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
Random thoughts
A regular HoldTheFrontPage reader from the world of electronic publishing sent us these random thoughts on being a woman, which are currently doing the rounds…
June 25, 2007
Headlines of the hour
Thanks to those of you who have contributed headlines you’ve spotted in the regional press for our latest round-up. Here they are: A quick glance…
June 25, 2007
Golfing gaffe
Our thanks to the HoldtheFrontPage reader who alerted us to the unfortunate juxtaposition of a story from a murder trial and a picture about a…
June 25, 2007
MacIntyre eat your heart out!
Thanks for your response to our appeal for stories about those times – heroic or just plain embarrassing – when a journalist has “starred” in…
June 25, 2007
They must be quackers
Bizarre story of last week award, goes to the Gloucestershire Echo for the story of the mystery naked hero who rescued a duck in distress….
June 25, 2007
Newshound bitten by dog
Simon Harvey brought us his tale of being struck by lightning as he pursued a runaway donkey while covering a summer fete for the Henley…
June 25, 2007
A flash of inspiration
There are few things guaranteed to bring a wry smile to a journalist’s lips more than a fellow hack becoming the focus of a news…
June 25, 2007
More headlines here
It’s a hard life being a sub-editor, but life can be even tougher when you’re a thug. Consider, the plight of poor old Bill the…
June 25, 2007
Another clutch of classics
More classic headlines, this time remembered with fondness and sent to us by Sandra Dyson of the Hull Daily Mail: Local agricultural show results….Cattle do…
June 25, 2007
Cringeworthy moments laid bare
Liz Payne, from the Accrington Observer, couldn’t help but notice the howlers Jeremy Condliffe sent in from his time there. She told HoldTheFrontPage: “It’s now…
June 25, 2007
It can happen to anyone – honestly
Winner of the “It can happen to anyone – but thank God it wasn’t me” award goes to the team behind this gem…. We loved…
June 25, 2007
Newsroom fun
We couldn’t resist revisiting the Accrington Observer’s merry newsroom just once more… to reap the wise words recorded by Liz Payne. Observer staff demonstrating broad…
June 25, 2007
Something for the weekend
Here’s the latest crop of funny, strange and unusual headlines from the regional press: Presumably these signs just say “Glos” – or maybe they’re only…
June 25, 2007
"I was the Beast of Exmoor"
Most newspapers have one, make fun of one and need one to talk about behind their back.It’s the wizened old hack, travelling on the final…
June 25, 2007
The art of the sub-editor
We’ve been trawling the regional press once again for good and bad headlines and liked this one, from a Liverpool Echo story about bad weather…
