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True life jokes as reported in prominent newspapers.
1) Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas
bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, "We agree that it was rather high
for the time of year. It's possible that Mr. Purdey has been charged for the
gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his house."
(The Daily Telegraph)
2) Irish police are being handicapped in their search for a stolen van,
because they cannot issue a description. It's a Special Branch vehicle and
they don't want the public to know what it looks like. (The Guardian)
3) A young girl, who was blown out to sea on a set of inflatable teeth, was
rescued by a man on an inflatable lobster. A coast guard spokesman
commented, "This sort of thing is all too common".
(The Times)
4) At the height of the gale, the harbourmaster radioed a coastguard and
asked him to estimate the wind speed. He replied that he was sorry but he
didn't have a gauge with him. If it was any help, however, he said that the
wind had just blown his Land Rover off the cliff.
(Aberdeen Evening Express)
5) Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue, Boscombe, delighted the audience with
her reminiscences about the German prisoner of war, who was sent each week
to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He
always seemed a nice friendly chap but, when the crocuses came up in the
middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'"
(Bournemouth Evening Echo).
True life jokes as reported in prominent newspapers.
1) Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas
bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, "We agree that it was rather high
for the time of year. It's possible that Mr. Purdey has been charged for the
gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his house."
(The Daily Telegraph)
2) Irish police are being handicapped in their search for a stolen van,
because they cannot issue a description. It's a Special Branch vehicle and
they don't want the public to know what it looks like. (The Guardian)
3) A young girl, who was blown out to sea on a set of inflatable teeth, was
rescued by a man on an inflatable lobster. A coast guard spokesman
commented, "This sort of thing is all too common".
(The Times)
4) At the height of the gale, the harbourmaster radioed a coastguard and
asked him to estimate the wind speed. He replied that he was sorry but he
didn't have a gauge with him. If it was any help, however, he said that the
wind had just blown his Land Rover off the cliff.
(Aberdeen Evening Express)
5) Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue, Boscombe, delighted the audience with
her reminiscences about the German prisoner of war, who was sent each week
to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He
always seemed a nice friendly chap but, when the crocuses came up in the
middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'"
(Bournemouth Evening Echo).