Funnies
Laughter is the best medicine and our regular round-up of press and media funnies aims to put a smile on the most downcast of faces.
From amusingly misspelt headlines to double-entendres of the first degree, we want to feature them on this page.
We used to round them up into collections of ‘Friday Funnies’ and these can still be viewed here, but we will now be publishing them individually both here and on the site homepage.
If you spot one, tell us about it at editor.htfp@and.co.uk.
June 25, 2007
Animal Crackers
Animal crackers by Graham Smith Freelance journalist Graham Smith, Managing Editor of Mediaworld PR Ltd, has written topical humour columns for five years. Now he’s…
June 25, 2007
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Animal Crackers by Graham Smith Page 2 of 3 A bridge too farIsn’t technology wonderful? The £18.2 million pound Millennium bridge may have been wobbling…
June 25, 2007
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Animal Crackers by Graham Smith Page 3 of 3 NutsDid you hear about a leading chain store having to recall a chocoholic range of body…
June 25, 2007
Resolutions for our Barry
A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 It’s that time of year again when there’s only the big, hard…
June 25, 2007
Chess nuts and James Last
Debbie Eales, of the Kent Messenger Group, had doubled her chances of winning a bumper box of luxuty chocolates in time for Christmas by sending…
June 25, 2007
Bare bones of a joke
Rachel Allen, of the Romford Recorder newspaper, felt compelled to apologise for the joke she has contributed to our corny Christmas contest. “Sorry – it’s…
June 25, 2007
Can you beat this?
OK. So it would be too long to fit in a Christmas Cracker, but we love it: This piece of Tarmac is in a Christmas…
June 25, 2007
Last chance for Christmas cracker jokes
Entries for our festive funnies – win a box of luxury chocolates or HoldTheFrontPage seaside rock – close at 3pm today (Thursday), so you have…
June 25, 2007
Droppings in your Christmas box
Droppings in your Christmas box by Graham Smith Freelance journalist Graham Smith, Managing Editor of Mediaworld PR Ltd, has written topical humour columns for five…
June 25, 2007
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Droppings in your Christmas box by Graham Smith Page 2 of 2 The cow jumped over the moon! Mad cow disease may have been caused…
June 25, 2007
Chuckling for chocolates
To me, to you… There was definitely “no slacking” for our VIP judges The Chuckle Brothers as they struggled to name a winner in our…
June 25, 2007
Heading says it all
We are indebted to the contributor who sent us this classic piece of subbing work at the top of Sharon Symon’s column in The Scotsman….
June 25, 2007
Crime and punishment
Contributions this weekend to our selection of headlines includes a website – where a banner advert sat rather unfortunately at the top of an update…
June 25, 2007
Grapes, japes and a nose for trouble!
Grapes, japes and a nose for trouble! by Graham Smith Freelance journalist Graham Smith, Managing Editor of Mediaworld PR Ltd, has written topical humour columns…
June 25, 2007
Killer cows and peanuts
We liked this headline: The tragic death of Inspector Morse has left an opening for a new hero: What dreadful offence with a rope prompted…
