The Spurious Nib

Volume 17

Spurious Nib#81

In 1849 Englishman, Martin Kilmead, out ran a locomotive pulling three tons of coal from Goldhanger to Heybridge.


Spurious Nib#21

May 20, 1957, 2:34 PM: 3rd grader, Kenny, "Blush Boy" Phillips gained fame by managing to lob three consecutive spitballs into Mrs. Larder's coffee.
May 20, 1957, 2:36 PM: 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Larder set a personal best for lobbing an eraser directly at a child's head.





Spurious Nib#65

Timothy Conrad, a Confederate Soldier, was laughed out of the army when it was discovered the birthmark on his left buttocks resembled a top hatted Abraham Lincoln.





Spurious Nib#72 

Prague 1795. Utz and her husband Mel Vitz had high hopes for their son. Instead the once proud mom, Utz Vitz, gave herself the honorary title, Most Disappointed Mother of the Year" after her adult son revealed he had not been attending law school . It turned out Utz's son Zindel had been playing the lute and making jokes every evening at the local tavern.

Spurious History

On May 1st, 1919, Congress passed a resolution discouraging facial hair in order to placate Russian Communist from invading Alaska.

The Spurious Nib

Volume 16

Spurious Nib #12

In 2685 BCE Egyptian sailors learned sitting in a boat leads to leaner crocodiles.



Spurious Nib #90

Shadow puppet, Gloria Darkmoore will be performing three shows at the Fortune Theatre this week. Darkmore's Shadow Hand Mastery Show will be performing, "Kangaroos in Paris."


Spurious Nib #37

Poseidon never liked how gossipy dolphins are nor how haughty puffer fish can be.



Spurious Nib #52

Felicity Q. Turddle bathed in wine every May 1st and sang the La Marseillaise.

Spurious Cartoon History

Giraffes are so tall that cartoonist were unable to draw the whole even-toed ungulated mammal in one frame until 1924.

The Spurious Nib

Volume 4

Spurious Nib#45




Failed jockey, Horace, “Lil' Joe” Nuesome trained his dog, Hank, to sing every tune from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Spurious Ad Nibs

Mrs. Dees Vonderbrood,

“The smell of fresh bread stirs heart and hearth.”

Ask for it at your local grocers!

Spurious Nib#102

In December, 1839 the Buckingham Palace Cats sent out invitations to Queen Victoria's wedding.

Spurious Nib News from around the earth.

Kenosha, Wisconsin
Sarah P. Needles, Reporter

Parthena Bergere Bleue once again has had wondrous, ethereal visions. “My mind's eye wandered about the future when suddenly my senses were overwhelmed. I found myself in a dance hall of sorts. Parts of the floor would light in wondrous colors. The sprite-lighted floor (Parthena's description) lit, there was a sudden cacophony of  sounds, and suddenly the figure standing on it began to jump and turn about.”
At this point of the interview Mrs. Bleue was too overcome to continue, so shocking to her fragile state she called out, “O, the sprites leap'n about the floor! Tis a truly terrible future.” Her voice trailed off at this point. Fortunately before we began the interview, Prognosticator Parthena enlisted the aid of her son Morgan to demonstrate a sprite floor covering.


Pictured: Miss Parthena shows off the futuristic dance item to her husband, Shoebox Phil, famed hobo and magician Phil Bleue & their son, Morgan.

Spurious Cat History

Spurious Nib#83

Lenin thought he could use cats to rule the world,



“Give me cute kitten videos to teach the children 
and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.”
-- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Special Edition: Happy Spurious Easter!

Spurious Nib#93

The statues on Easter Island are the crystallized remains of the Nephilim described in Genesis 6:4.








Spurious Nib#47

On Easter 1905 Bruce and Nellie Ironmonger grew so tired of hunting Easter eggs they made a pact to never eat another hard-boiled egg as long as they lived!









Spurious Springtime Mythology

As a teenager Persephone was so angry at her mother for not allowing her to date Triptolemos she released Demeter's collection of Pookas so no one else would ever have to be as lonely as she was.

Spurious Movie Fact #19

In the 1950 movie, Harvey, Angel Clearance played the role of the six foot tall Pooka opposite Jimmy Stewart's  Elwood P. Dowd.


Spurious Nib#24




Maggie Dimplmeier invented the Easter Bonnet in 1877.

Spurious Or Not.

You Decide!

Constantine has been recognized as the first person in history 

to appropriate an entire race and religion.