Category: Spoofs
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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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…