Category: Spoofs

  • Jesus: I am not coming back

    CHAPEL HILL – Just as the Christmas shopping season was beginning, a damper has come down on the holiday's festive spirit, as Jesus announced Wednesday that he is canceling his…

  • Candid yams contain truth serum

    RALEIGH – A team of scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina announced today a discovery that may explain why so many Thanksgiving dinners go…

  • A sketchy portrait of Tom Bordeaux

    This article is re-printed in advance from the upcoming Hollow Rock Racquet and Swim Club Newsletter from its soon-to-be cancelled occasional Member Spotlight series. THIS MONTH'S "MEMBER SPOTLIGHT' shines its…

  • News in briefs by Fruit of the Loom

    Today's news snippets are being brought to you by Fruit of the Loom all-natural undergarments and through the generous support of writers like me. Horace Williams to become spaceport CHAPEL…

  • Global warming thaws Al Gore

    SOUTH POLE STATION, Antarctica – In what climatologists say is the definitive sign that the theory of global warming is fact, Al Gore appears to have spontaneously thawed. Gore's frozen…

  • Bathe French Month is cancelled

    CARRBORO,ju N.C. — The Carrboro Board of Alderpersons voted Tuesday to pull the plug on "Bathe French Month." What was to be a month-long celebration of French hygienic culture was…

  • Truth vs. fiction, and vice versa

    MANY OF MY LOYAL READERS, it appears, are, as might be expected, confused. (By application of the principle of contraposition, I conclude that many of my disloyal readers are confused…

  • God drops out of NCAA playoffs

    VATICAN CITY and CHAPEL HILL — God announced today that He will cease immediately taking a position on specific sporting events, including, of most significance locally, the college basketball playoffs.…

  • Hooters’ Carrboro encounter

    CARRBORO, N.C. — Hooters of America, Inc., the Atlanta-based operator and franchiser of Hooters restaurants, announced today that they will be opening a new franchise in Carrboro early next year.…

  • Duke discovers it’s in North Carolina

    DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University President Richard Broadhead announced today that researchers from the University's geography department had just discovered that the Duke campus was physically located in the state…