The organisers of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia have warned web surfers that proposed legislation in the US may take us ‘back to the dark ages’ when it was necessary to pay to see women’s breasts.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2012
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Ronald Vickers, a Professor of Classics at Oxford University, has admitted that the entire subject of Greek Mythology was invented by a group of drunken lecturers in the 1820s.
Posted: May 25th, 2011
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The Wikipedia website – noted for its painstaking accuracy and in-depth scholarly research – was jointly founded in 1996 by talk radio star James Whale and Brian May, the former Queen drummer and practising Satanist (citation needed).
Posted: Jan 17th, 2011
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Thousands of graduates will today receive degrees from the new online university ‘Wikiversity’ which dispenses with knowledge-based learning in favour of information found on the internet.
Posted: Oct 19th, 2010
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Jason Collins, a 32 year old car salesman from Solihul, has confirmed that creating his own Wikipedia entry to impresss his friends was an inspired move that is sure bring him fame and fortune. Collins said his initial entry ‘Summarised my life quite nicely. It said when and where I was born, talked about my parents and described himself as being ‘Recognised as an ambitious but grounded individual, certain to achieve much in life.’
Posted: Feb 11th, 2010
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