This is the oldest part of the collection. 20 years of emails that made me giggle. Still updated regularly!
Why not send me your favourites for the collection.
- Achtung - Important warning from Germany!
- Airoplane talk - Conversations with Aircraft.
- Alternatives. - New meanings for old words.
- Americans guide to Britain. - Useful advice - or is it?
- Anagrams. - Some great anagrams.
- Annoying. - How to be annoying.
- Answerphone. - Some Alternative answerphone messages.
- Bill Gates. - Is he the Devil?
- Bizarre. - Some bizarre facts.
- Brands. - Product recognition gone wrong.
- Bush Quotes. - Famous words!
- Chicken. - Why it crossed the road - explained.
- Children - Why we love them.
- Christmas Greetings - Approved by Legal.
- Christmas Party - Totally PC.
- Christmas Spirit - Things you can get away with at Christmas.
- Church. - Church Bulletins.
- Classifieds. - Actual Classified Ads.
- Corporate America. - You've been in the corporation too long when ...
- Council Letters - Extracts from the Housing Department.
- Court Questions. - Real life Q&A - from the dock.
- Crime. - Crime doesn't pay!
- Corporate Zodiac. - Your Zodiac by JOB TITLE.
- Dead Brits - Daft ways to die!
- Dear America - A snotty letter to the Americans.
- Dear Britain - And a snotty reply.
- Dictionary - 2005 additions.
- Diet. - How to lose weight on Beer & Ice Cream.
- DNA. - Human DNA coding explained.
- Edinburgh Festival. - The best bits
- Email Addiction. - You have one when...
- Employees. - Letters of recommendation for fired employees.
- Engineers. - How to tell if you are an Engineer.
- English signs. - Some signs posted around England.
- English. - Men & Women's English.
- Essex Dictionary - Cor Blimey.
- Evaluations. - Insulting Employee Evalutions.
- Exams. Exam answers - strange but true (allegedley).
- Expenses. - 2004 Expense Guidelines.
- Ferrari. - Press Release.
- Family Fortunes. - Actual answers given to the questions!
- Foot - How Clever is Yours?
- France. - American's guide to France.
- Euro-language. - A press release from Europe.
- Girlfriend 1.0 - Technical Support Request!
- Gripe Sheets - Airline pilot complaints!
- Heaven. - Heaven and Hell.
- Horse's Ass - A Space Shuttle design point!
- Hundred percent. - Should you give 100%?
- Inspirational Posters. - That should have been!
- Job Application. - Supposedly an actual job application.
- Journalism. - Some classic moments in journalism.
- Kids'n'Love. - Kids views on LOVE.
- Kids'n'Science. - Science quotes from 11 year olds.
- Light Bulb - How to change one!
- London - You know you live there when ...
- London - You've lived there too long when ...
- Manhood - The international rules.
- Marketing. - The dead horse flogging variety.
- McDonnell. - McDonnell Douglas warranty form.
- Men's Rules - Explains all!
- Microsoft Marketing. - A brand new Marketing strategy from Microsoft.
- Military. - British Military Officers Fitness Reports.
- Mississippi. - Application form to live in Mississippi.
- More signs. - Signs that went wrong.
- Mysteries - Ever wondered why?
- Nations. - The behaviour of Brits, Americans, Ozzies & Canadians abroad.
- Nerds. - Top 40 Nerd T-shirts.
- New Meanings - Old words, new meanings.
- New Words - New words, interesting meanings!
- Newspaper. - Actual Newspaper Headlines.
- Noche Bueno. - Half Spanish, half English Christmas poem.
- Normality Check. - An interesting test. No catches but surprising result!
- Odd English. - English is a strange language!
- Odd Facts. - Things I bet you didn't know were true.
- Office Dares - Try them, they're good!
- Office Dares 2 - Another fine selection.
- Office Pranks. - Try them, they're fun!
- Operating systems. - Driving to the shops if your car was run by one!
- Peter Kaye - Some Good Lines.
- Pizza. Have fun when ordering pizza by phone.
- Plane Gripes - Would you fly with this airline?
- Police stories. - True police stories from around the USA.
- Politician. - British politician quotes.
- Prison vs Work - Which is which?
- Pulled over. - What not to say to the cop that stops you.
- Questions. - Some interesting questions!
- Rednecks. - Tips for Rednecks.
- Reservations! - A great true story from an Airline Agent.
- Rude places. - Real places with rude names.
- Santa Claus - An engineers perspective.
- Santa Press Release. - Santa in 1995 delivery shock.
- Security Levels - Raised in several countries.
- Shower. - How to shower like a man/woman.
- Signs. - Some humourous signs.
- Silly sayings. - The origins of many English sayings.
- Slogan translations. - Problems when slogans are translated.
- S. H. I. T. - Special High Intensity Training!
- Spell Chequer. - Clever poem with some spelling problems.
- Stages. - Of life for men and women.
- Star Wars Marketing. - Top 15 Rejected Star Wars Trilogy Marketing Tie-ins.
- Thoughts. - Some ponderous thoughts.
- Stephen Wright. - Some of the best lines from my favourite US comedian.
- Suicide. - 1994's most bizarre suicide. Apparently true.
- Tax Office - Letter to tax payer.
- Tech Support - Actual conversations.
- The Tube - 50 Things to do on the Tube.
- Things that happen - Only in America.
- Translation. - Another oldie but goodie. Signs that translated badly.
- Truant notes. - Actual notes provided by parents for absent school children.
- University Application. - A rather unusual application to University.
- University. - Life Afterwards ......
- Urinal Test. - An interesting test for straight men.
- Viagra. - New Viagra like drugs
- Virus. - Some unusual computer viruses.
- Web Jargon. - New and unusual terms, with their origins in the Internet.
- Wife. - Product warning!
- Wisdom. - General words of wisdom.
- Women - Are just like cars!
- You're over 40 - When you remember all this.
- Christmas Accidents. - Some statistics.
