April fools day

Posted on April 1, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Fun, Funny, Humbolt Penguins, Leek, Memories, Peak Wildlife Park, Penguins, programmes, Staffordshire, TV, Winkhill3 Comments

The Peak Wildlife Park posted a prank on Facebook today. It reported that some of their Humbolt Penguins had taken flight today and if anyone saw one or found them in their garden they should report it to the park (to check their migratory habits?).

Of course Penguins don’t fly, (and they don’t migrate either as far as I know, but I added that bit), so it was obviously an April Fools joke, but it’s nice and gentle, not rude or unkind. I remember an old one on TV when they reported that the spaghetti trees were being harvested and another one on a children’s TV programme about dehydrated water!

I haven’t seen many jokes today but I liked one about flat pack Easter eggs from IKEA, (chocolate bars), may your April Fools day be fun!

Peak Wildlife Park is at Winkhill, Leek ST13 7QR, UK. Details can be found on Google.

Two soups

Posted on March 30, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Bowls, Comedian, Comedy, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1892, diners, Funny, hilarious, two soupsLeave a comment

What makes you laugh?

Have you ever seen the “two soups” sketch on the “Victoria Wood as seen on TV” sketch show?

It stars Julia Walters as an elderly waitress.

Two diners are seated at the front of the set, chatting and choosing from a menu. The waitress comes out of swing doors at the back of the set, apparently the kitchen. She is white haired and elderly, she slowly stumbles towards the diners. She takes their order and licks a pencil and proceeds to write it down. I can’t remember all the dialogue but it is funny. The decision is they will have “two soups”.

A bit more conversation happens while the waitress totters off to the kitchen, she is very wobbly with age.

After a wait she comes out of the kitchen carrying two bowls of soup, one in each hand. They are held loosely and because they are sloping the soup is gradually pouring out of them. She approaches the table and the bowls are clearly empty. She plonks the dishes down on the table. “two soups! ” she proudly announces.

It’s hards to explain but it’s so funny!

Play

Posted on January 25, 2024 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Dozing, Funny, green toy mouse, Play, Poem, Poetry, snore, Tuxedo cat, Twitch2 Comments

He likes his green toy mouse

Kick, bite, grapple

He tired himself out.

Dozing now

Whiskers twitch

Small snores

Mouse within reach

Try and take it

He will stir

And pounce

Play again…

Playing with

Posted on October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Catnip, Fun, Funny, Newspaper, Playing, Snoring, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

His catnip toy…

It’s a bit old so I sprinkled some fresh catnip onto a newspaper. The reaction was astonishing, ripping the paper and quickly trying to eat the catnip. After ten frenetic minutes he’s fallen asleep and is snoring! No doubt he will wake up and play again soon… X bless

Quackers

Posted on September 23, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Artrage, Diuck, Funny, greetings, Hello, Life, misunderstood, Sketching, Stoke2 Comments

Hello Duck, hello Chick, Deary, Sweet pea, Luv, my Dear, so many ways to greet each other depending on where you live in the UK, (and probably around the world).

Duck used to make me laugh. When I first came to Stoke I literally used to duck! I thought someone was going to throw something at me!

So I’ve drawn a little friendly duck to cheer me up and remind me that misunderstanding can be funny as well as annoying!

Folded Faces

Posted on August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Folded, frown, Funny, Grumpy, Life, Meme, Silly, Sketching, Smile, Trump2 Comments

I thought so! If you fold a British bank note you can make the Queen either frown or smile by folding a line through each eye and down the nose…. You can do the same with Grumpy Trump! I just couldn’t resist experimenting by doing a quick sketch of the mugshot of the politician and then folding the paper. If you tip it up it smiles, tip it down it frowns more….

Cat in the hedge

Posted on June 30, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cheeky, Claws, Funny, gentle, Hedge, Knee, Queen, Tom, Tuxedo cat6 Comments

Peeping out, watching the traffic, avoiding dog walkers, he sits and waits for us to get out of the car. Then he’s on the doorstep waiting to come in for his tea.

My other cats have their habits too, my little queen stretches up and claws my knee every time she says hello. I always say ouch, but she’s not bothered. She won’t stop. Just a friendly miew…

The other Tom likes me to Stoke his head, all the way down his back to his tail, as I reach the end his head comes back up again for the next sweep of my hand, over and over, 20 or 30 times…

The three of them are so loving. I enjoy their company. X

British comedy!

Posted on March 31, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged absolutely fabulous, Comedy, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1892, Father Ted, Funny, programmes, red dwarf, Silly, the young ones, TV, Vicar of Dibley11 Comments

What makes you laugh?

Over the years I have had the pleasure of watching British TV comedy shows and I have to share a few titles with you.

Favourite anarchic comedies are The Young Ones about mad student life which were shown in the 1980s onwards, and Red Dwarf, a survivor on a asteroid mining ship woken after 2 million years lives with a cat that has evolved into a humanoid, a hologram of a dead crew mate and a computer called Holly and an android called Kryton, I think this was from the 90’s? But has recently been resurrected. Also Father Ted, an Irish priest living on Craggy Island on the West Coast of Ireland.

Then there’s the Vicar of Dibley starring Dawn French about the first female Vicar of Dibley Village. Absolutely Fabulous, mad fashion designing japes, the Royale family, a strange TV watching family, and so many more.

The thing is these are not rom coms or comedies like Friends or Cheers. They have some very silly and sometimes quite rude ideas. If you find them Enjoy!

Bench?

Posted on March 17, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bench, bench appreciation group, chaise, Filter, Funny, Life, Memory, Photo, Trees, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

There is a bench appreciation group that I’ve recently joined. Showing some of the most interesting benches in the UK and around the world. I only joined because my friend invited me and has been posting some beautiful photos. When I looked back on my phone history I only found three pictures out of thousands! This one (which I’ve filtered to hide my hubby) always makes me laugh. There is a shiny wooden bench like a chaise longue? Not sure of spelling. At Trentham Gardens.. It’s hidden inside an arch of several trees. Hubby decided to try it out for size…

Clown puppet

Posted on March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Clown, Design, Drawing, Funny, Idea, Odd, Puppet, SketchingLeave a comment

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was puppet. Clown puppet idea. I didn’t want to copy another photo so I made my own design. I know clowns paint their faces on eggs to register their pattern, no doubt this is someone’s design?

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Funny