Letters to Viz

I recently bought a fridge freezer from Currys, and after I had paid for it they asked me for my address to arrange delivery. I told them that I lived between Gateshead and Hexham, and if they rang me a week next Tuesday between 8am and 7pm, I night be able to give them a six hour slot when I would be able to take delivery. When they rang me, I told them that my house was out of stock and they should ring back on Saturday. The shoe’s on the other foot now, isn’t it, Currys?

‘Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak’, sang Thin Lizzy in 1976, ‘somewhere in this town’. Well, I’m guessing it’s going to be at the prison.

How is it that Channel 4’s Big Brother are allowed to install loads of cameras in a house and watch the residents’ every move. But when I put one tiny camera in my neighbour’s bathroom I get bound over for 12 months. There’s no justice.

I was extremely saddened to hear of Richard Whiteley’s recent death. But I was cheered to imagine his life support machine making the famous Countdown “da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da! Booooooo!” sound as he took his final breaths.

When I nipped into a McDonald’s to use their toilets the other day, I was confronted by a spotty teenager mopping up vomit just by the lavatory. On the back of his T-shirt it said ‘I’m Lovin’ it!’ Funny, but the poor sod’s face told a different story.

I don’t know why cigarette manufacturers put those big warning stickers on the side of their packets. If anything, it is likely to put people off buying the product.

Yesterday in my local TKMAXX, I went into the household bit and saw a non-stick frying pan with a price sticker on it. Who the heck are they trying to kid?

The Ocean Finance advert say ‘When you’re in the worst situation you can imagine, call Ocean Finance.’ So when I was kidnapped by Islamic Fundamentalist terrorists in Iraq recently, I gave them a call. To their credit, they swiftly arranged my release, had me and my family repatriated to Britain and combined all my debts into one easy to manage monthly payment. Well done Ocean Finance.

What’s all this nonsense about that 66-year-old Romanian woman being the world’s oldest mum? My mum’s 77. Beat that.

My boss and colleagues spend half their time criticising me for things I’ve done and the other half criticising me for things I haven’t done. I wish they’d make their damned minds up.

I often receive bills saying ‘final demand’. But it never is. If anything they start asking me for more money.

I’m not surprised Ellen MacArthur’s boat went in a great big circle around the world. I’ve bought lengths of wood from B&Q as well.

I’ve just bought Paula Radcliffe’s new autobiography. I read two thirds but I couldn’t be arsed to finish it.

In Charlie and the Chocolate factory, was nobody even a little bit suspicious that, after 20 years in bed, Grandpa Jo jumped to his feet and danced about like Fred Astaire when he got offered a free meal ticket? Lazy devil.

Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and Bono should all delve into their trillions and ‘feed the world’ their bloody selves instead of asking us poor suckers on the dole to feed it. I get ?52 a week and can’t even feed myself after I’ve bought my Special Brews, snout and porn.

‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ according to the old maxim. Well, I’m married to a GP and no matter how many apples I eat the bastard keeps coming home.

‘A little bit of what you fancy does you good’ they say. It messed Gary Glitter’s career good and proper, though, didn’t it?

It’s all very well when the newsreaders remind us that our clocks have to go back, but I’ve got five clocks in my house and I can’t remember where I bought them.

You often hear that “blood is thicker than water”. Well I’ve got both of them coming out of my arse at the moment, and to be perfectly honest I can’t feel any difference.

Ronseal 5 Year Woodstain does exactly what it says on the tin, does it? Funny that. I’ve looked all over the label and nowhere does it say ‘Makes your front door look like an African elephant has wiped its arse on it.’

Viz Top Tips

HOUSEHOLDERS. Store yellow crayons, broken pencils, dried up biros and highlighters somewhere handy. I keep mine in a jar by the telephone.

BASEBALL cap manufacturers. Save the wearer the bother of turning your caps round by putting the peak on the other side.

FOOL your friends into thinking you use expensive butter by simply using cheap margerine and ripping holes in the bread.

UNDERTAKERS. Put a flashing yellow light on the top hat of the man walking in front of the hearse to warn other road users of the slow procession of cars.

LIGHTEN up worrying trips to the doctors by posing every question with the prefix ‘Doctor, Doctor.’

POST OFFICES Put up a notice saying ‘Travel Money Available Instantly Here’, let people queue up for ten minutes and then advise them that they need to give 3 days notice to order Euros for the holiday they are going on the next day.

COMMUTERS. When you leave your house, sprint the first 200 yards and then revert back to your regular walking speed. This will save you from having to do the run of shame for the bus nearer the stop and look like a fool when you miss it.

MOBILE phone users. On trains always choose a seat in the last carriage. Then, when a train enters a tunnel, run as fast as you can towards the front of the train. This will ensure that you are in the tunnel for the shortest possible time and are less likely to miss that all-important call.

OLD BIDDIES. Easter is not going to be early or late next year. So that will save you one crappy conversation.

MAKE your own inexpensive mints by leaving blobs of toothpaste to dry on a window sill. Use striped toothpaste to make humbugs.

BOILED EGGS cut in half vertically, and with the yolk removed, make ideal miniature porcelain-style urinals for hamsters and guinea pigs.

MANUFACTURERS of Gilette razors. Leapfrog Wilkinson Sword’s inevitable six-bladed resonse to your new five-blader, and immediately release a seven-bladed razor.

And some more top tips:

Climb onto your neighbour’s roof and dangle a fish on a bit of string in front of his windows. He’ll think his house is underwater.

Girls. Too old to go on an 18 to 30 holiday? Simply get pissed, lie in a pit in your garden and shag every bloke who looks at you over the fence.

Buy a television set exactly like your neighbours. Then annoy them by standing outside their window and changing their channel using your identical remote control.

MOTORISTS. Pressing your ‘fog lights’ switch a second time after the fog has cleared will actually turn your fog lights off.

Cheer loudly at 8.00pm each Saturday to fool the neighbours into thinking you have won the Lottery.

Girls. Next time you feel like throwing a ball over-arm, don’t, because you can’t and it just looks silly. Just throw it girlie under-arm style, and no-one will laugh at you, or get hurt.

Don’t buy expensive ‘ribbed’ condoms, just buy an ordinary one and slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.

X-Files fans. Create the effect of being abducted by aliens by drinking two bottles of vodka. You’ll invariably wake up in a strange place the following morning, having had your memory mysteriously ‘erased’.

Minor skin grafts can be performed on pigs by covering any cuts and grazes with thin strips of bacon.

Save money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply changing your name to match your existing plate. - Mr. KVL 741Y,

Don’t waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.

Avoid jet lag by simply taking an earlier flight, thus arriving fully refreshed and on time.

Pass yourself off as Welsh by putting coal dust behind your fingernails and talking gibberish all the time, stopping occasionally to sing loudly, or set fire to someone else’s house.

Putting just the right amount of gin in your goldfish bowl makes the fishes’ eyes bulge and cause them to swim in an amusing manner.

Save time when crossing a one-way street by only looking in the direction of oncoming traffic. - D. Rogers, Hemel Hempstead

When crossing a one-way street always look in BOTH directions in case a large blue furniture removal lorry is reversing the wrong way up the road. - D. Rogers, Hemel Hempstead General Infirmary

Thicken up runny low-fat yoghurt by stirring in a spoonful of lard.

Anorexics. When your knees become fatter than your legs, start eating cakes again.

A next door neighbour’s car aerial, carefully folded, makes an ideal coat hanger in an emergency.

Hijackers. Avoid a long stressful siege and the risk of arrest, imprisonment or death by simply making sure you book a flight to your intended destination in the first place.

Deter goldfish from having sex by throwing a small bucket of air over any that you catch in the act.

An empty aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes an inexpensive vibrator. Sister S., Berwick

Olympic athletes. Disguise the fact that you’ve taken anabolic steroids by running a bit slower. - B. Johnson, Canada

Sweetcorn fans. Save money on loo paper by simply pouring the stuff straight down the pan.

Pretend you`re a giant panda by giving yourself two black eyes, eating only bamboo shoots and refusing to have sex with the missus.

Manchester United fans. Save money on expensive new kits by simply strapping a large fake penis to your forehead. It is now clear to all, as to your allegiance.

Manchester United fans. Avoid an asymetrical bulge in your right arm by masturbating furiously with your left arm too.

Avoid arguments with the missus about lifting the loo seat by simply pissing in the sink.

Weedy fellas. Develop a right forearm like Arnold Schwarzeneggar by buying one of those Cindy Crawford workout videos.

Smokers. Save on matches and lighters, by simply lighting your next fag from the butt of your last one.

Vegetarians coming to dinner? Simply serve them a nice bit of steak or veal. Since theyre always going on about how tofu, Quorn, meat substitute etc tastes exactly like the real thing, they wont know any difference.

Invited by vegetarians for dinner? Point out that since you`d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours, and ask for a nice steak.

Spice up your sex life by trying a bit of rodeo sex. Take your missus from behind and, holding on tightly to her jugs, call her by the wrong name. See how long you can stay mounted for.

Drivers. Pressing the headlight switch for a second time dips the buggers.

HGV drivers. When climbing a long hill at 20 mph, the lane to drive in is the LEFT fucking one.

FOOL other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving across the road and mounting the kerb.

DRILL a one inch diameter hole in your refrigerator door. This will allow you to check that the light goes off when the door is closed.

BOMB disposal experts’ wives. Keep hubby on his toes by packing his lunchbox with plasticine and an old alarm clock.

SAVE electricity by turning off all the lights in your house and walking around wearing a miner’s hat.

AVOID parking tickets by leaving your windscreen wipers turned to ‘fast wipe’ whenever you leave your car parked illegally.

HOUSEWIVES. I find the best way to get two bottles of washing-up liquid for the price of one is by putting one in your shopping trolley and the other in your coat pocket.

DON’T INVITE DRUG ADDICTS round for a meal on boxing day. They may find the offer of cold turkey embarrassing or offensive.

OLD telephone directories make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and address of people you don’t know.

WHEN reading a book try tearing out the pages as you read them. This saves the expense of buying a bookmark, and the pages can later be used for shopping lists.

A TEASPOON placed in a glass on the back seat of your car makes a handy audible gauge for road bump severity.

BUS DRIVERS. Pretend you’re an airline pilot by wedging your accelerator pedal down with a heavy book, securing the steering wheel with some old rope, and then strolling back along the bus chatting casually to the passengers.

SAVE petrol by pushing your car to your destination. Invariably passers-by will think you’ve broken down and help.

LOSE weight quickly by eating raw pork or rancid tuna. I found that the subsequent food poisoning/diarrhea enabled me to lose 12 pounds in only 2 days.

WHEN throwing someone a sharp instrument such as a Stanley knife, or bread knife, always throw it blade first as they invariably tend to turn whilst in the air.

AVOID being wheel-clamped by jacking your car up, removing the wheels and locking them safely in the boot until you return.

SMELL gas? Locate the suspected leak by striking an ordinary match in every room in the house until a loud explosion reveals the source of the escaping gas.

TAXI drivers. Why not pop into the garage and ask them to fix your indicators lights for you so that other motorists know where the heck you’re going.

PENSIONERS. Try sitting on a pile of encyclopedias next time you go for a drive in your car. That way you will be able to see out of the front window.

OLD contact lenses make ideal ‘portholes’ for small model boats.

INCREASE the life of your carpets by rolling them up and keeping them in the garage.

TAKE your dustbin to the supermarket with you so that you can see which items you have recently run out of.

MAKE shopkeepers feel like criminals and con men by carefully checking their change and holding bank notes up to the light before accepting them.

SAVE on charity donations by spending a pound on clothes at a charity shop, then selling them for 50p to another charity shop. This way you can give twice as much, at half the cost. I think.

NO TIME for a bath? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.

EXPENSIVE hair gels are a con. Marmalade is a much cheaper alternative, but beware of bees in the summer.

APPLY red nail varnish to your nails before clipping them. The red nails will be much easier to spot on your bathroom carpet. (Unless you have a red carpet, in which case a contrasting varnish should be selected).

PUTTING just the right amount of gin in your goldfish bowl makes the fishes’ eyes bulge and causes them to swim in an amusing manner.

Weight watchers. Avoid that devilish temptation to nibble at the chocolate bar in the cupboard or fridge by not buying the fucking thing in the first place, you fat bastards.

Dyslexics. Try deliberately spelling words wrongly. This way at least you have a chance of spelling them correctly.

Bearded men can obtain the appearance of an upper class Arctic explorer by simply applying Tippex to their beards, painting their noses blue, and cutting off a couple of toes. It never fails to impress the girls.

Give up smoking by sticking one cigarette from each new pack up a fat friend’s arse, filter first, then replacing it in the box. The possibility of putting that one in your mouth will put you off smoking any of them.

Pretend to be Welsh by putting coal dust behind your ears, talking gibberish and singing all the time.

If a small child is choking on an ice cube, don’t panic. Simply pour a jug of boiling water down its throat and hey presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed.

Avoid cutting yourself while clumsily slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

Housewives: When nipping out to the shops, remember to carry a stiff broom in the boot of your car. Use it to sweep the broken glass to the side of the road every time you have a minor accident.

Make people think you have an expensive car phone by calling them, asking them to repeat everything they say and then hanging up half way through their reply.

Don’t invite drug addicts round for a meal on boxing day. They may find the offer of cold turkey embarrassing or offensive.

Keep the seat next to you on the train vacant by smiling and nodding at people as they walk up the aisle.

Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

Make bathtimes as much fun for kiddies as a visit to the seaside by pouring a bucket of sand, a bag of salt and a dog turd into the bath.

Make guests believe your home might be bugged by running your hands under tables and inside lampshades, then turning the shower on every time you want to speak.

Increase blind people’s electricity bills by switching all their lights on when their guide dog isn’t looking.

Recreate the fun of a visit to a public swimming pool in your own home by filling the bath with cold water, adding two bottles of bleach, then urinating into it, before jumping in.

Make your girlfriend cry when you’re having sex by phoning her up and telling her.

Girls. Too old to go on an 18 to 30 holiday? Simply get pissed, lie in a sand pit in your garden and shag every bloke who looks at you over the fence.

Bus drivers. Pretend you’re an airline pilot by wedging your accelerator pedal down with a heavy book, securing the steering wheel with some old rope, and then strolling back along the bus chatting casually to the passengers.

International master criminals. Tell your guards to shoot James Bond in the head at the first opportunity. Under no circumstances give him a guided tour of your base, or leave him in the custody of attractive women in bikinis.

KING-sized Mars bars make ideal normal-sized Mars bars, for giants. NORMAL-sized Mars bars make ideal king-sized Mars bars for dwarfs, as well as fun-sized ones for giants.

FUN-sized Mars Bars make ideal normal sized Mars Bars for midgets.

PEOPLE whose surname is Toblerone should always take along an empty ‘Toblerone’ chocolate box when attending interviews for office jobs. This would save your potential employer the expense of having to make a name plaque for your desk, and therefore increase your chances of getting the job.

And some more top tips:

Save a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to Oxfam. They
will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for fifty pence.
J B Cartland, Brighton.

Suck the eyes from attacking zombies using a Black & Decker
“Dustbuster.” The zombies will then wander aimlessly and can be
dispatched by the more usual methods at a more leisurely pace.
J. T., Thropton.

Create instant designer stubble by sucking a magnet and dipping your
chin into a bowl of iron filings.
B Villbens, Birmingham.

A hedgehog trained to scuttle up and down the table from guest to
guest makes an unusual mobile cheese and pineapple cube nibble
dispenser at cocktail parties.
L Traintu, Clarkesville.

Domestos is an ideal substitute for Blue Curaco, and far less pricey.
It gives any cocktail a bit of “oomph.”
James Francis, East Glamorgan Hospital.

Whilst in bed protect yourself from vampires and werewolves by hiding
under the covers.
Charles Holley, Newcastle.

Make cheap but effective baby rattles by gluing a lollipop stick to an
empty matchbox, then filling it with ten woodlice.
Ms. G. M. Dowd, Wigan.

Foil pick pockets by placing a freshly toasted “Pop Tart” in each
pocket. Would-be thieves will quickly rupture the fragile pastry and
receive nasty finger burns from the steaming hot jam inside.
P.Turner, Liverpool L17.

Confuse shopkeepers by buying a sheet of wrapping paper and asking
them to wrap it.
D. Treloar, Wandsworth.

A length of plastic drainpipe with a roller skate at each end makes an
ideal “car” for snakes.
G. Dorson, Skipton.

Cant afford contact lenses? Simply cut out small circles of cling film
and press them into your eyes.
D. Stokes, Middlesex.

Stop bread from drying out by keeping it in a bucket of water.
P.J. Ruddock, London.

Cyclists. Next time you’re out on your bike take a tin bath and about
4 or 5 gallons of water in plastic containers. In the event of a flat
tire this will help you locate any punctures you may have.
Andy Hodgeson, Manchester.

Pop a few tea bags in your hot water tank and you can make a hot cuppa
anytime by just turning on the tap.
Mrs M Growitt, Birmingham.

Put a stop to car thieves by siphoning off all your petrol whenever
you park your car, and carrying it round with you in one or two
plastic buckets.
D. Griffiths, Kent.

Record the sound of your wife having an orgasm, and then listen to the
tape through headphones next time you make love. That way you can have
sex without waking her up.
Frank Wilson, Southend.

Fellas. Next time you have to wrap up a present, don’t, because you’re
shite at it. Give it to the wife and she’ll do it properly with extra
girlie bows and fiddly bits while you’re down the pub.
Daphnie Treloar, Cardiff.

Why pay the earth for expensive jigsaws? Just take a bag of frozen
chips from the freezer and try piercing together potatoes.
B Reastford, Iranville, Notts.

As adverts on the television tell us not to use light switches if we
smell gas, I find it useful to always have a candle ready for use in
such emergencies.
Mrs D Bibby, Rugby.

Avoid paying tax by going to work in a politically unstable Middle
East country inhabited by religious fanatics. Ignore British
Government advice to leave when a war looks imminent, then moan a
few weeks later when bombs start going off and there aren’t any
planes home.
S Goblin, Middlesex.

Always keep a pound of lard in your pocket so that if you get your
head stuck in railings you’ll be able to grease your ears and slide
out.
Kate Emblen, Uxbridge.

Cyclists. Why not try stopping at red lights like everyone else,
instead of riding up onto the pavement to avoid them. Stupid Bastards.
M Burridge, Newcastle.

Avoid losing contact lenses by drilling a small hole in each one and
attaching them with a length of nylon fishing line. This can then be
worn around the neck.
B Morgan, Criccieth.

Exterior wood stain is a fast, long-lasting and attractive alternative
to sun-bed treatments.
Mr T. Eebly, Warstead.

I regularly drive to the pub, but am never guilty of drink driving.
The secret is to consume so much alcohol that by closing time you have
completely forgotten ever owning a car.
Mike Grey, Essex.

Prevent crisps cutting your gums and getting caught between teeth by
steeping them in a bowl of water before eating them.
T.C. Jackson, York.

Werewolf enthusiasts. get that “wolfy” feeling every night by simply
gluing a paper plate to your bedroom window.
J. Bradley, Beeston, Notts.

Mix tea with coffee, and leave in the fridge to cool. Hey presto!
Toffee.
A. Sharp, Birmingham.

Office workers. Avoid distractions from your important paperwork by
making “blinkers” out of two Post-It note stickers, one stuck to each
temple.
Fanny Cyclops, South Norwood.

Internet users. Try “accessing” your local newsagents and “download” a
few wank mags from the top shelf. They’re cheaper than computers, and
easier to smuggle into the toilet.
Carl Hesketh, Blackburn.

Hijackers. Avoid a long stressful siege and the risk of arrest,
imprisonment or death by simply making sure you book a flight to your
intended destination in the first place.
Fanny Cyclops, South Norwood.

Record the sound of your washing machine onto a tape, then confuse
neighbours by playing it back on a battery operated cassette player
during a powercut.
Howard Urmenyl, Amersham, Leo Sayer country.

Next time you go drink driving ask a friend or relative to follow you
on a moped carrying a camera. Then, if you crash, they can take the
blame.
Bastien Phelp, Bath.

Play “Moth Aircraft Carriers” by floating a shoe box in the bath with
a torch attached. Leave a window open for ten minutes, then turn off
the room lights and watch as the moths attempt to make their dramatic
and dangerous landings.
Neil Davis, e-mail.

Car cigarette lighters make ideal mini “High Chaparral” style branding
irons.
J.T. Thropton.

Terrify ants into believing they have been invaded by “War Of The
Worlds” style Martians by standing 3 pin plugs on end around their
holes.
J.T. Thropton.

Fool passers by into thinking you keep a bird of prey by walking down
the street wearing a leather gauntlet, waving a piece of raw meat in
your hand and constantly looking up into the sky.
Simone Glover, Tottenham.

Despite the obvious lack of interest in this thread I’m going to keep if going.

I work in a call centre in Norwich and we’ve just been told our jobs are
moving to India. I’m so excited!
I’ve always wanted to visit India and with the salary they pay me I’ll
be able to live like a Maharaja over there. Well done Aviva, keep up the
good work.
Charles Turner

What is it with diabetics? One minute they’re on the floor with a loved
one standing by screaming “Give him some chocolate! Give him some
chocolate!”
The next day someone offers them a piece of chocolate and quick as a
flash they say “No thanks, I’m diabetic.” I wish they’d get their story
straight.

T Potter

I wouldn’t say boo to a goose. I’m not a coward, I just realise that it
would be largely pointless.
Mike Potts

Why is it always people who say ‘bring back hanging’
who also say ‘hanging’s too good for them’? Make your right wing minds
up.
Christina Martin

Doctors say that you should eat 5 pieces of fruit or veg a day to remain healthy. Last week I ate 5 mouldy plums and that night I shaaat the bed.
What’s healthy about that?
Mark J, Barnsley

AM I the only person who hasn’t banged Kate Moss? Everyday the papers are full of stories from blokes claiming to have
banged her. It’s something I’m quite keen on doing and I was just
wondering if there is some sort of queuing system in place.
Zak Cassidy, e-mail

TO THE zookeeper in 1978 who replied “I’ll tell you when you’re older”
when I asked him why one of the monkeys stuck its tongue up another
one’s erse:
I’m 36 now and still waiting for that explanation.
Joe McKeown

I HAVE just returned from a diplomatic trip to the Congo and I can
testify that at no point did I see anyone drinking Um Bongo.
Neil Palmer

ACCORDING to the BBC website, Heather Mills has blamed the breakdown of
her marriage to Sir Paul McCartney on ‘constant intrusion’ into the
couple’s private life. It seems a shame that Heather objects so much to
the public taking an interest in her personal business. If only she had
mentioned it in one of her two published autobiographies, A Single Step
and Out On A Limb,or the ‘About Heather’ section of her website
www.heathermillsmccartney com, or perhaps when she sold her life story
to the News of the World in 1993.
Perhaps then the public would have got the message and left her to live
her life out of the constant glare of publicity.
A Cherry, Leeds

PROFESSIONAL footballers have hit the headlines recently for indulging
in gamesmanship - diving and playacting and so on. Well at least they
are now limiting their disgraceful behaviour to the pitch these days. It
wasn’t so long ago that they were out beating up Pakistanis, dogging in
car parks and gang raping women in hotel rooms. Let’s give credit where
credit is due.

T Harpic, London

THE THING that strikes me about the appointment of a paedophile to a
teaching post is, how crap must the other people at the interview have
been?
T Thorne, London

WHY DON’T NHS bosses start hiring obsessive compulsives as nurses? Their
attention to hygiene and constant hand washing would see an end to MRSA
outbreaks in no time.
Stu Bray

THEY SAY that slow and steady wins the race. **********!
I am an athletics coach specialising in the 100 metre sprint, and I find
the best tactic by far is to go as quickly as possible.
Ashley Smith

I could never understand why Brian McFadden dumped his huge-breasted
wife Kerry Katona. But those Iceland adverts really opened my eyes. Wise
move.

Martin Mannion

Alton Towers - Where the magic never ends’, or so the com-mercial says.
Imagine my disappointment when it closed at 7.30.
Colum Hill

Peter Andre might look smug in all his wedding pictures, but I’d just
like to remind him that, as a Playboy reader, I have seen his wife’s
minge. He hasn’t seen my wife’s, so who’s had the last laugh?
P Lorimer, Leeds

My friend’s mum recently pointed out that I have the same ironing board
cover as her. Can anyone think of a more mundane and pointless remark to
make than this?
Alun Daniel

My neighbour is an odd fellow. He’s got a wall around his garden that is
completely covered in leaves! And every week in summer, he goes out and trims it with an enormous pair of scissors! I often wonder what he’ll
get up to next.
J Barratt, Nottingham

When I nipped into a McDonald’s to use their toilets the other day, I
was confronted by a spotty teenager mopping up vomit just by the
lavatory. On the back of his T-shirt it said ‘I’m Lovin’ it!’, but the
poor sod’s face told a different story.
Tommo, Hull

What’s all this nonsense about that 66-year-old Romanian woman being the
world’s oldest mum? My mum’s 77. Beat that.

Hats off to the England cricketers for their achievements in the Ashes this summer, which rightly earned Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff BBC Sports personality of the Year. Winning a two-team tournament against a nation with a much smaller population once in every ten attempts, then never shutting up about it makes me proud to be British.

The government tells us that we are eating too many pies and dying of heart disease, then in the next breath they’re telling us we are living too long and there’ll be no more pension money left for us. I wish they’d make their minds up.

The record companies would have us believe that the money made by CD pirates goes to fund the drug industry. But the money rock stars make from legal record sales ends up in exactly the same place. When they stop breaking the law, so will I.

I’ll never understand my neighbour. He has recently started wheel-clamping his own caravan when he finds he has inadvertently parked it in his own drive! I wonder if he is a sadist, a masochist or both.

Did anyone else feel that Mel Gibson’s remake of the classic Life of Brian wasn’t anywhere near as funny as the original?

On the BBC website, I read with interest that some scientists in Australia have discovered the smallest fish known to exist. They’ve obviously never been to the Britannia Chippy on the Gloucester Road

Hats off to the American police. They arrive at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch to arrest him a mere six months after he admits climbing into bed with young boys on worldwide TV. Perhaps they should get some faster cars.

Could the Home Secretary explain to me how biometric checks on iris patterns and fingerprints are going to help keep tabs on muslim cleric Abu Hamsa.

How come rap artist Dr. Dre can use the ‘N’ word on his multi-million selling albums and win a MOBO award, yet when I used it at my son’s football match I was asked to leave the park? Once again, it’s one law for the rich and another for the poor.

Never mind ventriloquists like Keith Harris and Roger DeCourcey. What about Professor Stephen Hawking? I saw him on telly blathering on about galaxies for hours and I never saw his lips move once. Genius.

With reference to that series “Manhunt” where ex-Special Forces soldiers try to hunt down Andy McNab. Why don’t the producers include a couple of Iraqis in the hunting team? They found the tw*t quickly enough the last time he played hide and seek with them.

Hats off to the witty burglars who stole my entire CD collection with the exception of “There is Nothing Left to Lose” by the Foo Fighters. I hope that when sentencing, the judge takes into account their splendid sense of humour.

I see on the news that Lord Hutton says he is “satisfied that David Kelly took his own life”. He may not have liked Dr Kelly that much, but isn’t this taking gloating just a little too far?

I was extremely saddened to hear of Richard Whiteley’s recent death. But I was cheered to imagine his life support machine making the famous Countdown “da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da! Booooooo!” sound as he took his final breaths.

I never worry about the destination when I’m going on holiday. My dad is Iranian and my mum is Irish, so I spend most of the time in customs.

DRIVERS. Save money by putting much larger wheels on the back of your car. That way you will always be going downhill, thereby saving on fuel.
Daren Percy, Leigh

FEEL a bit like God for the day by making some little people out of plasticine, and then judging them harshly.
Hector Plywood, Devizes

TRAMPS. Avoid being constantly moved on by sleeping outside department stores and telling the police you are simply queuing early for the sales.
J King, Prison

PARENTS. Half a cocktail stick with a blob of nail varnish on the end makes an ideal “safety match” that your children can play with without the risk of setting fire to anything.
Spud, Luton

QUEENS. If a large jewel falls out of one’s sceptre, it can easily replaced with a pear drop of the same colour, from which one has sucked the sugar coating.
HM Queen Elizabeth II, Windsor

SMOKERS. Take a tip from tumble dryer users. Enjoy a crafty fag at your desk by attaching a flexible vent hose to your face and running it out of the office window.
Aston Martini, London

OLD PEOPLE. Save having to get a flu jab each year by not queuing outside the Post Office every Tuesday morning in the pouring rain an hour before it opens. They won’t run out of money. It’s not like the queue outside the butcher’s during the war.
Sarah Cocks

PARENTS. When people ask how old your child is, they want to know how old he is at the moment. The phrase ‘he/she will be five next birthday’ involves some tricky calculations and is not very useful.
Nikko

MOURNERS. Read the dress code instructions on funeral invitations very carefully. Sombre, whilst being only 2 letters away from sombrero, is a world apart in tone.
C. Tarquin

MUMS. Confuse your children by mixing butter with their I can’t Believe It’s Not Butter. They won’t know what to believe.
Sam McCrohan, Guildford

RYANAIR passengers. These days they let ALL passengers off the planes, thus eliminating the need to all clamber to the front the second the aircraft lands.
Darren Singleton

CONTESTANTS on Wife Swap Try not to be so surprised at how different the other family is. That is, and always has been, the format of the show.
Martin Christiansen

DAILY Mail editors. Confuse your readers by claiming that asylum seekers are the natural predators of paedophiles.
Tommy Dungmonger

STATELY home owners. Sprinkle pepper into the helmets of suits of armour so as any intruders who hide in them when being chased will give themselves away by sneezing just after you walk past.
S. Doo

DEFY the government at the start of British Summer Time by refusing to put your clocks forward at 2.00 in the morning. ‘Save’ the hour for later in the day. You still get your lie-in and you can fast forward your day when it suits you, like when there is nothing on telly.
Terry Davenport

CONVINCE neighbours that you own an old fashioned typewriter by wearing metal thimbles and drumming your fingers on a plastic tray. Every ten seconds ting a wine glass with a pencil and run a butter knife along the teeth of a comb before continuing drumming your fingers.
E Tring, Luton

OLD people. If you feel cold indoors this winter, simply pop outside for ten minutes without a coat. When you go back inside you will really feel the benefit.
Win Dozsthreeone

BUS drivers. Increase the number of people who believe you when you cite traffic as an excuse for your late arrival by not stopping halfway through a route to exchange a racist joke with a passing colleague.
Dan B

WHEN cooking spaghetti, tie all the ends together. That way you can eat it in one long suck, eliminating the drudgery of washing up knives and forks.
Johnny Schott, Hackney

SHOE shop staff. If I ask for a size 9, and all you have left are a size 7 or 12, then for future reference, I would rather not ‘give them a try.’ Call it intuition or whatever, I just don’t think they’d fit.

COMMUTERS. Give away the sad fact that your life consists of nothing but grinding routine by standing in the exact spot on the platform where the train doors will be when the service arrives.
Christina Martin

BONO. Take the piss by spending thousands of pounds on pink tinted sunglasses then ask the working class to give to charity.
Ryan P

DIETERS. Buy only Russian Alphabetti Spaghetti as there are only 22 letters in the Cyrillic alphabet. Just watch the pounds fall off.
Sergei Atkinsov

HOUSEHOLDERS. Store yellow crayons, broken pencils, dried up biros and highlighters somewhere handy. I keep mine in a jar by the telephone.
Mikey

BASEBALL cap manufacturers. Save the wearer the bother of turning your caps round by putting the peak on the other side.
John Davies, Carlisle

FOOL your friends into thinking you use expensive butter by simply using cheap margerine and ripping holes in the bread.
Jools B

COMMUTERS. When you leave your house, sprint the first 200 yards and then revert back to your regular walking speed. This will save you from having to do the run of shame for the bus nearer the stop and look like a fool when you miss it.
Micky the Lips
MOBILE phone users. On trains always choose a seat in the last carriage. Then, when a train enters a tunnel, run as fast as you can towards the front of the train. This will ensure that you are in the tunnel for the shortest possible time and are less likely to miss that all-important call.
Rusty Gronk, Gateshead

It’s not that were not intrested Rocko, there’s just too 'effin much to take in!

This one did bring back memories of my worst job:

When I nipped into a McDonald’s to use their toilets the other day, I was confronted by a spotty teenager mopping up vomit just by the lavatory. On the back of his T-shirt it said ‘I’m Lovin’ it!’ Funny, but the poor sod’s face told a different story.

At least I didn’t have spots, that kid should just kill himself!

therock67 wrote:

SMOKERS. Take a tip from tumble dryer users. Enjoy a crafty fag at your desk by attaching a flexible vent hose to your face and running it out of the office window.

Aston Martini, London

I’ve actually seriously considered this one, no joke! :w00t:

Me, I like to call a spade a spade. I’m not particularly outspoken, I just think it’s confusing to use any other term for it.
Hector Martingale

Imagine my horror when i received a letter from hospital telling me i had 3 months to live.
Then imagine my utter relief when, on closer inspection, i noticed it was addressed to my son.

I was very upset whilst watching the Princess Diana memorial service last month, as I wasn’t aware that she’d died. As the most famous woman in the world, you’d think the media would have made more about her death, to be honest.
Nick Pettigrew

I can’t help thinking that if baggage handlers at Glasgow Airport spent less time punching burning terrorists and more time putting suitcases onto the fucking carousel, I might not have waited an hour and a half for my bag after I got got off the plane from Toronto last week.
Chuck Jism, Newcastle

The other day when boarding a number 83 bus, i noticed that the driver was a woman. Now Im all for interesting sociological experiments, but I draw the line at risking peoples lives. Come on London transport, get your priorities straight.
Chris Stink

It’s uncanny how some of these old sayings are true. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”, said my wife as she waved goodbye to me on the way to spend a month with her mother. Since then I have grown quite fond of my next door neighbour. I actually gave her one on the living room carpet this morning.
Christopher Hampshire, Bristol

I heard on the news that the January storms had cost this country a billion pounds. What an utter waste of money. If anything, they did more harm than good.
S Prodnipple, Scarborough

I knitted a jumper for my husband this Christmas, but I couldn’t shake off a nagging feeling that I’d gone wrong somewhere. I was sure it was the right size and his favourite colour. I realised my mistake when I came to give it him his gift on Christmas Day - I suddenly remembered that he died in 1973.
Dolly Churchill, London