Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena
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Read between May 21 - September 18, 2025
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Eve came second, like women usually do, but was more evolved.
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Caterpillars are like insects, except they’re more like a haunted sleeping bag.
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People don’t like liars, which is why most artists earn no money and eventually starve to death.
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really turned eyebrows.
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Australia’s chief industry is spiders.
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Psychopathic drugs made Them Beatles stop singing simple songs about love and cars, and start writing about things that went a lot deeper, like submarines.
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Even though nobody can see them because they’re black on a black background, scientists know black holes are there because when they ask for money to research them, nobody tells them to fuck off.
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You’re holding a book in your hands right now, unless you’re not, in which case I’m sorry for making assumptions about the sort of person you are.
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and a sort of Duran Duran fairy king in the family film Muppets Vs The Goblin Crotch.
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That’s just shifting the blame for all the bad stuff in the world onto something that can’t fight back, because it’s only made of paper.
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you have to ask the question: Are we looking at the computers or are the computers looking at us?
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And even though the answer to that question is obvious, it sounds spooky.
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WHAT ONE ITEM WOULD YOU SAVE IF YOUR HOUSE WAS ON FIRE? My house
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Democracy means that it doesn’t matter who you are, your vote matters exactly the same: not very much.
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and some are for broadband.
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there’s one thing you can say about tits, it’s that they’re not for babies.
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Steam is what you get when you make water absolutely furious.
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Before Snapchat, hills were the most efficient way to distribute cock pics to a wide audience.
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The many different languages make it much easier for humans not to understand each other, which is a great help to both arms manufacturers and racists.
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‘What do you study?’ ‘Words.’ ‘Isn’t that just reading slowly?’ Yes. Yes it is.
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Donald Trump has a different definition of lying from most other people, just like he has a different definition of sexual assault, or thinking, or hair. When
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Thanks to the NHS, you can just walk into your doctor’s and get an appointment for any illness you’re expecting to have in about two weeks.
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It’s great to see men getting in touch with their feminine side like this. Rugby must be one of the most feminine sports there is.
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The sense of dread is another one that humans do best.
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For example, your brain is valuable – your body might need to use it at a moment’s notice one day – so it is protected by a hard, thick skull.
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Trump, Donald See Lies.