Daily Mirror

Top Ten Baffling Jokes

-

1 How do you drown a hipster? In the mainstream.

2 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

3 A jar of omega 3 vitamins fell on my head when I opened the cupboard. I sustained super fish oil injuries.

4 How do you milk sheep? With iPhone accessorie­s.

5 How many surrealist­s does it take to screw in a light bulb? A fish.

6 What do accountant­s do when they’re constipate­d? Work it out with a pencil. 7 A cowboy asked me if I could help him round up 18 cows. I said: “Yes, of course. That’s 20 cows.” 8 A horse walks into a bar and the barman says: “Hey, why the long face?” 9 What does a dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac do at night? He stays up wondering if there really is a dog.

10 I’m very pleased with my new fridge magnet. So far, I’ve got 12 fridges.

A Vicar of Dibley joke that baffled Alice

Two nuns are driving through Transylvan­ia when a great big vampire jumps on the bonnet. One nun says to the other “show him your cross”. So, the nun opens the window and yells: “Get off my bonnet you toothy git!”.

I know we’re only two weeks into the new series of Saturday Night Takeaway, but one thing is already painfully clear: This show does not work without a studio audience. Probably best if we just enjoy the prerecorde­d bits and keep our fingers crossed for next year, eh?

TENS of thousands of women who have been underpaid the state pension by up to 60% because of an admin error will be repaid from a £3billion cash “top up” pot.

The Department for Work and Pensions revealed the extent to which the women, who were entitled to an “enhanced pension”, had been short-changed, many for more than a decade.

Former pensions minister Sir Steve

Webb, now of consultant­s LCP, said: “This figure is truly mind-numbing. When I first looked into this a year ago I had no idea it would explode into such a huge issue.”

He said he had heard of some refunds amounting to more than £30,000.

Repayments began in January after the DWP investigat­ed its error, with women whose husbands hit pension age before 2008 potentiall­y affected.

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom