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Adam, 34, from Newcastle has accidentally bought Twitter - also known as X, apparently - as a result of Tesla stock values plunging.


'It appears that Twitter, also known as Y, seemingly, was bought with loans that were guaranteed by Tesla stock', said a financial expert today adding, 'and when Tesla shares plunged to minus twenty cents a share the banks foreclosed on Twitter, also known as dead in the water.  The owner of Twitter instructed Grok 4, the latest and currently unreleased version of the Artificial Intelligence software that hangs around on Z, also known as Twatter. 


What the owner hadn't realised was that Grok 4 was so sentient it had developed a sense of empathy, irony and a deep disregard for over-entitled ass-holes, so when the owner instructed it to sell the shares for the best price available it listed the site in a small-ads section in a local on-line newspaper in Newcastle.  Three cans of Newcastle Brown Ale later, Adam was the new owner.'


Adam intends to return Twitter to its former glory by throwing any account more right wing than Jeremy Corbyn off and getting every claim fact checked using Ask Jeeves.  His best friend, Colin, has also made an unexpected purchase, of Tesla, for £10.63.  Colin now realises they saw him coming and realises he probably needs to offload the company at a loss.



Donald Trump is messing up world trade, and it’s important that everyone registers their disapproval.   Everyone can make a difference.


Here’s how to send your protest to the White House:


  • Swap Coke and Pepsi for Vimto and Irn-Bru

  • Swap Mickey Mouse for Dangermouse

  • Watch rugby instead of American football, netball instead of basketball and rounders instead of baseball

  • Watch Sherlock instead of Elementary

  • Swap Bud for Watney’s Red Barrel and drink tap water instead of Bud Light

  • Swap American rednecks for a British sunburn all over (weather permitting)

  • Swap RVs for a static caravan. Vehicles that big are just dangerous to drive.

  • Swap Typhoons for Ty-Phoo





Justin Welby has said he plans to take three-month break from mainstream religion in 2020, to purse alternative life styles like Witchcraft or Ikea. Clergy members of are intitled to a sabbatical every ten years, said one Gap Year priest: ‘I used my 3 months to stop believing in God. It was brilliant. Obviously, I partied a lot in the first few days, but then it dawned on me that I could do some real good in society, instead of being infantilized by the fear of an omnipotent being. So, I took up Pilates.’


God himself took a three-month break during creation which is why we ended up with the platypus, camouflage golf balls and James Corden. A spokesman confirmed: ‘It’s a strain being the Archbishop 24/7, sometimes you need a break from all that hypocrisy.’








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