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Jack Crossley. You Really Couldn't Make It Up: More Hilarious-But-True Stories From Around Britain
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Mixed Messages: Signs of the Times. Lip-enhancing gloss labelled ‘For external. use on the oral lips only’
Medical: What’s Up, Doc? Man hospitalised by milk float – driven by dog …
Politics: Order, Order. Meet Miranda, Lionel and Smiling Boy – your Prime. Minister. Or is he just a cult?
Legal: Law and Disorder. Scotsman’s sporran detained under quarantine laws …
Britishness: Quintessentially British. It is every true-born Englishman’s right to strap jingle bells round his knees and make a hanky-waving wally of himself …
Eccentric: Where British is still Best. The Naked Male – a true British hero …
Over Fifties: Golden Oldies. Lorry takes away portable toilet – with 74-year-old woman inside …
Language: My Word. A language kit for long-distance lorry drivers enables them to order chips in six languages …
Drinking: Drink to me Only. Spending more time in the pub could be good for the brain …
Royalty: Royal Flush. Two footmen found in the same bath said they were helping the Queen’s economy drive …
Animal Magic. Man jumps into shark tank and shark dies from fright …
Media Madness. Police to run down jaywalkers …
Religious: Let us Pray. Thou shalt not worship false pop idols …
Sport: This Unsporting Life ‘Cupid Stunt’ not suitable for racehorse name. But ‘Noble Locks’ gets the OK …
Class: A Touch of Class. A gentleman uses separate knives for butter and marmalade – even when dining alone …
Nine to Five: It’s off to Work we Go. The Navy has more admirals than ships …
Education, Education, Education … Fifty per cent of the population doesn’t know what 50% is …
Council Daze. Horses to wear nappies to cut cleaning bills …
Food for Thought
Transport: Keeping Britain Moving. You wait 30 years for a bus stop – then they cancel the bus
Love and Marriage: From Miss to Mrs. Is this what bliss is? Holiday cottage sleeps three. Ideal for honeymoon …
Motoring: Driven to Distraction. Drivers regard it as unlucky to run over nuns …
Afterlife: Life’s a Bitch and then you Die. Man excused jury service because he had died …
Army Life: Barmy Army. Dad’s Army inspect knickers of female residents for signs of enemy …
Christmas: Let Nothing you Dismay. Christmas mince pies labelled ‘Best before November 17’
Odds and Sods. Battery-driven pepper grinder with a light for grinding in the dark …
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