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Friday Funnies: Editor mistakes dog for woman’s hat

The Friday Funnies have been coming in thick and fast over the past couple of weeks, with a certain ‘head’-line from Gloucestershire figuring prominently among the nominations sent in by our readers.

We’ll come to that one later but first, some other comedy classics which have yet to be featured on Radio Four’s News Quiz. Thanks as ever for your contributions, and keep them coming to [email protected]



Regular funnies fans will recall that Worcester News editor Kevin Ward made our ultimate collection of 2010 funnies for this classic Tweet about answering the phone:


Well, the good news is that Kevin has been busy Twittering again, this time to record a memorable incident from his morning commute:




Next, the Hackney Gazette lived up to its well-earned reputation for hard-hitting crime coverage with this headline about the conviction of a local drug dealer.

We particularly enjoyed reporter Jasmine Coleman’s rather poetic second par: “Dumic Dumic, 21, had 22 wraps of heroin and 25 wraps of crack cocaine hidden where the sun doesn’t shine.”




Still on the subject of headlines, this Weston and Somerset Mercury tale about strip joint owner Jesus Rodriguez-Casas provided ample opportunity for some fun and games on the subs desk….




The recent sexism furore over ex-Sky News presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys briefly made a household name of Sian Massey, the female linesperson who they claimed would not know the offside rule.

In the circumstances, though, perhaps the Coventry Telegraph should have found a different page on which to carry this follow-up:




And finally….just in case you’ve been enjoying a winter break on Mars, a final outing for THAT headline from the Gloucestershire Echo:


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  • February 11, 2011 at 8:26 am
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    the last one is an early contender for ‘funny of the year’. brilliant.

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  • February 11, 2011 at 9:32 am
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    If you can get jailed for having ‘crack in bum’, then surely everyone on earth should be in prison??

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