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Jokes galore for Comic Relief........
Updated 9:37am Saturday 16th March 2013 in News
By Alex Willmott
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- Thousands across region raise money for Comic Relief
- Send us your info and pictures
- We want your best - and worst - jokes
9:37am
5:04pm
Ok, well it's been an absolute pleasure covering #rednoseyork today. I'll leave you with the est jokes of all time (in my opinion).
"Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson went on a camping trip. After sharing a good meal and a bottle of Petrie wine, they retire to their tent for the night.
At about 3 AM, Holmes nudges Watson and asks, "Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what you see?"
Watson said, "I see millions of stars."
Holmes asks, "And, what does that tell you?"
Watson replies, "Astronomically, it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Theologically, it tells me that God is great and we are small and insignificant. Horologically, it tells me that it's about 3 AM. Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Holmes?"
Holmes retorts, "Someone stole our tent."
Cheers guys, stay in touch. @alexinboxes
4:50pm
RT @GavAitchison: "Is that a macaroon or a meringue,?" I asked the baker. "Yer no wrang; it's a macaroon," she replied. #rednoseyork @maxineygordon #scotjokes
— @DeanCourtYork 15 March 2013
4:40pm
"My girlfriend has left me for a hotter climate."
"Jamaica?"
"No, she went on her own accord."
4:31pm
So...send in your final jokes guys, don't let the sun go down on your wit!
4:29pm
When I was growing up some people thought I looked like a cross between David Coulthard and Bobby Davro. This isn't a joke, it's just a fact.
4:13pm
Sitting on my computer screen was a spider! Oi, I said, get off ! Nah he said, I'm on my website #rednoseday #rednoseyork
— @henrab 15 March 2013
4:13pm
PICS Galore from today's #rednoseyork activities - http://t.co/1JLoQ1K8wV
— @yorkpress 15 March 2013
4:12pm
When did the Scottish cow go on holiday?
When she had a wee calf.
Now that's farmtastic.
4:09pm
Doctor doctor! I've broken my arm in three places! Well, don't go there again #rednoseday #rednoseyork
— @henrab 15 March 2013
4:08pm
#rednoseyork The other day, I laughed so hard that I found myself at the Bank with no socks on!
— @DanCamp4 15 March 2013
4:05pm
What do you call that cheese that doesn't belong to you?
Nacho Cheese!
3:46pm
I worked at a tiddlywink factory once, but it was counter productive. #rednoseyork
— @GavAitchison 15 March 2013
3:46pm
PICTURE: Could YOU eat 34 cherry tomatoes in a minute? This man did, for #rednoseyork - http://t.co/1JLoQ1K8wV
— @yorkpress 15 March 2013
3:44pm
Sainsbury’s Haxby have so far raised over £1500 which beat the target of £780. Funny face competitions and a series of gungings have done the trick nicely.
3:41pm
York Café Rouge raises £150 for Red Nose Day!!
Pyjamas are always a great shout to raise funds.
3:13pm
3:08pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Ronald Crumble says
i got taking to a girl at the bar
"so," she said. "what do you dislike about yourself?"
i replied, "i often mislead people"
"Really?!" she asked.
i said, "No"
I like it.
3:12pm
"This one is dedicated to my parents who are both roofers. So, guys, if you're up there..."
HA!
3:07pm
"I resigned from my job at the helium factory. I refused to be spoken to in that tone."
@MarAnderson22
Superb.
2:52pm
York resident Kevin Blount shares his favourite joke.
"What's brown and sticky? A stick."
2:45pm
@yorkpress Did you hear about the magic tractor? It drove down the road and turned into a field! #rednoseyork
— @UKBee 15 March 2013
2:29pm
Poppleton Road Primary School teacher Rebecca Kearney shaved her hair off to raise funds for Comic Relief. Cracking effort.
2:25pm
Head Chef at La Tasca Fredi Jimenez wolfed down 34 tomatoes in a minute for comic relief. Immense.
2:13pm
Yearsley Grove Primary School children went to school dressed as people from the 80’s, including a family of Smurfs, Wombles, Boy George, and Freddie Mercury.
The school also hosted a Great Yearsley Bake Off, where children and adults entered cakes, buns and biscuits to be judged.
Nice one!!
2:08pm
So Keith Lemon look-a-like Wojtek Gorczynski is living it up in Sainsburies today for Comic Relief. Pics coming soon.
I was once told I look like Brad Pitt... if he'd been hit with a shovel.
2:02pm
Did you hear they've turned the SPHINX into a drive-through Tourist attraction? Yes, just Toot ' n come in ....#rednoseday #rednoseyork
— @henrab 15 March 2013
1:59pm
Yum, was looking forward to my bacon sandwich, but it was nasty. It had a mean streak that was irrational #rednoseday #rednoseyork
— @henrab 15 March 2013
1:55pm
A friend asked me if I could tell him what they called people from Corsica. I said Course-I-Can.
Oh yes, and I know you laughed at that.
1:52pm
Keith Heald at Network Rail. He's really gone for it and raised more than £200.
1:48pm
Staff at Dannie Lea hair in their unusual work gear. Looking good!!
1:45pm
Check out teacher Cally Pritchard with her year seven students at Goole High School.
1:31pm
#RednoseYork picture gallery growing.Have you sent your picture yet? http://t.co/ZWX2H6iwEl
— @MartinYorkPress 15 March 2013
1:25pm
The accomodation and timetabling teams at York University are currently in the midst of a huge Red Nose bake off. There's a genuine rivalry here. It could get messy.
1:08pm
1:07pm
Ok this is a belter:
What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals?
Philippe Philoppe.
1:00pm
Did you hear that the Greeks have stopped making hummus and taramasalata? They’re having a double dip recession.
Yes.
12:53pm
I'm off for lunch briefly now but some of the regular staff here at The Press will be standing in for the next hour - keep sending us your jokesm, and details of what you're doing for Comic Relief.
12:42pm
Random memory.
I had a friend in school who always wore a full tuxedo to non-uniform days. He genuinely went on to work in a funeral home. Is that ironic?
12:37pm
"I phoned my local gym and asked if they could teach me to do the splits. The bloke asked me how flexible I was. I told him I couldn't do Tuesdays."
- Luke Smith, Charity Manager, York.
12:34pm
Remember, if you want to donate to Comic Relief, you can do so HERE: https://www.comicrelief.com/donate
12:31pm
12:14pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Blimp says
The funeral of the bloke who invented the Hokey Cokey lasted for days because they put his left leg in... left leg out... in out in out ...
This is the best page ever on this site.
Brilliant love it! More please.
12:29pm
It's spreading to the trains!!
GRAND Central trains on the York to London route have been given their own red noses to encourage passengers to dig deep for Comic Relief.
Staff on-board the York-based company’s trains are also wearing Red Noses and giving out special stickers, with the business on-track to raise a total of £1,000.
12:28pm
More pictures are coming in from across the region. Keep sending us yours...... http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/pics/galleries/rednose2013/
12:10pm
Woohoo!
"Alex, fair play for posting my rugby tweet. I'll make my £10 donation later."
- RevRLP
12:04pm
Busy Bees Nursery children are baking some great cakes and making an impressive giant red nose bee collage.
The creativity in York nurseries, schools and colleges is going through the roof today. Great stuff.
11:58am
What do you call a grumpy, short-tempered gardener? A snap dragon!.... #Rednoseday #Rednoseyork
— @DGCYork 15 March 2013
11:56am
Keith Heald, from Network Rail in York, has collected over £200 for Comic Relief by dressing as a red devil.
That's not going to impress any Leeds/Liverpool/Man City fans. ;)
11:54am
It's an action packed day at Barlby High School!
Non Uniform Day, Joke Book production, Cake Sale, Quiz and Girl Band Bon Bonz will perform.
School has changed over the years.
11:49am
Patient: Doctor, doctor I've got a red nose.
Doctor: Well that's a relief.
- Freya Morgan, York-based teacher.
And on that note...please visit www.comicrelief.com and donate a few quid?
11:43am
"Alex, how about some blue jokes, or is taking the Mick out of smurfs not PC now?"
- Stuart Hasler, Scarborough.
Nice. Very nice.
11:35am
"Did you hear about the Italian chef that died? He pasta way."
Cheers to Mr Nick Dugay
11:31am
A new favourite of the day for me.
Garrowby Turnoff says...
"It was hard getting over my addiction to the Hokey Cokey. But I’ve turned myself around and that’s what it’s all about.”
11:27am
Great, witty and complex.
Mr Andy Falconer, Headmaster of St Olave’s School, sends his joke in.
"Why did 6 not like 7? Because 7 8 9".
11:21am
The children at Woodthorpe Primary school are selling red noses and organising a raffle for Comic Relief...all with monster hair styles!
They've raised more than £600 so far! Great effort Woodthorpe.
11:20am
Oh yeah really funny mate. (I'm sure you guys will see the funny side of this considering the fact I'm Welsh.)
I've got a great joke: "Some Welsh rugby fans think their team have a chance this weekend" I'd sponsor Alex Willmott to get this online.
(Well, the jokes on you @revRLP because I'd like £10 for Comic Relief now I've posted it. Cheers.)
11:15am
Little Joe's Nursery are making t-shirts today to raise money for Comic Relief.
Great idea. I'll take a medium if there's one going ;)
11:10am
Jokes are even being sent from Ripon!
Dean Gray, builder, said: "Two goldfish in a tank and one said 'How do we drive this then?'"
Ah fish jokes, they just always seem out of plaice.
11:03am
"He's a dark horse isn't he? Black Beauty."
Come on that one was good.
10:58am
The Hair & Beauty Department at The Joseph Rowntree School are going for it!
A 45 minute hairdressing competition and a catwalk fashion show is set to go down a storm! Well done everyone involved!
(I think I'd make a wonderful model...for oven gloves.)
10:53am
I used to work in a herb factory. Got the sack, yeah. They said my thyme management wasn't good enough #rednoseyork #rednoseday
— @henrab 15 March 2013
10:52am
A joke for the younger readers!
"What do you call a dinosaur who wears glasses? A T-Spex."
10:50am
(This actually turns my stomach a little, but a wonderful idea nonetheless.)
In a bid to have some fun for Comic Relief La Tasca is launching a Man vs La Tomatina challenge to see how many tomatoes staff and/or customers can eat in one minute. Each participant will be asked to donate £1 and all proceeds will go to Comic Relief.
Get yourself down there guys!
10:48am
Why was the scarecrow given a knighthood?........ Because he was out standing in his field. Boom boom!
10:44am
Great story!
Radio 3 is giving listeners the chance to hear Justin Bieber’s hit single Beauty and a Beat as they’ve never heard it before... in a brand new version arranged for countertenor, chamber choir and baroque orchestra!
The world premiere of this version will take place in Dance Baroque for Comic Relief, a concert from Lyons Concert Hall at the University of York today at 1pm.
10:40am
After my Leeds fan/Scarborough fan joke, I have been notified that Press management are not taking any responsibility for this live feed.
Great, if I get lynched I'm on my own!
10:36am
This is great. Last night the locals at the Sun Inn at Colton were given the pub to run themselves! Jim Clelland, Colton villager, was one of team members who prepared a three course dinner for the bespoke menu.
(I don't know if I have the ability to cook three separate dishes!)
10:27am
Well done to all the staff at Dannie Lea Hair and Beauty who are donating 10% of all sales today to comic relief. All the staff have come into work in their pajamas!
I hope they don't fall asleep on the job ;)
10:21am
Ok, I shouldn't judge others without having a go myself.
"A Scarborough fan and a Leeds fan run for ten miles out of the city; who wins? York."
(Please don't hurt me, I'm just joking.)
10:17am
York Press News Editor Gav Aitchison submits his best effort.
RT @GavAitchison: I nearly drowned in my muesli this morning. Was pulled under by a strong currant. #rednoseyork
— @EllsBells93 15 March 2013
10:12am
Did you hear about the man who ate grass seed? He ended up all for lawn....#rednoseday #rednoseyork
— @henrab 15 March 2013
10:10am
@GavAitchison York artist selling original linoprints for #ComicRelief. £275 raised since Mon. http://t.co/u3aiGjsxJt #rednoseyork
— @stoneflowerjane 15 March 2013
10:08am
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE JOKE SO FAR.
Anna Godfrey, a York woman currently studying in Newcastle University, sent this belter in:
"Yesterday I accidentally swallowed some food colouring. I'm okay, but I feel like I've dyed a little inside."
Superb.
10:04am
Our photographers are getting some cracking pics today. Have a gander here.
10:02am
Staff at Selby College have performed their own version of the Harlem Shake for Comic Relief. Check it out here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VFppKGXaQI
Growing up in the 90s we had to make do with the Macarena. Times have changed.
9:51am
Lady Lumley's school in Pickering will be hosting a whole day of fun and madness. Gungings and everything!
When I was a kid we had to wear those awful plastic red noses that almost broke the skin. Any other fun memories?
9:45am
Eddy James, member of Saint Michael le Belfrey Church, "Why did the monkey fall from the tree? Because it had died."
Eddy, I'm not sure that's a joke mate, but I'll be honest, I did chuckle.
9:39am
Spare a thought for Mike Roper, head teacher of Brayton High School. He's having his legs waxed at 10am. (Pictures coming soon).
I had my back waxed once, it was horrible. I actually cried.
9:36am
The Monks Cross management team will be holding a cake stall from 10am. Sweet.
9:30am
Ivan Scoble, York-based actor and comedian, has really raised the bar. "Where do Greeks spend their family day out? At the Circous Cous!"
Keep them coming York!
9:24am
9:18am
You can email us on newsdesk@thepress.co.uk or tweet us using the hashtag #rednoseyork
Alternatively, phone us on 01904 567131.
9:17am
Good Morning! Alex Willmott here looking after all things Comic Relief in York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire. Throughout today we'll be keeping up to date with the action. Please send us your pictures and best/worst jokes...KEEP THEM CLEAN! :)
Comments(24)
Podlet
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11:49am Fri 15 Mar 13
TheTruthHurts
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11:50am Fri 15 Mar 13
Comments are no longer accepted on this website
RichardPennystan
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12:10pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Apparently, annoyed by the Falklands situation, the new Pope was reported to have replied, quite tersely - "Don't fry for me Marge and Tina"
Blimp
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12:14pm Fri 15 Mar 13
This is the best page ever on this site.
Brilliant love it! More please.
Gavin Aitchison
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12:17pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Buzz Light-year
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1:18pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Gavin Aitchison wrote:Comic timing for such an oversight seeing as so many get shut down at the moment.
Re comments on other articles - apologies, this was an oversight as different people have been uploading today. Comments are being enabled on most, if not all, articles now.
DEKKA
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1:44pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Shouldn't it be "where do Moroccans..."
alfie
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1:56pm Fri 15 Mar 13
A. Comic relief
Woody G Mellor
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2:23pm Fri 15 Mar 13
alfie wrote:I was thinking the same thing but I daren't say so. I'm all for the good causes the money goes to etc. but to be honest, the whole Comic Relief thing bores me to tears. Baked bean baths, men having legs waxed etc etc etc. same old same old.
Q. What do you call a night of crap telly?
A. Comic relief
Mr Grump.
I don't expect this post to last very long.
TheTruthHurts
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2:46pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Garrowby Turnoff
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2:47pm Fri 15 Mar 13
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "on whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." - Oscar Wilde
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
Tim Cronin
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2:57pm Fri 15 Mar 13
alfie
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3:00pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Ronald Crumble
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3:08pm Fri 15 Mar 13
"so," she said. "what do you dislike about yourself?"
i replied, "i often mislead people"
"Really?!" she asked.
i said, "No"
Podlet
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3:13pm Fri 15 Mar 13
TheTruthHurts wrote:Would that be a Miranda Heart-break?
Sadly for me the boss likes to listen to Radio 2. All its been this week is Miranda Hart this Miranda Hart that. Im hoping for the finale tonight they are sending her into space or something.... Anything for a break :-)
And I hope that your boss has paid for his broadcast licence else he'll have to take the radio home?
Torkie
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9:14pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Garrowby Turnoff
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10:25pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Fourkov wrote:He's like the guy who used to appear at major sports events in the 90s carrying a plaque with a quote from the Bible like 1 Corinthians 2:7-9.
TheTruthHurts wrote:Biggest joke is this tw@t with his unfunny spam.
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TheTruthHurts
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11:20pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:To be fair guys or gals it is meant to be a little tongue in cheek. But with a serious point to make. The press have recently been removing comments which do not violate their terms. They have also allowed comments and then disabled this, again with no infringement.
Fourkov wrote:He's like the guy who used to appear at major sports events in the 90s carrying a plaque with a quote from the Bible like 1 Corinthians 2:7-9.
TheTruthHurts wrote:Biggest joke is this tw@t with his unfunny spam.
Comments are no longer accepted on this website
However if you want to react so strongly then I would suggest you step away from your keyboard and take a few deep breaths.
And garrowby yours is a little hypocritical no? Especially as you have raided the desk calendar for boring quotes.
And to the rest.... thanks for the jokes, they were mostly good :-)
Mr Anderson
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11:21pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Fourkov
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6:58am Sat 16 Mar 13
TheTruthHurts wrote:Point was understood first time. Just that you come across as the pub bore who comes up with something mildly amusing when heard once and then repeats it endlessly.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:To be fair guys or gals it is meant to be a little tongue in cheek. But with a serious point to make. The press have recently been removing comments which do not violate their terms. They have also allowed comments and then disabled this, again with no infringement.
Fourkov wrote:He's like the guy who used to appear at major sports events in the 90s carrying a plaque with a quote from the Bible like 1 Corinthians 2:7-9.
TheTruthHurts wrote:Biggest joke is this tw@t with his unfunny spam.
Comments are no longer accepted on this website
However if you want to react so strongly then I would suggest you step away from your keyboard and take a few deep breaths.
And garrowby yours is a little hypocritical no? Especially as you have raided the desk calendar for boring quotes.
And to the rest.... thanks for the jokes, they were mostly good :-)
TheTruthHurts
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7:40am Sat 16 Mar 13
Fourkov wrote:Hardly, I posted it on a few stories knowing that staff at the press would definitely see them that way. It did not warrant the comments that you have then left me on some of the stories.
TheTruthHurts wrote:Point was understood first time. Just that you come across as the pub bore who comes up with something mildly amusing when heard once and then repeats it endlessly.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:To be fair guys or gals it is meant to be a little tongue in cheek. But with a serious point to make. The press have recently been removing comments which do not violate their terms. They have also allowed comments and then disabled this, again with no infringement.
Fourkov wrote:He's like the guy who used to appear at major sports events in the 90s carrying a plaque with a quote from the Bible like 1 Corinthians 2:7-9.
TheTruthHurts wrote:Biggest joke is this tw@t with his unfunny spam.
Comments are no longer accepted on this website
However if you want to react so strongly then I would suggest you step away from your keyboard and take a few deep breaths.
And garrowby yours is a little hypocritical no? Especially as you have raided the desk calendar for boring quotes.
And to the rest.... thanks for the jokes, they were mostly good :-)
I have directly asked the press why with no response as I think have others. Which can only lead me to conclude that something stinks. It smacks of censorship. And if you think that is ok then that is fine. But respect the fact that I don't.
Mr Anderson
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10:56am Sat 16 Mar 13
TheTruthHurts wrote:Fourkov is plainly a nasty piece of work and should just do as his childish poster name implies.
Fourkov wrote:Hardly, I posted it on a few stories knowing that staff at the press would definitely see them that way. It did not warrant the comments that you have then left me on some of the stories.
TheTruthHurts wrote:Point was understood first time. Just that you come across as the pub bore who comes up with something mildly amusing when heard once and then repeats it endlessly.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:To be fair guys or gals it is meant to be a little tongue in cheek. But with a serious point to make. The press have recently been removing comments which do not violate their terms. They have also allowed comments and then disabled this, again with no infringement.
Fourkov wrote:He's like the guy who used to appear at major sports events in the 90s carrying a plaque with a quote from the Bible like 1 Corinthians 2:7-9.
TheTruthHurts wrote:Biggest joke is this tw@t with his unfunny spam.
Comments are no longer accepted on this website
However if you want to react so strongly then I would suggest you step away from your keyboard and take a few deep breaths.
And garrowby yours is a little hypocritical no? Especially as you have raided the desk calendar for boring quotes.
And to the rest.... thanks for the jokes, they were mostly good :-)
I have directly asked the press why with no response as I think have others. Which can only lead me to conclude that something stinks. It smacks of censorship. And if you think that is ok then that is fine. But respect the fact that I don't.
I also agree about The Press censorship. It stinks
Buzz Light-year
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3:33pm Sat 16 Mar 13
Garrowby Turnoff says...
11:21am Fri 15 Mar 13