This is the Yes or BS blog, where you can play the game for yourself. Either pick a random story from the pictures below, or choose your specialist subject from the categories listed here. Just read the story through and decide whether, YES, you think it’s true, or no, you think it’s total B.S—then click you answer in the box at the bottom of each post to see if you’re correct.
Being President of the United States is a demanding job. And it’s fair to say that (until recently as least) many holders of that position have understood the importance of keeping themselves fit and healthy while in office. Of all the fitness fanatics ever to have held the Highest Office in the Land, however, it’s probably Theodore Roosevelt who takes the top spot. Teddy boy: The face of a natural born sportsman (Wikimedia Commons/Public domain) Not only was good ol‘ Teddy a
“Honest Abe”. “Handsome Frank”. “Landslide Lyndon”. Some American presidents’ nicknames could be used with pride. Others—like “Rutherfraud”, “Bullshit Johnson”, and John Adams’ “His Rotundity”—perhaps less so. And then, of course, you find out that Grover Cleveland’s nickname was “Big Steve”. Big Steve Cleveland. Plate of pies just out of shot. (Wikipedia/Public domain) Why? Well, “Grover” was actually the two-time President’s middle name; his first name (by which he was know
Getting the horn: The returning officer for Rame takes to the hustings (Pixabay) Sure, democracy is great and everything, but if Brexity McBre—I mean, Boaty McBoatface taught us anything, it’s that some decisions just shouldn’t be handed over to the public. Case in point: the sleepy West Country village of Rame, high up on the Blackdown Hills between Exeter and Yeovil, which every year from 1711 to 1933 elected a unicorn as its mayor. Wait a minute, you’re thinking, unicorns