Monkeys Fist

Guilty

Not to mention Bird Flu. Shitstabbinstiffpokinsnotsneezinduckfuckin Mallardy Mentalists. Nice in pancakes though

This for me, was the worst thing about this whole episode. The Shepherd/Hall regime were guilty of this throughout their tenure.

Thats why Doggy was invented

How far can a Penguin squirt shite? I particularly like the one stating country music causes an increase in the suicide rate

C'mon, you would , wouldn't you?

Bring back standing=atmosphere.

For a lass, Maggie ( Mags for short)

Here we go........

It's a genuine case,I'm not a sad bastard, really. FFS

Ashleigh for a girl Dennis for a herm.

There's also an i missing from the Tourist Board description to the right.

Call it Shelly?

Congrats Pud. Your first?

Born to pun.

Billy Connolly ( apart from the shite period when he went pc) is the Mutts . Ardal O'Hanlon has a decent stand up, and when he's on form, Eddie Izzard is sublime. (Anvil Springsteen anyone? )

And the new chairman is...... Dennis Wise! What odds?

Study reveals the secrets of Northern comedy By Patrick Sawer Last Updated: 10:10PM BST 19/09/2009 The North-South divide has been identified as one of class, wealth and even climate. But according to a new study the true measure of difference is comedy. Rosemarie Jarski, a comedy expert, says the North of England's special brand of wit relies on self-deprecation, the desire to prick pomposity and the ability to find the comic in the tragedy of everyday life. While down South a comic is likely to put someone else down, up North they'll confess to what a daft beggar they have been. Jarski, whose new book The Wit and Wisdom of the North is published next month, says: "Northern humour is above all the humour of recognition. Northern comedians don't try to be cleverer or smarter than us. Southern comics tell us how they got one over on someone, Northern comics tell us what a prat they made of themselves. "There are no airs and graces, no attempts at one upmanship. They are one of us." And, it seems, it is funny up North precisely because it is grim – with a rugged landscape and tough industrial heritage combining to create a people who find laughter in the darkest corners. "Laughter and tears are never far apart in Northern life," says Jarski, citing both Victoria Wood and Caroline Ahern for their ability to spin "comic gold out of pain and misery". While Les Dawson's mother-in-law jokes may have been replaced by Aherne's bittersweet Royle Family observations, the tone remains sometimes downbeat and always down-to-earth. From Eric Morecambe and Ken Dodd to Peter Kay and Jenny Eclair, the tradition of Northern comedians is certainly a long and honourable one. But being Northern is not strictly to do with where you are born, Jarski points out. It's more of a state of being. After all Ahern was born in London and John Prescott – who Jarski (and possibly the majority of the British public) identifies as one of the region's best comedians – is originally from Prestatyn, in north Wales. "Northern-ness is less a matter of geography than it is a state of mind," she says. "It's a mindset in which humour plays a crucial if not defining role." Or as the writer Harry Pearson puts it: "A Geordie friend of mine advised me that when judging Southerners we must always remember that they have not had the benefit of our disadvantages'." * The Wit and Wisdom of the North, with foreword by writer and DJ Stuart Maconie, is published by Ebury Press on October 1.

Press conference at 3pm

was just about to ask if this was all leading to a " would do well in the CCC". Beat me to it.

Cheers for that Jimbo. Bobby at 2:45.

Never happen Stevie hates Wales.

O.O.T.T.

Hughton rates Wise' performance in the "Rat -faced Dwarf world champeenship" A creditable 1st place