Here are a bunch of very funny and totally on the money putdowns which we’ll definitely be sticking in our back pocket to use at an appropriate moment or two. It all started when u/Ed_mutts_nuts asked this over on Reddit. What’s a good ‘As useless as?’ And by way of a little background, they added this. ‘I love the English language and our creations. Someone came out with as useless as a woodpecker with rubber lips at a co-worker today. Cracked me up. Any more really original ones?’ And people responded with lots of really original ones, together with some classic golden oldies which will ..read more

Chances are you’re already familiar with the work of photoshop legend James Fridman, who takes people’s photo-editing requests especially literally to fabulously comic effect. By now people are well aware – at least we hope they are – that they’re going to get more than they bargained for, and we’ve rounded up 27 of the times @fjamie013 did it best. 1. pic.twitter.com/M8UBN3gOi7 — James Fridman (@fjamie013) April 9, 2024 2. pic.twitter.com/uUMZwwJSi6 — James Fridman (@fjamie013) October 15, 2023 3. pic.twitter.com/1TUbW3X2QT — James Fridman (@fjamie013) June 7, 2023 4. pic.twitter.com/s ..read more

Not sure if you’ve heard or anything but Taylor Swift’s got a new album out. We mention it because of this particular man’s take on the biggest pop star on the planet has just gone viral for reasons which are about to become obvious, shared by Visqo over on Reddit who said: ‘Dude just found out what make-up is.’ And the mockery was such that it will probably still be in-coming when Swift has her next album out. 1. ‘So you are telling me the guys from KISS do not actually look like that? Bummer!’ stupidnewton 2. ‘And here I was idolizing the Blue Man Group.’ ThatOneGuy-4434 3. ‘If that’s the w ..read more

You don’t have to be of a certain age to appreciate this but … well, let’s face it, you probably do. It’s the late Gareth Hunt, of Upstairs Downstairs and New Avengers fame who was also of course a most familiar face from those Nescafe Gold adverts. And these 73 seconds of outtakes have gone viral because it’s like a proto Toast of London, a very – very – funny watch. The Gareth Hunt Nescafé outtakes are a mood pic.twitter.com/X5O2jo0z4k — Pip (@pipmadeley) April 23, 2024 And just a few of the comments it prompted today. Massive “Toast” vibes — Ben Cooper (@BenCooper1975) April 24, 2024 I ..read more

To Prime Minister’s Questions now where deputies Oliver Dowden and Angela Rayner were sitting – or should that be standing – in for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. And naturally lots of attention focussed on Rayner and the on-going council house row, but we mention it not because of any of that but because the Labour deputy came up with a new nickname for the beleaguered PM. And it was childish but very funny. Scenes in the Commons, where Angela Rayner has just called Rishi Sunak a "pint-size loser" #pmqs pic.twitter.com/2ujVX2RvFZ — Alexander Brown (@AlexofBrown) April 24, 2024 And while we’r ..read more

This most unfortunate Facebook misunderstanding has just gone viral on Twitter and it’s an absolute classic of the genre. It began with a post from a furious parent whose kids’ bikes had just been nicked. It was posted by @clarey1888 who had this to say about it (and they weren’t the only one). I am howling pic.twitter.com/MWmhu6ELOZ — Clarey (@clarey1888) April 23, 2024 And here is the exchange in full. Mega ooof. they look like they stole them lol — Sofiaaa (@SweetySofiaaa) April 23, 2024 This is hilarious. They aren’t exactly the best pictures, are they! — Maria (@juleesssy) April 23 ..read more

It was the 460th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth this week and there was surely no better way of celebrating it than with this fabulous thread of 46 of his best (and strangest) insults. It went wildly viral over on Twitter after it was posted by @culturaltutor (follow them here!) and we’re sticking a few of these away in our back pocket for future use. 1. To celebrate William Shakespeare’s 460th birthday, here are his 46 best (and strangest) insults: pic.twitter.com/jLbx6cduxY — The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) April 23, 2024 2. 1) “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.” ~Timon o ..read more

If you’re not already familiar with the work of 9-year-old Cooper from Chesterfield then you are in for a treat. And even if you are, then you will surely want to relive the whole thing again. Because Cooper is Seagull Boy who does an uncanny impression of a seagull. So uncanny, in fact, that he just won a European screeching competition in Belgium. And when @anitathetweeter says this, she is really not exaggerating. oh my god story of the year https://t.co/EG1jmVQalJ pic.twitter.com/7isxZ1JguC — Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) April 23, 2024 Here’s just a little bit from the BBC News story ..read more

There are some Twitter/X accounts that are reliably entertaining, others that are informative, and then there are accounts like Angry People in Local Newspapers – @angrypiln – that achieve both of those ends and also make the internet a better place to be. The basis of Angry People in Local Newspapers is largely summed up by the name, but is completely covered by the bio – Angry People in Local Newspapers – Weird news – Bizarre headlines – Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats – Bonkers billboards. For fans of any of those things, here are some of our favourites. 1. “What is the c ..read more

There are good takedowns and there are very good takedowns, and then there’s the magnificent variety which go straight into the hall of fame. And this is surely one of those after Elon Musk tweeted this (a little while ago it turns out but no matter). Believe what you see, not what you’re told — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2023 And here’s what telly writer @limitlessjest had to say in response, a proper humdinger that has just gone wildly viral on Reddit. Ok. I've been told you're a genius but I've only ever seen you behave like a fucking moron https://t.co/QZjpUoVPWE — the ben keeps t ..read more