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Archive of the Absurd

Archive of the Absurd

Because stupidity deserves documentation.

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Archive of the Absurd

Archive of the Absurd

Because stupidity deserves documentation.

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Two suited politicians squabbling over a trophy as Tories destroy the country around them
  • British Buffoonery

Tories Accuse Labour of Stealing ‘Destroy the Country’ Policy in Bitter Brand Dispute

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

In a bold act of political plagiarism, Labour has apparently stolen the Tories’ beloved ‘destroy the country’ brand, and frankly the Tories are livid.

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Chaotic British dinner table with absurd food combinations and a sad fish finger
  • British Buffoonery
  • Food Gone Wrong

British dinner chaos erupts as American writer asks the internet’s most dangerous question

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

One innocent question about British dinner chaos proved that asking the internet what Brits eat is roughly equivalent to poking a very sarcastic bear.

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A royal-looking woman celebrating Kate's royal escape on a mountain peak
  • British Buffoonery
  • Celebrities

Kate’s Royal Escape: Princess of Wales Climbs Mountains Just to Get Away From Her Family

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

Kate’s royal escape involved three mountains, zero children, and the blessed silence of a Gore-Tex-swathed Scottish hillside.

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Frazzled manager overwhelmed by weird employee complaints at chaotic office desk
  • British Buffoonery
  • Strange But True
  • Weird World

Weird Employee Complaints That Made Managers Question Everything

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

Weird employee complaints have reached new heights, and frankly, some of these managers deserve medals, therapy, or both.

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Man warming home by burning £10 notes for fuel in a living room stove
  • British Buffoonery

Burning £10 Notes Cheapest Fuel Source, Confirms Study Nobody Asked For

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

Burning £10 notes for fuel is officially cheaper than petrol, in news that will surprise absolutely no one who has recently visited a petrol station.

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A sneaky figure committing mild vandalism on a public sign at night
  • British Buffoonery
  • Strange But True
  • Weird World

Mild Vandalism Hall of Fame: Reddit’s Most Gloriously Petty Acts of Public Improvement

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

Mild vandalism Reddit has outdone itself again — 19 acts of petty genius proving that some people are too funny to be stopped.

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Creepy fog-covered Welsh farmhouse at dusk evoking BBC The Witch Farm
  • British Buffoonery
  • Entertainment Oddities
  • Paranormal

BBC’s The Witch Farm Is Real — And Honestly, Wales Didn’t Need More Reasons To Be Unsettling

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

BBC The Witch Farm brings a genuinely haunted Welsh farmhouse to your telly — as if Wales needed any more atmospheric dread.

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Two 1920s British eccentrics investigating fairy evidence at the Fairy Investigation Society
  • British Buffoonery
  • Historical Oddities
  • Paranormal

Fairy Investigation Society: The Gloriously Bonkers British Club That Hunted the Little People

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

The Fairy Investigation Society was a real British organisation dedicated to hunting fairies — and honestly, it was even weirder than it sounds.

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Mysterious misty figure on stone steps in a Clifford's Tower ghost photo at night
  • British Buffoonery
  • Historical Oddities
  • Paranormal

Clifford’s Tower Ghost Photo: Blurry Menace or Just a Bad Night for Yorkshire Tourism?

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

One man’s late-night wander around a floodlit medieval tower produced a Clifford’s Tower ghost photo that is either history-making or deeply embarrassing.

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Cartoon radio host in air-conditioned studio arguing against school closures in the heat
  • British Buffoonery

Nick Ferrari vs School Closures in the Heat: A Sweaty Lesson in Getting It Wrong

aota-admin1 month ago04 mins

Nick Ferrari declared school closures in the heat would make kids soft — presumably from his arctic, air-conditioned studio. The internet disagreed, loudly.

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