AddThis SmartLayers

Funnies RSS

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].

Prescott's a disgrace… where was his follow-up?

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 John Prescott is an absolute disgrace. Fancy trying to deck a farm worker with one pathetic jab? Where was the follow-up body shot? Where was the uppercut?

Unidentified Headline 117

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 You know my views on this. The only people who should have the right to vote are property owners of sound mind and body. And, in the

Bloody Germans!

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 It’s come to something when the bloody Germans feel free to have a pop at this great country of ours. In a badly-written diatribe in Stern magazine

Unidentified Headline 116

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 This, I kid you not, is what one of Fleet Street’s finest had to say about the England captain after comparing him to Robert de Niro’s psychopathic

Unidentified Headline 120

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 Meanwhile Whittaker, our wrinkled retainer, has spent hours on the phone to the Daily Mail claiming he’s caught the human version of foot and mouth. He actually

Furry Dance -hamsters optional

Page 2 of 4 It is believed to predate Christianity, be of Pagan origin, and to be mainly concerned with welcoming the coming of summer and relief that the winter has passed. Despite the confusion everyone seems sure that it

Biggs, redheads and scout badges

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 Which fool sent Ronnie Biggs a passport? And why do we want him back in the first place? Just because he embarrassed the cops by having the

Unidentified Headline 119

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 If you dropped a £20 note in the street, you wouldn’t expect the Government to give it you back. You’d just smoke Lambert and Butler and drink

Unidentified Headline 123

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 Trouble at Beelzebub Mansions. Whittaker, our wrinkled retainer and odd job man, has been pursuing a vendetta against the greengrocer in the village after being thrown out

The full story

We recently carried a story about Essex Chronicle girl Kate Eshmade spending a day with the Territorial Army. She wasn’t the only hack from around the country who spent time in the company of the part-time soldiers at their Midlands

I'd never choose to give birth this way

Professional and celebrity mums often choose a caesarian delivery for their babies, believing it to be the easier option. But the op can be riskier than natural birth with a longer recovery time.Evening Express reporter Suzy Aspley reveals that had

Unidentified Headline 122

Page 2 of 2 And despite the fact that I had excellent care from everyone in the hospital, it is not something which I or my partner would want to repeat. After the op I could barely sit up and

Bridget has a lot to answer for

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 That Bridget Jones woman has a lot to answer for. All over the country, women are whining on about their weight, their meaningless lives and the state

Unidentified Headline 121

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 We men invest an awful lot of cash in a relationship. Apart from the costs incurred during the initial wooing (Babycham, cinema tickets and chips), it seems

Unidentified Headline 127

Come fly with me! by Graham Smith Page 3 of 3 Down on the ground for repair the Hawk looks tiny. It is made of aluminium, same as your grandad’s greenhouse, and frankly I think I would prefer to be

Flesh – the politically-incorrect restaurant

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 I’ve decided to go into the restaurant business. Well everyone else is. Not a day passes without another poor sap sinking his life savings into a Polynesian-Irish