Supermarket signs, labels and vouchers

When you want to be amused, the supermarket isn't perhaps the first thing that comes to mind. Nevertheless, this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a lighthearted look at supermarket signs, labels and vouchers, with examples highlighting poor math(s) and poor geography...

1) What a bargain!

First up, here's a great deal at my local supermarket...

A brilliant offer for stupid people!

One pizza for £1.50, or 2 for £8!

Wow! What a bargain! I think I'll buy, er ... one.

Giving excellent stuff the credit it deserves (part 3)

Some people are very hard to please...

Previously on the Charles Fudgemufin blog, I've highlighted a selection of gushingly enthusiastic music reviews with confusingly stingy ratings. It's not just music reviewers who give harsh review ratings, so this week I've decided to look at a few similarly stingy reviews focusing on TV shows, movies, and first of all books...

1) Withering Tights by Louise Rennison

Withering Tights: "The most hilarious book ever!"
3 stars.

I'm a big fan of Louise Rennison's 'Angus' books, so I was interested to read this extremely enthusiastic review of her new 'Tallulah Casey' book...

"...this book is insane. It could have easily killed me with its hilarity, and to be entirely honest it might just be the most hilarious, most ridiculous book I've ever read. I wish I read this when I was younger - I'd have loved it! Or well ... it could have easily killed me then. It's just too funny! 3/5"

So just to recap, the 'most hilarious book' you've ever read...
...3 out of 5?

A book so funny it could have killed you...
...3 out of 5?

A book which is so amazingly hilariously funny it has the potential to kill, and yet you give it only 3 out of 5? Seriously!? 3 out of 5!?

!?!?!

10 funny quiz show answers (part 3)

"Sorry, you've failed the audition for Mastermind."

London. Famous for Big Ben,
Downing Street, and of course ... pasta.

As I've highlighted before on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, contestants on quiz shows have come up with some very silly answers over the years. Here's another collection of silly answers from quiz show contestants who most definitely weren't appearing on Mastermind...

1) "Name something London is famous for."
Answer: "Pasta."


2) "Name something a blind man might use."
Answer: "A sword."


3) "Which letter of the alphabet sounds exactly the same as the term for a female sheep?"
Answer: "Baa!"

Scientists as comedians: Stephen Hawking

Time, the universe and parked cars...

A few weeks ago I featured a collection of quotes from Albert Einstein which showed that as well as being a scientific genius, Einstein perhaps also fancied himself as a bit of a comedian.

Einstein isn't the only scientist with a sense of humour, and another scientist known to make the occasional amusing remark is Stephen Hawking. Some of his quotes might not read that funny, but when you listen to Stephen actually saying them, his robotic straight laced voice only adds to the humour...

1) The end of the world

When giving a lecture in Japan, Stephen was asked not to mention the end of the universe in case it affected the Japanese stock market. This was his response:

"I don't know if or when the universe will end, but for those of you who are nervous about your investments, I think it's a bit early to sell."