Category Archives: Wit and Humour

Quirk wit and humourous anecdotes.

Relish and a Joke

You are unlikely to find this saucy little number in your local Chippy but you might overhear these old sores being repeated. ‘I have told you a million times not to exaggerate.’ So I went down the local supermarket, I … Continue reading

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Bridlington Facts – Interesting and Unusual

Brid or Bridlington to give it it’s Sunday name is a popular seaside resort with sandy beaches and an interesting harbour. The Groynes are wooden defences that run out to sea and protect the sandy beaches from adverse weather. The … Continue reading

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Dance Yorkshire

Whilst this book features Dancing in the East Riding there is a lot more going off in Yorkshire. I am always surprised at nthe number of dance venues still functioning for classes, medals and competitions. Undoubtedly a healthy pastime for … Continue reading

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Yorkshire Grace

Mount Grace Priory Staddle Bridge, Northallerton, on Flickr thanks to Ambersky235 under creative commons license British by birth – Yorkshire by the grace of God!!!!!!! Celebrating ‘Grace’ at Dinner or Tea God bless us all, an’ mak us able Ta … Continue reading

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Not Yorkshire Day August 1st

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County of Shopkeepers and Jokers

Yorkshire has been the birthplace of many retail organisations. Where would the high street be without  Asda,  Morrisons and Marks & Spencer just for example. More to the point where have names like Burtons the Tailors and Crockatts the Cleaners … Continue reading

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You Say ‘Graffiti’ – I Say ‘Graffito’

Rude and crude graffiti has been obliterated on this wall near  Menston railway station. Rather than leave the offending and singular graffito the potential ‘Banksy’ has been covered with this ugly blue gunge. Putting one graffito on top of another … Continue reading

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Philip Davies Quips at Prime Ministers Question Time

Like him and his politics or not you have to admire the MP for Shipley, Philip Davies. He regularly asks pertinent and punchy questions of our prime minister. Generally Philip uses a degree of humour and a pithy turn of … Continue reading

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Pylons Current Puns

Yorkshire Electric sent a man to read our gas and electric meter at the same time. YE came I don’t know. I guess it saves some energy although he wasn’t impressed when I said he could read the water meter … Continue reading

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Knot a Knott or Not

This post is ‘not’ yet well read. So if I say ‘get knotted’ I am expressing contemptuous rejection not suggesting you should get married. Knot garden creating a series of small rooms by using a low hedge. Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum … Continue reading

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