Category: humour

  • The Irish Sailor who didn’t know how to pray

    Before becoming president, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer. Often he used humour to get the attention of a judge whom he needed a favour. On one particular occasion, Lincoln was anxious to get the attention of the judge, he announced: “May it please your Honor, I am like the Irish sailor, and beg your Honor […]

  • Greece the home of football

    Recently, I had the good fortune to visit Greece. Greece is not just a beautiful country but also the cradle of – Western civilisation, the Olympics, democracy, and association football. Football may come as a surprise to students of history, because many erroneously believe football to have been invented by the British around the start […]

  • Fred Dibnah Quotes

    “Did you like that?” Fred Dibnah after felling a chimney which nearly landed on himself. The childlike grin after felling a chimney – priceless. Love the horn too.

  • Parks and Recreation – best of American comedy

    Generally, I’m not a fan of American comedy. But, I like Parks and Recreation a lot. It has very good characters and a good mix of gentle satire and sometimes is very funny. As a vegetarian, yoga practising, socialist, my favourite character is Ron Swanson, the carnivorous, yoga hating, capitalist. A close second is Andy […]

  • Four Yorkshiremen sketch – Monty Python

    One of my favourite comedy sketches – The Four Yorkshiremen. “Corridor, we used to dream of living in a corridor.” Related I managed to use the Four Yorkshiremen Sketch as a somewhat convoluted introduction to an article on spiritual discipline and obedience. See: The discipline to follow a spiritual life at Write Spirit.

  • Shakespeare jokes

    William Shakespeare is having a grand celebration for the 400th anniversary of his death. Shakespeare is literally everywhere at the moment, and it’s not just in the hundreds of words he helped push into the English language. We have Shakespeare’s Guide to Poisoning Plants, Shakespeare Insults, Shakespeare’s Guide to Parenting and even Shakespeare’ Guide to […]

  • The journey of one hundred thousand paces begins with

    I try to have a few more meditations on Christmas Eve. It’s a good feeling as the world slows down and becomes a little more reflective. With the sun setting below the hills, I closed my door and burnt some incense. The pungent fragrance filling the room. Settled in the chair I felt unusually receptive […]

  • The genius of Peter Kay

    I’ve just finished watching car share by Peter Kay. It was a great comedy with a lot of newness. The thing I love about Peter Kay is He is very funny He is big-hearted spirit – you could enjoy watching Peter Kay, even without the jokes The comedy is a rare blend of the surreal […]

  • History of English in Ten Minutes

    narrated by Clive Anderson

  • Dentist Jokes

    The Dentist A man walks into a dentist’s office and asks how much it will cost to extract a wisdom tooth. “Eighty dollars,” the dentist says. “That’s a ridiculous amount,” the man says. “Isn’t there a cheaper way?” “Well,” the dentist says, “if you don’t use an anaesthetic, I can knock the price down to […]