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Things you thought were spoofs but were real

George White

50 Shades of Grey

Similarly, I thought that the Bastard - a 1978 miniseries starring Andrew Stevens as the titular sprog, son of an English nobleman raised in France who goes off to fight in the American Revolution and meets William Shatner as Paul Revere, Tom Bosley as Ben Franklin, among a brilliantly weird cast, from Buddy Ebsen and Keenan Wynn to Kim Cattrall and Olivia Hussey to Alan "Alfred" Napier and Donald Pleasence, but no as my mother assures me, this was a real "event" miniseries...

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Skullface McGubbin

NAMBLA

I thought it was just a made up group from South Park. But as it turns out, they're real. And they've had a close history with the LGBT crowd up until the 90's.

Greenmachine

That 24 hours when it is okay to possess a host of drugs that were otherwise illegal. Facebook didn't make it real, breaking news didn't making it real. When I saw it was being covered by RTE and international news bulletins, it suddenly became real. Naturally I stayed at home and did nothing different than any other day.

goose2005

3pac. Zero hoots given.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaqcNEeIUu8

Seanad Éireann.

Water protests

boards.ie

The Kardashians.
Until a year ago I thought their mention was an in joke with sic-fi fans regarding a sexy alien species from a tv series.

endacl

Jury is still out on Gerry Beades...

Persiancowboy

That poisnous little bo**ocks Eddie Hobbs....:eek:

McTigs

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge

for at least the first ten minutes

Ging Ging

Opposite I believed somebody was real and they weren't: I thought JarJar Binges was real. I tuned out at the mention of his name in popular culture as I had no interest. I really assumed he was a rapper like Snoopy Snoopy Doggy Dog Dog or Icey Tea or one of those lads. Turns out he's actually a rather weird looking alien fellow in Star Wars. Still not a fan.

fiachr_a

Wolverines - they do exist, in Northern Europe.

DEFTLEFTHAND

When I first heard that The Script were headlining Croke Park this summer I thought it was a radio spoof. The Academy or Vicar St i'll buy but CP? get out of here.

topper75

valoren wrote: »

Charlie McCreevey announcing the SSIA.

Save 4 euro and the Government will top it up by 1 euro at the end.

Fo sho?

Aye but wasn't there a 5-year lock in or something, so each euro earns effectively 4c per annum in raw terms.
The real earnings rate was something like 3.x%. Not that exciting in what was, let's face it, a background of runaway inflation where nobody wanted to save and if you bought shares in anything you would have outperformed the SSIA.

Wouldn't mind if it was available today though!;)

For Forks Sake

McTigs wrote: »

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge

for at least the first ten minutes

Monkey Tennis.

Grays Sports Almanac

That British reporter relaying events towards the end of Spider-Man 3 - honestly thought it was some kind of weird joke I wasn't getting.

Horrendous dialogue and acting.

Zemuppet

The psychics and mediums forum here on Boards. Seriously??? Why have it?

bb1234567

I thought meninism was a joke but sadly its not

bb1234567

Hollis Hurlbut wrote: »

That British reporter relaying events towards the end of Spider-Man 3 - honestly thought it was some kind of weird joke I wasn't getting.

Horrendous dialogue and acting.

I don't remember that scene but I looked it up and the actress committed suicide a few years ago..weird

Trent Houseboat

bb1234567 wrote: »

I thought meninism was a joke but sadly its not

Had to google that. Christ I hope it's an elaborate spoof.

Reoil

George White wrote: »

Who says he wasn't?

His gravestone.

endacl

Ging Ging wrote: »

Opposite I believed somebody was real and they weren't: I thought JarJar Binges was real. I tuned out at the mention of his name in popular culture as I had no interest. I really assumed he was a rapper like Snoopy Snoopy Doggy Dog Dog or Icey Tea or one of those lads. Turns out he's actually a rather weird looking alien fellow in Star Wars. Still not a fan.

Now, JarJar Binks, on the other hand...

:pac:

Irish Guitarist

The first time I saw an advertisement for Pineapple Dance Studios on Sky I thought that Louis Spence was too camp to be real. I thought it had to be a spoof reality show.

jonnny68

IRISH WATER :eek:

Adamantium

What a hilarious exaggeration of American culture my 12 year said, I go to to the USA and its completely true, balls to the wall advertising, and doomsday mongering in the media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn3YEJTSYs8

Elmer Blooker

The universe.

Fred Swanson

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SEPT 23 1989

Adolf Hitler designed the shape of bonnet of the VW Beetle using the curve of Eva Braun's bottom as a template

Hotblack Desiato

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Adolf Hitler designed the shape of bonnet of the VW Beetle using the curve of Eva Braun's bottom as a template

Nearly right. Look up 'beetle bonnet' on urban dictionary (NSFW)

baconsarnie

Terence Flanagan. Was convinced he was a wind up.

Turns out he actually is a politician