Tuesday 11 June King Kamehameha I Day in Hawaii
There is some uncertainty as to when King Kamehameha was born with several years between 1736 and 1761 being proposed. What is known is that…
Restaurant couple clearly on a voucher
A COMMON-LOOKING couple in a fancy restaurant were only there because of an internet voucher, according to fellow diners. The overdressed pair were disconcertingly excitable…
Monday 10 June Sacred Heart in Colombia
The Feast of the Sacred Heart is devoted to the physical heart of Jesus as a symbol of his divine love for all humanity. The…
Becci, and other stupid ways people spell their names to sound more interesting
SPELLING their name in a bizarre way rarely masks the fact that someone is crashingly dull. Do you know one of these people? Becci, Bekki,…
Sunday 9 June Primary elections for mayors and governors in Chile
Voters directly-elect one mayor and a number of councilmen per municipality. Mayors are elected by a simple majority, while councilmen seats are decided using a…
That twat you used to work with now somehow a boss
A MASSIVE arsehole you used to work with is now quite senior at another company. 31-year-old Tom Logan, who just used to go on football…
Saturday 8 June Temotu Province Day in Solomon Islands
In the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, Temotu Province Day is a public holiday. It celebrates the moment this region attained provincial government status in…
Man who works in marketing thinks his skills are transferable
A MARKETING executive wrongly believes his skills will be useful in a variety of situations, including a catastrophe. Tom, not his real name, thinks his…
Friday 7 June Randol Fawkes Labour Day in Bahamas
Sir Randol Fawkes was a free trade unionist, civil rights activist and author who had an important impact on the modern Bahamas. Fawkes is often…
Thursday 6 June Children’s Union Foundation Day in North Korea
The Korean Children's Union was founded on June 6th 1946 by Kim Il-sung. Between the ages of 7 and 13, all North Korean children join the…
Six emails to send at 5pm on Friday for maximum damage
ARE you a workplace twat who wants to ruin people’s weekends? These emails will ensure your colleagues return on Monday stressed and unhappy. ‘Can we…
Wednesday 5 June President’s Day in Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is the current president of Equatorial Guinea. He was born on June 5th 1942. He has been the political leader of…
Why France doesn’t count as a foreign holiday, by a 14-year-old whose parents dragged her there last week
HAVING just returned from France, which is shit, Grace Wood-Morris can state definitively that it does not count as a proper holiday abroad. She explains: …
Tuesday 4 June Demise of Imam Khomeini in Iran
Imam Khomeini dedicated most of his life to resistance against the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty, which finally led to its downfall in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. …
Monday 3 June Western Australia Day in Western Australia
Though the first Europeans to arrive in the region had been Dutch, the western part of Australia had been claimed for Britain on May 2nd…
Sunday 2 June Republic Day in Italy
Italy became a nation on March 17th 1861, when most of the states of the region and the two Sicilies were united under King Victor Emmanuel II,…
Power to hand out sick notes to be given to specially appointed bastards
THE government is to take the issuing of sick notes from GPs and hand it to a panel of specially selected sadistic bastards. The panel…
Saturday 1 June Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day in Brunei
Brunei had been a British protectorate since 1888, and as such, was reliant on the British armed forces for protection and defense. On 31 May 1961,…
Dad trapped in phone conversation with daughter for four and a half hellish minutes
A FATHER has been caught up in a nightmarish telephone conversation with his daughter lasting almost five minutes. Unsuspecting dad Martin, not his real name,…
Two men in forties very much afraid they could become friends
A PAIR of men in their 40s fear they may inexorably move from being comfortable acquaintances to full-blown friendship. Over the past few years, Martin…