Some of his jokes...
“It was revealed in a government survey published today that the Prime Minister is doing the work of two men: Laurel and Hardy.”
“A grandfather has gone missing after eating four cans of baked beans, two cauliflowers and a jar of gherkins. His family have made an emotional appeal for him not to come home for at least a fortnight.”
“A juggernaut of onions has shed its load all over the M1. Motorists are advised to find a hard shoulder to cry on.”
After a series of crimes in the Glasgow area, Chief Inspector McTavish has announced that he’s looking for a man with one eye. If he doesn’t find him, he’s going to use both eyes.”
“We’ll be talking to a car designer who’s crossed a Toyota with Quasimodo and come up with the Hatchback of Notre Dame.”
“I hope you like my trousers. If I wear too much tartan I tend to look like a Thermos flask.”
“French wine growers fear that this year’s vintage may be entirely spoiled due to the grape treaders’
sit-in.”
“There was a chap who is interested in the concept of psychic phenomena; the concept where one day you suddenly hear from a guy who died 20 years ago. You know, a bit like second-class mail.”
“This is a message for seven honeymoon couples in a hotel in Peebles: Breakfast was served three days ago.”
“This joke dates back to 256 BC which, as scholars of ancient Egypt will know, was the year of the famous wildcat strike by the amalgamated union of eunuchs and allied sopranos, in a dispute over severance pay.”