Another comedy headline

You can't beat the Standard if you're looking for a hard-hitting headline...

KFC

KFC
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"No! For God's sake, don't call it a 'corn on the cob'. We might get sued! It's only half a 'corn on the cob'. Get Alan in Marketing to see how we can re-brand this one. That boy's got talent...."

A small triumph for linguistic pedantry

In a world where "10 items or less" is commonplace and a BBC newscaster can announce that a suspect package was "hidden by a lamp post", it was nice to find this unusally precise sign on a toilet in Gunnersbury Park. Perhaps it could be further refined to "toilet for the use of people with disabilities", but it's certainly a step in the right direction!

Meat

Ladies, don't forget to get yourself to Edinburgh to visit this market stall for a nice piece of meat.

More fun from Dr Spooner

Spotted at Dover, the hilariously entitled "Wos Tanker Services"...

These Marketing Pros

These MArketing Pros
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Subtle advertising draws in the customers.

The product to the left in the green/orange packaging is an aftershave called 'Eruption' (I wish the cameraphone had picked up that detail!).

God bless Lidl's merchandisers.

Scraping the barrel

Scraping the barrel
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The Evening Standard tries to lure readers away from Sudoku to its new game...

Welcome to Kitchen Stairs

Kitchen Stairs refers to a flat once inhabited by Ambrose and Chris, when students.

This blog will be a home for the silly things we find funny.

Your mileage will vary,,,,,
Am