Society

Teenager stops hating parents for long enough to ask them for money

A TEENAGER has reluctantly ceased loathing his parents for long enough to demand they buy him something.

Ten-year-old told he'll get over this whole 'save the planet' phase

A TEN-YEAR-OLD eco-warrior has been told that his concern for the environment is a passing fancy he will grow out of.  

Stop making us feel like voyeurs, people with no net curtains or blinds told

PEOPLE who insist on leaving their living rooms exposed to passers-by have been told to stop violating their own privacy.

Why the pensions triple lock must remain even as Britain dies in flames, by a pensioner

BRITAIN, 2067. The cities are in flames, the countryside barren and lifeless. There is no government. The UK exists in name only. Only the pensions triple lock endures.

Masturbator's suspension of belief ruined by MILF who's never done a school run

A MAN watching pornography has been completely taken out of the whole experience by a so-called MILF who has obviously never even unfolded a pushchair.

The bathroom is carpeted, and other signs you're in the house of a lunatic

HAVE you gone for a piss in someone’s house and discovered the room is carpeted? You should look out for these other signs that they’re a potential nutter.

'Maybe' and other British words that mean 'no'

THE English language is rich, varied and blessed with 4,000 passive-aggressive synonyms for the word ‘no’. These are just a few.

Catapults and shitty sticks: A 1970s child's guide to armed warfare

KIDS love weapons and inflicting harm, and the children of the 70s had less supervision than most. Luckily their weapons were far too rubbish to do any real damage. Like these. 

Being thin finally back in fashion after years of ridicule, exclusion and mockery

AFTER decades of being considered bony, unattractive monstrosities shunned by culture and society, being thin is finally back in fashion.

Crowd at bonfire realises this is what warm banks will look like

A CROWD of people huddled around a bonfire have realised they are staring at what warm banks will look like.