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 [email protected].
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 the only one I remember from last year’s crackers!” said Rachel, before wowing us with:
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 party when a lump of granite walks upto him. “I’m ‘ard, I am,” says the
Entries for our festive funnies – win a box of luxury chocolates or HoldTheFrontPage seaside rock – close at 3pm today (Thursday), so you have just hours left to e-mail us your joke and be in with a chance of
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 years. Now he’s sharing them with HoldTheFrontPage. Page 1 of 2 What do you buy
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 by cattle eating dust from space, scientists believe. This startling theory is down to a
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 Christmas Cracker Joke Competition. The comedy pair kindly took time out between performances of Jack
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. If you’ve got anything for us, fax it, marked for the attention of Elaine Pritchard,
Contributions this weekend to our selection of headlines includes a website – where a banner advert sat rather unfortunately at the top of an update on the Jill Dando murder investigation. We liked this headline from those glory days at
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 for five years. Now he’s sharing them with HoldTheFrontPage. He says: “I can be contacted
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 this skipping trial? Sentences can be harsh: But sometimes the crimes deserve it: And even
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 by e-mail: If you love something, set it free.If it comes back, it will always
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 made us wonder if Gordon Brown was in a spot of bother – but thankfully,
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 charity golf event in the Belfast News Letter If you’ve got anything for us, fax
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 story. Simon Harvey, now a freelance writer based in Nottingham, has shared with HoldTheFrontPage this
Thanks for your response to our appeal for stories about those times – heroic or just plain embarrassing – when a journalist has “starred” in a news story. Simon Harvey started the ball rolling with his tale of being struck
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. Animal lover Jennie Trisnan had spent three hours trying to rescue a duck that was