Your astrological week ahead for August 9th, with Psychic Bob

YOUR partner often looks at you fondly and says you’re a child at heart. You’d think she’d be disgusted by you using a potty.

Uncle sucking whole family into black hole of ancestral research

AN uncle has decided the entire family should be enslaved in his tedious quest to research their family history.

We ask you: Gaza - any ideas how to fix it?

THE horrific situation in Gaza continues with no solution on the horizon. Do you know how to end this geopolitical nightmare?

Men losing interest in breasts
EXPOSURE to too many breasts is causing men to become bored and jaded with knockers, it has emerged. 
The Archbishop of Canterbury on… Trump: definitely needs more walks by the edge of the roof

WAKING up with a hangover so virulent it has developed its own head which protrudes from my neck shouting abuse, I reflect on my correspondence with The Times newspaper this week. 

Working-class woman longs to be taken awkwardly by man with smooth middle-management hands

A WORKING-CLASS woman's greatest fantasy is sex with a physically unimpressive man who works in middle-management, she has revealed.

Fat anti-vaxxer can't wait to take Mounjaro

AN overweight sceptic of Covid vaccines is nevertheless excited to give the miracle NHS weight loss injection Mounjaro a go.

Happy Mondays: Artists whose working-classness is painful if you're actually working-class

BANDS love banging on about how working-class they are, but if you’re from a working-class background you may wonder what exactly it proves. Here are some repeat offenders.

A white home counties roadman goes to a Hoasis concert wiv him's wasteman dad

WAGWAN? Fam, man’s daddem is usually bein’ a boring bankbot at him’s work, but dis week mumdem sez him’s going to take Joshua an’ Lady G to a gig. You wot?

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Politics

Cover for paedos and take bribes: Trump's advice to Starmer

PRESIDENT Trump has popped into the UK to give our beleaguered prime minister advice on how to be a great leader like he is. These are his tips.

We ask you: what would you call Jeremy Corbyn's new party?

BUOYED by his record of incredible electoral success in the Islington area, Jeremy Corbyn has launched an as-yet-nameless political party. What would you call it?

Spend all the money on me, Britons tell Reeves

ALL public spending should be cut ‘except for the specific services I use’, the electorate has informed the government.

'Yeah, we take pretty much anyone': My life as a 19-year-old Reform council leader

PEOPLE often say to me: ‘Shouldn’t you be out with your mates boozing and chasing girls?’ Actually they usually say ‘You’re that Reform twat, aren’t you?’ but you see what I mean.

Man shocked expensive restaurant nicer
A MAN has been astounded to learn that a Michelin-starred restaurant provides a more enjoyable experience than a Wetherspoons. 

Society

Man qualifies as hottie, for bus

A MEDIOCRE-LOOKING man has qualified as attractive in the context of a bus, it has emerged.

How to have a nice middle-class car accident

A DEGREE doesn’t make you immune to life’s little mishaps. It means when they happen, you handle them with dignity, passive-aggression and Ocado bags in the footwell.

Children taken on British holidays don't deserve any better

CHILDREN who are only taken on holidays in the UK have either done something terrible or are simply worthless, their parents have confirmed.

Excuse me sir, yes you the foreign gentleman. Would you mind awfully triggering a summer of riots?

HELLO there! Yes, you seem to have skin of a shade that would suit our purposes. Could you do us an enormous favour and trigger a summer of riots?

How OnlyFans works, in the mind of an extremely naive girlfriend

INTRIGUED by all those making an easy living from OnlyFans? Here painfully naive girlfriend Nikki Hollis explains why she’s considering giving it a go.

So-called clever graduates look like f**king idiots in their stupid gowns

UNIVERSITY leavers who claim to be smart all look incredibly dumb as they swish through cities in their ridiculous twat’s gowns.

Where to get your fix of problematic banter now MasterChef has been edited
FEELING you're missing out on unacceptable jokes now that MasterChef has been sanitised? Here’s where to get your fix of problematic banter.

Lifestyle

New mother giving up work to post photos of child full-time

A NEW mother has confirmed she has abandoned her career in order to focus on posting photos of her child full-time. 

Not repeating what Mummy said about Auntie Emma: Seven occasions to teach children the importance of lying

IT’S never too soon to teach your offspring to lie if it saves you hassle, time and money. Here are the times when telling the truth is wrong and lying is what good girls and boys do.

Barber and customer in conspiracy of silence over receding hair

A MAN is locked in a toxic relationship with his barber that is based on lies, he has admitted.

Fishing without a licence, and other petty but cool entries in your criminal record

DO you feel a minor conviction might give you some much-need street cred? Get yourself nabbed for one of these misdemeanours:

Going down the newsagent for a Slush Puppie: What 1980s dads considered a day out

STILL shaking after paying £90 for a safari park which will entertain the kids for two whole hours? Let Norman Steele explain how he kept his kids happy circa 1985.

Six household chores which don't really need doing, surely

NOT every chore is necessary. Many are pointless busywork invented by bored obsessives making problems for themselves to triumphantly solve. Skip these guilt-free.

'Karma Police might get me laid': Inside the mind of a twat with an acoustic guitar
THE kiss of death for any social gathering is some dick getting out an acoustic guitar. Here are the thought processes going on in his - and it is always ‘his’ - head.

Sport

Man heroically keeping his real opinion about the penalties to himself

A MAN with an extensive knowledge of football is patriotically refusing to voice his real views on the quality of yesterday’s penalty shootout.

Women maxed out on footballing inspiration

ENGLAND’S women have admitted they have reached a saturation point of being inspired by the Lionesses’ heroics.

Women better than men, again

WOMEN are officially much better than men, the Euro 25 final has proved for the second time.

Yeah well they only won by two thrilling last-minute goals in a heart-racing spectacular, man says grudgingly

A MAN has dismissed the Lionesses’ win last night as nothing but an end-to-end thriller snatching victory from the jaws of defeat in the final moment.

Pubs bracing themselves for sober, civil Lionesses fans

PUBS across England are bracing themselves to be overrun by women watching the England-Italy semi-final in a serious, respectful manner.

The five easy stages of an open relationship
FANCY a go at polyamory? You keep reading about it and you can easily get a third person on the internet these days. Here are the five stages of having a fashionable modern sexual relationship.

Science & Technology

Woman's age verified a bit too fast for her liking

A WOMAN’S age has been verified by an online tool at a speed that is frankly insulting, she has confirmed.

Were men this weird pre-internet, ask women

MILLENNIAL women are asking their elders if men were this peculiar before the online era or if the internet is to blame.

iPhone convinced you want to commemorate Battle of the Boyne

YOUR iPhone has, for the 15th consecutive year, reminded you that all your other appointments come second to celebrating the Battle of the Boyne.

'There was a crumb in the cupboard': Online reviews by arseholes with insanely high expectations

ARE you an idiot with unrealistic expectations who loves finding things to moan about? You’re probably responsible for one of these online reviews…

Every school play hinges on either UV light, strobe light or smoke machine

EVERY play performed by a school revolves around the single piece of stage technology that school possesses, it has emerged.

Arts & Entertainment

We ask you: what f**king awful show are you taking to this year's Edinburgh Fringe?

THE Edinburgh Fringe has begun, with thousands of thespians handing out flyers to confused Americans only there for the Tattoo. What show are you taking up?

Paranoid Android, and other songs at least five minutes too long

CERTAIN songs might be quite good if they, you know, ended. Here are some that life is too short to listen to in full.

Six songs with 'sexy' in that are inappropriate for lovemaking

THERE are many songs appropriate for lovemaking, but none featuring the word ‘sexy’. These musical cold showers explain why. 

Half the viewers don't know and the other half don't care: Why we're airing MasterChef regardless, by the BBC

ARE you puzzled by the BBC’s decision to go ahead with airing the next series of MasterChef? Here the broadcaster explains its very sound reasoning.

Whatever you're up to I will find you and destroy you, by Chris Martin

I ALWAYS knew I would find my purpose in life. That being leader of the world’s most insipid stadium rock act was only filling time until I discovered it.

We ask you: how would you fill a £41 billion spending gap?
RACHEL Reeves needs to find £41 billion if she's to meet her self-imposed borrowing rules, according to a think tank. How would you rustle up the necessary funds?

Business

Your imbecilic, half-witted and frankly bigoted ideas for the UK's new banknotes

THE Bank of England, learning nothing from Boaty McBoatface, invited the public to send in ideas for a major redesign of banknotes. This is why they wish they hadn’t.

Geekification of British men almost complete, announces Games Workshop

GAMES Workshop has announced its profits are up by a third and its transformation of Britain into a nation of geeks nears completion.

Why nobody must be punished for the Post Office scandal, by anyone in any kind of power

THERE is loose talk of penance. Of ‘having to pay’. But as a person who has done well in life, I believe we cannot punish anyone involved in the Post Office scandal.

'Proposing to my girlfriend after a romantic dinner of Bombay Bad Boy': Readers share their treasured Poundland memories

POUNDLAND is closing 68 stores, leaving many Britons bereft without their beloved cheap shit retailer. They share their moving stories of how Poundland touched their lives.

Couple start business together because they're in love

A COUPLE who believe that anything is achievable when you’re in deeply in love are proving it by starting a business.

Man with camera and mic off in Zoom call projecting air of alluring mystery
A MAN has cultivated an enigmatic cult of personality by dialling into a Zoom call with his mic and camera off, it has emerged.

Work

White-collar worker fantasising about manual job he wouldn’t last five minutes in

A PAMPERED office worker is daydreaming of ditching his desk job for manual labour that would immediately destroy him.

Announcing your colonoscopy in morning meetings, and other ways to overshare at work

WORKMATES not got a lot going on? Treat them to every twist in your wild rollercoaster life with regular updates. These methods let you build insights into your life into your day.

Workforce temporarily flooded with teenagers who don't know shit

THE nation’s employers have been deluged with a torrent of teenagers on work experience who do not know how to do the most basic of tasks.

Charm of child on Zoom call rapidly dissipating

THE novelty of a toddler interrupting a professional Zoom call is waning fast, all participants confirmed.

Couple cleverly uses money from shit house in nice area to buy nice house in shit area
HOMEOWNERS who previously purchased an awful house in a good area are moving up the property ladder by buying a good house in an awful area.

Alcohol

Legend finds way to go hard and go home at same time

A MAN believes he has discovered a bold new frontier of nights out by going hard and going home simultaneously.

We ask you: what event are you pairing with this weekend's alcohol?

BLAZING sun compels every Briton to indulge in alcohol at an event designed for same, whether called ‘Trudy’s wedding’ or ‘Glyndebourne’. What’s yours?

BuzzBallz: Your guide to surviving the unprecedented threat of 13.5% alcohol

A DANGEROUS new novelty drink, BuzzBallz, is sweeping the UK, the media has warned us. So is there any way to prevent this sherry-strength alcopop ruining your life? Try these measures.

Man begins pre-drinks for Oasis gig

MINDFUL that there are only 55 hours to go before the first gig of the Oasis reunion, a man has started on pre-drinks this afternoon.

'Donald just read a book at parties': Ghislaine Maxwell's new bullshit version of Trump and Epstein's relationship
GHISLAINE Maxwell is clearly being prepped to give an account of Trump and Epstein's friendship that exonerates the president. Here's the new version of events she's probably working on right now.