‘s increasingly horrified […] The post Could this reaction to a gross reworking of spaghetti hoops be the best video ever? appeared first on The Poke.

In the absence of cameras during proceedings, Donald Trump‘s fraud case in New York is being documented by courtroom artists – including Jane Rosenberg. Here’s her depiction of what witnesses believe to have been a sleeping Trump. Must’ve been sleeping a while. Courtroom sketch from Jane Rosenberg pic.twitter.com/VFIERlwZz9 — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 16, 2024 […] The post 17 funniest captions for this courtroom sketch from Trump’s hush money trial appeared first on The Poke.