The Poke
thepoke.co.uk · Group blog · on HN since 2011
The Poke is a UK humor site posting funny lists, translation guides, viral stories, and comic takes on British life.
What HN saysHN links it for humor, such as the Anglo-EU translation guide and the English pronunciation poem, usually as comparisons in lighthearted threads.
19HN people shared it
13linked it in comments
7stories submitted
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Most-shared posts
- 1English Pronunciation2 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 2Questions Librarians Answered Before the Internet1 people · 5 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 3Review of children’s book pretending it’s about the network utility ‘Ping’1 people · 5 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Looney Tunes Guide to Interactions Between Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 5The Poke's Brief History of Medicine1 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 6At least Tesco are giving shoppers a bit of warning this year1 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 7Anakin 330x330.jpg1 people · first shared 2022
- 8The world bollard association on twitter is anything but a load of bollards 13 favourites1 people · first shared 2023
- 9How to draw an owl1 people · first shared 2011
- 10Anglo eu translation guide1 people · first shared 2019
- 11Funny economy explained cows capitalism.jpg1 people · first shared 2021
- 12Amazon ambassadors takedown hilarious terrifying1 people · first shared 2019
- 13C7gsyt4XQAA efu.jpg1 people · first shared 2017
- 14Amazon ambassadors takedown hilarious terrifying equal1 people · first shared 2019
- 15Big jet tv planes landing heathrow viral1 people · first shared 2023
What HN people wrote when they linked it
ndsipa_pomu · 2023-08-03
There's some similar fun to be found by following the World Bollard Assocation on the platform formerly known as Twitter
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2023/01/06/the-world-bollard-association-on-…
onion2k · 2019-09-10
This feels like someone has taken the classic "Anglo EU translation guide (2011)"[1] and tried to do the same thing for American sayings. It works a little better for British sayings because, frankly, we Brits are incredibly repressed and never say what we mean if we can put our true meaning in the subtext.
[1] https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/05/17/anglo-eu-translation-guide/
wishinghand · 2017-03-30
I'd love to see it take on this poem: http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/
mg1982 · 2015-04-03
I had no idea the spockyourfive thing was a thing, but I'm kind of glad it is.
Worth a look if any of this amused you: http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/08/05/10-banknotes-improved-by-doodles/
codeulike · 2023-07-30
Should just be a link to the tweet from Big Jet TV rather than travelweekly
https://twitter.com/BigJetTVLIVE/status/1680966378524758017
Big Jet TV is kindof famous in the UK because on 18 February 2022 when Storm Eunice was passing through, the channel trended on twitter and everyone ended up watching it and talking about it
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/02/18/big-jet-tv-planes-landing-heathro…
teekert · 2022-12-08
He's there to help us protect our rights, right?
He's there to help us protect our rights... right...?
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/anakin-330x330.jp…
timonoko · 2022-10-08
Dammit. SannaMarin's Peace Plan is now difficult to execute. Rats cannot remove themselves rightaway, except by swimming.
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/10/07/finnish-pm-sanna-marin-went-viral…
thesuperbigfrog · 2021-05-23
It could be worse:
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/funny-economy-exp…
oarsinsync · 2019-09-04
Amazon employees what it calls "FC Ambassadors". These people have openly admitted that they are paid by the hour to tweet about the company[0].
Full thread in a nicely readable format at https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/08/15/amazon-ambassadors-takedown-hilar…
[0] https://twitter.com/rulesObeyer/status/1161758672973811712
ekr · 2019-08-15
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/08/15/amazon-ambassadors-takedown-hilar…
This link provides some context.
gadders · 2017-11-27
Some good examples collected here: https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/08/22/guardian-columns-look-like-spoofs…
rmc · 2017-05-08
The same thing happens in Ireland with those newspapers.
For example, when Martin McGuinness died a few weeks ago, the newspapers had radically different front pages: http://www.thepoke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/C7gsyt4XQAA-efu.jp…
https://1k95i3bqziq3bboq03r87f8x-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/up…
pbhjpbhj · 2011-04-20
imgur tells me they can't find that file ... http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2010/08/27/how-to-draw-an-owl/