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** No bad luck there, really. Submarines are, by design, supposed to go through the water undetected. [[Gone Horribly Right|These two worked perfectly!]]

* The existence of the [[Thememobile|Pope]][[wikipedia:Popemobile|Mobile]]. It actually translates to Popemobile.

* In a moment that can only be described as "hilarious," Misha Collins reportedly snuck in to the Jared and Jensen panel (of [[Supernatural]] fame) All Hell Breaks Loose con and asked them if it was "weird playing brothers on the show since they were lovers in real life." Fandom exploded.

* Brian Regan's riff on the whole air travel experience [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suuu6ZgJTaU&NR=1 here]

** [[wikipedia:Bible errata|errors in bible printing weren't that uncommon back in the day]] another mistake is "The Fools Bible": where it states that ""the fool hath said in his heart there is a God" more examples in the link and the [[Good Omens|Bugger Alle Bible]] is mentioned in the fictional errors section.

** Quick, to the POPE-MOBILE!

** This is itself a reference to a similar "offer" by [[Saturday Night Live|Lorne Michaels]] to give the Beatles $10,000 to reunite on SNL. The best part? It nearly worked, as the show is live and Paul was visiting John in New York at the time. The two saw the bit, nearly went, but decided against it at the last minute.

** A sketch several years later when Paul was musical guest had him trying to collect 1/4 of the money from Lorne.

* While traveling to Belfast for a promotional screening, [[Matt Smith]] (a.k.a. [[Doctor Who|the Eleventh Doctor]]) was stopped by security at Heathrow Airport after a scanner revealed a "potential weapon" in his luggage. The "weapon" in question? His [http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/monkey_doctor/NewSonicScrewdriver.jpg sonic screwdriver.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024231928/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/doctor-who-airport-security-stop-matt-smith-over-sonic-screwdriver/ The joke really writes itself.]

* Back twenty years ago, "Toughman" competitions were a popular crowd draw for a bar. People voluntarily (to the extent "voluntary" and "drunk" can coincide) sign up to box three one-minute rounds, winners get a cut of the take. Contestants tend to be long on liquid courage, short on technique, and the crowd can be harsh if the fight lacks drama. One such fight had the two guys completely gassed halfway through the second round, they could hardly raise a glove, much less make a punch. The crowd let its wrath be heard, but one leather-lunged fella made his point clearly above the din: "Hit him with your purse, you pussy!"

* After [[Gordon Brown]] was caught on microphone calling a woman "bigoted" in his car during the 2010 British general election campaign, Labour's senior leadership try to relaunch their campaign by unveiling a poster. During an outdoor speech by Lord Mandelson in front of one of the new posters, a car crashed into a bus shelter nearby.

** Even better was the driver's sketch of the incident on his insurance claims form - as well as including a sketch of his car crashed into a phone box (rather than a bus shelter) and a passing refuse lorry (which he alleged had bumped him into the shelter), he included a drawing of a crowd of frowning stick people, one bearing the label "PM" (Prime Minister), standing in front of posters saying "Labour are not rubbish". Snappier than the slogan they actually had, and conveying the same message!

* British actress Joanna Lumley - of The New Avengers and ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' - has long been a supporter of the rights of Britain's Nepalese Gurkha soldiers to settle in Britain and receive the same benefits as British-born servicemen. After being dicked around by the government for several years, and accused of being a shill for the opposition, she held a BBC press conference to set out her case in May 2009; the government attempted to overshadow this by holding their own press conference at the same time with Immigration Minister Phil Woolas. By coincidence Lumley and Woolas bumped into each other on the way to the studio, and in full view of the press cameras the formidable Lumley proceeded to intimidate a flustered Woolas into granting all the concessions she had demanded, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/07/gurkhas-joanna-lumley-phil-woolas live on TV]. Photographs memorably showed the MP visibly flinching from Lumley's withering [[Death Glare]].

* In the '80s, a Welsh farmer got so annoyed with [[Royal Air Force]] transport planes flying low over his property that he painted "Piss Off [[Biggles]]" in giant letters on the roof of his barn. Upon which the RAF began using the barn as a navigational landmark, though apparently they did respect his wishes and flew higher.

* Many animals will puff out their fur in an attempt to look larger and more intimidating. This includes guinea pigs. ''Guinea pigs''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM_CwFJjHrk This wedding ceremony], which looks and sounds as if it was created by tropers.

* Stalin allegedly found [[wikipedia:Kilroy Was Here|"Kilroy was here"]] graffiti in a VIP bathroom, prompting him to ask his aides who this "Kilroy" was.

* Two churches arguing and debating ideologies back and forth in the most passive-aggressive form imaginable--[https://web.archive.org/web/20150216034010/http://doctordavidtennant.tumblr.com/post/5321318141/two-churches-located-across-the-street-from-each-other the bulletin boards outside of their churches.]

* In what can only be descibed as both a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moment of Trolling]], MI-6 hacked into an al-Qaeda website and [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/operation-cupcake-mi6-replaces-al-qaeda-bomb-making-instructions-with-cupcake-recipes/2011/06/03/AGFUP2HH_blog.html replaced bomb-making instructions with Ellen Degeneres' cupcake recipe].

* During a Texas-Oklahoma football game in the late 70's President Gerald Ford was walking down the tunnel with Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer and Texas coach Darrell Royal at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. A drunk Oklahoma fan looks down the tunnel and yells "Hey, who are those two guys with Switzer?"

* [http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/ A Dramatic Reading of a Real Breakup Letter from a Real Person]

* Just look up [[wikipedia:Jack Thompson (activist)|anything from Jack Thompson's career as a lawyer]] while remembering he was taking this stuff very seriously. My personal pick is when he sent out photocopies to his legal opponents of his driver's license where he pasted [[Batman]]'s face over his own.

* [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-14-2011/lowe-s-balls-of-the-week Barbara Walter's] reaction to Hermann Cain, who, during her interview with him, said that if he were offered a cabinet position, he'd like [[Irony|Department of Defense]].

** And this:

{{quote|Less demand means that it is less economically viable to produce meat. Farmers go broke, farm disappear, it's nor much but a start. Of course the fire bombings and vandalism help to drive our message home, so we will win eventually.}}

* Real Madrid wins the Spanish Cup...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXxSuzRpTps Then runs over it with a bus]. [[Never Live It Down|Poor Sergio]].

** Doesn't end there. [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/sergio-ramos-penalty-fail Sergio Ramos will never EVER get rid of this little stain...]