Category Archives: Humour

The perils of being a child film star

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph”.1 Short biography: Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and … Continue reading

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Positive parenting

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A religious reason for not doing housework

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Putin and Obama have a chat

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin had a chat after a meetingBarack said, “Mr. Putin, the reason that I love my country is that a man can walk right into The White House and say, ‘I don’t like the way Barack … Continue reading

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A quick route to poverty

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Dorothy Parker on drunkenness

“The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.”

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Bugger: It wasn’t grim up North

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A Lee Evans joke

I love kebabs, they give you all that meat, that saturated fat, and they give you that little bit of salad. What’s that, the healthy section? Never see a drunk do that, do you? “Where’s me salad! What you trying … Continue reading

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Creative Thinking

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A cosy night in

Jim and Sarah were watching TV when he got up and left the room. After a couple of minutes, he came back in wearing a coat, hat and scarf. “Are you going out Jim?” “No. I’ve turned the heating off.”

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