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Edinburgh’s annual Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the world and takes place every August – for 2024 it comprised 3 317 productions across 262 venues and 51 446 performances! Here are some of this year’s top-rated one-liners from stand-up comedians....
This columnist is fan of BBC Radio 4’s wonderful comedy show, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, which sometimes includes this game: ‘Ruin/improve a film/TV series/song title by adding one word’. Enjoy these chuckles...
The ladies of Twitter (now X) serve some brilliant and succinct wit. Some latest samples from the Huffington Post’s regular tweet columns:
gen @genmxn: ‘I’m an American married to an Aussie. Can confirm their insults are creative. My husband once told me I was bitchier than a vegan crocodile.’
Marly @VerbsRProudest: ‘February is like our junk drawer. Got an extra “r” you really don’t need? Throw it in there. An extra day? Toss it into February. Whatever.’
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! After the honeymoon… Proof that marriage is hilarious, frustrating and wonderful all at once… You call it OCD. I call it, ‘Put the...
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! Old words, new meanings #2 Following on from last month’s column, some more word fun from the wonderful BBC comedy panel show,...
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! Flying flips #1 Apparently a true story… A crowded United Airlines flight at JFK gets cancelled. A single agent is re-booking a long...
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! The other night I overheard three women talking… Their accent appeared to be Scottish, so I approached them and asked: ‘Hello, are...
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! More female laughs in 280 characters The women of Twitter (X) continue to dole out wonderful humour...
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! More realistic collective nouns An overcharge of plumbersA clique of photographersA whine of teenagersA cacophony of DJsA barf of bulimicsA surfeit of...
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! Two stories for the 2023’s Friend 1: I asked ChatGPT to write a profile for me for Tinder...
This humour column is compiled by your FOODStuff SA editor, Brenda Neall, for PPM Magazine - some light-hearted stuff that we hope you will enjoy! Flying stories Shortly after a BA flight had reached its cruising altitude, the captain announced: ‘This is your captain. Welcome to Flight...
A fabulous put-down Not all politicians are humourless egotists, notably Sajid Javid, British Tory politician and currently a government minister, who frequently takes the mickey out of himself, such as this anecdote he told in a speech to students: 'I remember when I became an...
Cool collection of collective nouns A pretension of intellectsAn exchange of call girls A grapple of hookersAn aarmory of aardvarks A camp of transvestitesAn abandonment of orphans An absence of waitersAn attitude of teenagersA clench of sphinctersA clutch of testiclesA mass of CatholicsAn overcharge of...
Olympic Games 2016 gaffes Here are the top nine comments made by sports commentators during the Olympics that they would like to take back: 1. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was...
Top gags from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival The Fringe, a key part of the famous Edinburgh Festival, is renowned for being the best place to spot new and emerging comedy talent – and a judging panel sits through some 60 different comedy performances before selecting...
Modern ways #1 I was visiting my daughter last night, when I asked her if I could borrow a newspaper. 'This is the 21st century,' she said, 'we don't waste money on newspapers. Here use my iPad.' I can tell you this, that fly never...
Bittersweet tweets from those demolished by the US election Michael Jordaan @MichaelJordaan: The leader of the free world will be the guy that gropes or the girl who can't do e-mail. This is what we've come to. Max du Preez @maxdupreez: Great sayings by US...