Come to Spain, to laugh at the people who'd normally be in Dubai

THE Spanish tourist board is encouraging Britons to visit this summer for a good chuckle at all those miserable because they cannot be in Dubai. 

As thousands of former influencers and the wealth-adjacent are forced to spend summers in a less glamorous location due to an inconvenient war, ordinary people are invited for a cheap holiday in someone else’s misery.

Holidaymaker Jordan Gardner said: “You can see them congregating in beachfront cafes, bitching about how low the skyscrapers are or that 30 degrees isn’t hot enough.

“My girlfriend and I settled in next to them, luxuriating in their complaints that you can’t get a decent gold leaf coffee anywhere. It’s so relaxing hearing them fall silent as a Mercedes S-Class goes by, swallowing their bitter regret they’re not in it.”

Susan Traherne, owner of Inspector Morse-themed bar One More Pint said: “We get them in here, moaning none of the hotel pools are infinite, disappointed their cocktails don’t cost three figures.

“We put an influencer on stage to bitch that she couldn’t hire a gold-plated Lamborghini anywhere so how could she make content and it was harming her hustle. The regulars were in stitches. Far better than the Chubby Brown tribute we’d booked.”

Former Dubai resident Nikki Hollis said: “How can it be a holiday without a Prada store? Why has this crowd gathered? What’s schadenfreude? Is it a German watch brand? Are they up for a collab?”

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22 the only age anyone should have a phone

THE only age it is healthy and useful for anyone to have a phone is 22, it has been confirmed.

With children at risk of cyberbullying and the elderly conned by obvious scams, 22 has been pinpointed as the only age when smartphone ownership is a net benefit to a person’s life.

Professor Henry Brubaker, of the Institute for Studies, said: “Your brain’s pretty much finished developing. You actually have friends you need to keep up with. You don’t have enough cash to gamble online. It’s fine.

“You’re not immune to pissing your life away endlessly scrolling on the sofa, but you’ve got loads of your life left and might actually not have seen that clip from Goodfellas before.

“Gawping at phones is dangerous for kids and unbecoming for adults. For 22-year-olds? You’ve got nothing insightful to say at that age anyway, so keeping you distracted with memes and AI slop does society a favour.

“It would be cruel not to have a phone aged 22. How else are the young supposed to communicate without irritating the rest of us, or get rejected by hotties on dating apps? Nobody’s been rejected in person since 2014.”

22-year-old James Bates said: “Sounds good to me. So long as my mum keeps paying my Vodafone bill.”