Humour

Back in 2014, respected satirical website The Onion published a story claiming that the American state of Ohio was replacing lethal injections for death row prisoners with a more humane “head ripping off machine”.

Message featuring an image of a charging bull claims to be advertising a digital camera for sale.

Message circulating on Facebook is supposedly addressed to someone who attempted to steal Christmas lights from the house of the person who posted the message but inadvertently left his or her phone behind while still logged into Facebook.

A message, which is currently circulating via social media, suggests that a 15-year-old episode of animated TV series ‘The Simpsons”  predicted the now famous scene in which US President Trump laid hands on a “glowing orb” during his May 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia.

The following joke has circulated far and wide. I include it here simply because I have had a number of messages asking if the supposed address is real.

Email claims that several Japanese banks, including the “Origami Bank”, the “Sumo Bank” and the “Bonsai Bank” are experiencing major difficulties due to the US sub-prime lending crisis.

Circulating message claims that Facebook is set to launch a ‘no swearing campaign’ and that people caught using profanity on the network will have their accounts locked.

This spoof email claims that just opening an email will automatically launch a nuclear strike. 

An amusing poem about computing that has circulated widely online and via email is attributed to American writer, Dr Seuss.