I don't usually look in the accommodation forums so why I looked at this (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6924) I don't know. Glad I did though coz it made me laugh.

Have you found humour somewhere you didn't expect?

Nomme

I regularly find humour in people's surnames. It often seems to me that whenever someone is interviewed on the news or somewhere, their name often appears to fit their occupation.
Things like Mr Cash, Financial Advisor or Mr Spark, Electrician, etc.
I sometimes think they make the names up just for a laugh - it is amazing how often it happens.

I find myself laughing at the news all the time.
Chris Morris destroyed my ability to take it seriously.

Yeah that is a classic Nomme!! Almost worth a "private eye" entry...

I'm a big fan of irony, myself - Like the other week in America, a head of a road safety group was run over by a bus on her way to make a talk about "how to keep pedestrians safe"...

...or the other day when my mate rang me to explain how pleased he was that he'd blagged someone into giving him a lift home with all his food shopping. Whilst he was still on the phone, I blagged him into doing my food shopping for me... and he didn't get the joke...

... or (my favourite) when the Department of Health recently published an 18 page document on how to reduce beaurocracy (you couldn't make it up!)

Originally posted by Norbo
I regularly find humour in people's surnames. It often seems to me that whenever someone is interviewed on the news or somewhere, their name often appears to fit their occupation.
Things like Mr Cash, Financial Advisor or Mr Spark, Electrician, etc.
I sometimes think they make the names up just for a laugh - it is amazing how often it happens.
I know a Mr. Gardener who really is a gardener.

Those Taiwanglish instructions always make me smile. Another thing made me laugh recently. I was getting those dodgy e mails from Nigeria in terrible English telling me that my uncle had died and was leaving me 3 million pounds or something ridiculous.

When I didn't reply, another e mail came through.

It started off with the question ....'Dear Mr so-and-so, Why are you silent to me?'.

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
'Dear Mr so-and-so, Why are you silent to me?'.

Classic!

Andrew Marr on the BBC news tonight outside ToryHQ...

"Theres a fat chance of that happening anytime soon"

*cue, "very large" woman to walk out of the building* :lol:

Well today I fell into a deep whole full of fresh concrete, therefore six people standing near to me found a laugh, in what I was not expecting.

Could have died today, I think I see the funny side....

Venger

I can definately see the funny side of that.
:D

I think in my head I'll picture you like a cartoon character who's had it tipped over them - it'll be much funnier then (In my head at least).

:thumbsup:

I sincerely hope that a hammer and chisel were not required for Venger's release.

Have just recalled watching the news after the 9/11 incident. Behind the news reader in huge letters were the words, 'The War Against Terrorism'. Interesting acronym to be had there I thought.

Nomme

Was at a meeting on Wednesday and there was a typo in the agenda that amused me:

Item 3: Matters Arsing.

Originally posted by nomme
I don't usually look in the accommodation forums so why I looked at this (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6924) I don't know. Glad I did though coz it made me laugh.

Have you found humour somewhere you didn't expect?

Nomme
Dunno what you're talking about Nomme :P

Hehe,, yeah quite amusing but he makes his point very clearly.

There's a chinese take-away in Congleton that we regularly drive past.
It's called 'Mings'!

:P

Nomme

I was rather amused the other day by an advert in the Guardian for a Teenage Pregnancy Coordinator.

Been to Decathlon today and posted on the climbing wall was

'DO NOT climb on the climbing wall'

DUR.

Best Headline ever:

NIGHTCLUBS SHOCK: MAGISTRATES MAY ACT ON INDECENT SHOWS