Category Archives: Humour

American Prison Joke

Q: Why are white guys frightening?A: Because you know they’re guilty.

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P G Wodehouse on marriage

He fell in love, got married—with a sort of whoop, as if it were the greatest fun in the world—and then began to find out things

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A Comprehensive Analysis

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget’s Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded, nonplussed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, … Continue reading

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More conspiring than thee

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The perfect gift for an IKEA manager

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A KGB* joke

The regional KGB headquarters in Arkhangelsk suffered a major fire and was almost completely destroyed. Shortly after, a man phoned. “I’m sorry, we can’t do anything,” said the receptionist. “The KGB has burnt down.”Five minutes later, the receptionist received another … Continue reading

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Anything for a quiet life

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It was tough in my day

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How New Zealanders amuse themselves

“The first sausage arrived in my letterbox in the summer of 2022,” Jacob Coetzee told reporters in Surfdale, on Auckland’s Waiheke Island, “wrapped in white buttered bread, coated in tomato sauce, and looking as if it had been barbecued. I … Continue reading

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An anatomy class for veterinary students

First-year students were attending a class on a cow. The professor began his lecture, “Vet’s need two important qualities. Firstly, they shouldn’t be disgusted by anything involving an animal’s body.” The professor stuck his finger in the cow’s anus, withdrew … Continue reading

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