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Friday Funnies: Is that a fire or a fancy dress party?

April Showers and winter-esque winds have failed to dampen the comedy spirit of HTFP’s readers as we are able to bring you a third dose of Friday Funnies for April.

Thanks for staying vigilant and please keep sending them to: [email protected].


It’s over Stateside first up for what we think is just about the best picture caption ever to appear on a newspaper’s website.

But we can’t decide what’s more bonkers – the fact this gentleman was dressed as a gorilla in the first place or the matter of fact way in which it is referred to by the New Hampshire newspaper (from UnionLeader.com).


This excerpt from the Guardian’s corrections column requires no further commentary from us:


Here’s another which has been doing the rounds this week. Perhaps the solicitor representing this donkey-fondling defendant could have chosen his words more carefully when he came to, ahem, “address” the court:


The PR who wrote this news release for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council’s website has taken a somewhat lackadaisical attitude to fact gathering:


And finally, proof that everything, no matter how small, constitutes breaking news when it comes to online publishing (from Banbury Guardian):


If you’ve enjoyed these then click through to our previous collection: It’s back to the 70s in Cornwall. And please take a moment to visit our Facebook group to see our Funnies archive.