Saturday, 19 April 2025

Top tips (part 7)

If you're looking for daft advice of a non-serious nature, then you've come to the right place!

Credit: imgur
That's because this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog features another round up of lighthearted top tips.

1) When ice fishing, bring an action figure of yourself to exaggerate the size of your catch.




2) Pretend to be a footballer by refusing to go into work because you've 'picked up a niggle'.




3) Tired of ironing shirts? Simply pile on the pounds and watch those creases disappear as your clothes get tighter.

Saturday, 12 April 2025

Cats and dogs (part 6)

Cats and dogs make the world a better place. Following on from that logic, cats and dogs must also make a blog a better place!

So this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog pays tribute to cats and dogs with another blog post dedicated to our furry friends.

Let's get things rolling with some canine inspired relationship advice.

1) Find someone who looks at you the way this dog looks at the barbecue...

Credit: memedroid

"Would you like your steak rare or well done?"
"Yes."

Saturday, 5 April 2025

Faces in things (robot edition)

My latest book, 'Ezra: The Elimination Of Suffering Robot', was recently published at Amazon for kindle.

Ezra:
The Elimination Of Suffering Robot
This is the blurb:

"The Elimination of Suffering Project have created a robot known affectionately as Ezra, with the primary objective of eliminating suffering.

However, it quickly becomes apparent that Ezra has a controversial approach to 'eliminating suffering'..."


Anyway, to promote the book, this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a robot themed look at pareidolia.

That's just a fancy way of saying that this week's blog post features photos of inanimate objects that look like robots.

1) Death robot


This speed camera looks like some sort of homicidal robot from the future.

Credit: flickr

If I saw a speed camera like this, then I certainly wouldn't risk speeding!

Saturday, 29 March 2025

Inception

Inception is a movie about a dream within a dream, but dreams aren't the only things that can be found within themselves, as this week's blog post demonstrates...

1) Dogception


From dreams within a dream, to a dog within a dog.

Here's a rather cool looking dog that was born with a selfie of itself on its ear.

Credit: reddit

Apparently, if you zoom in you can find another smaller dog hidden on the ear in the selfie on the dog's ear. #NotReally

Still though, two dogs for the price of one sounds like a good deal to me.

Saturday, 22 March 2025

Silly trick questions (part 2)

I've mentioned before that I'm a fan of trick questions, so here's another batch to get your brain around.

"Hmm, what could the answers be, I wonder?"
For some of them the answers are fairly obvious, but for others the solutions can be quite tricky. If you get stuck on any though, remember that they are trick questions.

Anyway, have a read of the following trick questions and see how many you can get right.

1) What five letter word does every genius pronounce wrong?



2) What is the least spoken language in the world?

Saturday, 15 March 2025

Separated at birth (Animal edition)

One of my favourite meme themes is the 'separated at birth' meme. I'm also a fan of animals, so for this week's blog post I've combined the two with a collection of an animal themed 'separated at birth' posts.

1) Owl = Apple


I'm not sure whether this owl looks confused, or just curious. In case any readers are confused, the 'owl' on the left is actually an apple.

Owl: "Wow! It's like looking in the mirror!"
Credit: memedroid

Editor's note: "I think the readers can work out for themselves that it's an apple. After all, they're very intelligent readers."
Charles: "What about Bob from Milton Keynes?"
Editor: "Okay, fair enough. Maybe Bob from Milton Keynes might have got confused, but other than Bob, the rest of your readers are all highly intelligent."


Saturday, 8 March 2025

15 insults to avoid using (part 2)

Here on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog we like to promote an atmosphere of peace and harmony between people. So for educational purposes only, here's another collection of insults to avoid using in order to maintain peace and harmony...

A brain.
1) "If he ever left his brain to science, I'm sure science would contest the will."




2) "You used so much oil, the U.S. want to invade the plate."
...Gordon Ramsay




3) "Wisdom has been chasing you, but you have always been faster."

Saturday, 1 March 2025

Random movie silliness (part 2)

It's the Oscars this week, so that makes it the perfect time to feature another round up of movie themed thoughts, memes and jokes.

1) I suspect that everyone in the left lane has seen Final Destination.

Credit: Magic Beans

Saturday, 22 February 2025

Misleading thumbnails

This week's blog post is based on a theme which no doubt readers will have come across on many occasions. It's a quiz based on misleading thumbnails!

A clue to the theme of this week's blog post.
In fact I would imagine you've probably read so many quizzes about misleading thumbnails that you're probably quite sick of them by now. However, if by any chance you aren't yet sick of misleading thumbnail quizzes yet, then you're in luck! Because there's another such quiz below.

All you have to do is take a look at the thumbnails below and guess whether the description is true or false. If you think it's false, you can also earn an extra bonus point if you can work out what the photo really is.

And there's no cheating by zooming in! Remember, the FBI are secretly monitoring everything you do, so they'll be able to tell if you're cheating.

Anyway, without further ado, let's get straight on with the quiz.

1) Scary spider


Anyone of a squeamish disposition should look away now! That's because the first thumbnail is a photo of a scary spider! I'm no arachnologist, so I'm not sure what type of spider it is exactly, but whatever variety it is, it certainly looks deadly!


But is it really a scary spider, or could it perhaps just be a deceptively misleading thumbnail?

True or false?

Saturday, 15 February 2025

Liars caught in the act (part 2)

This week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a look at the socio-economic impact of the introduction and subsequent widespread adoption of advanced artificial intelligence technologies on the global labour market.

Actually, no, it doesn't. That was a lie. Oops, caught in the act!

By a stroke of luck*, what this week's blog post actually takes a look at is other liars who were also caught in the act.

* To tell the truth, it was obviously deliberately contrived, rather than luck.

1) Wall liar


So ... it would seem you can't drive through the wall after all.

Credit: imgur

False advertising regarding the tangibility, or alleged lack thereof, of the wall.

Saturday, 8 February 2025

Captcha memes and jokes (part 2)

If any robots happen to be reading this, then I'm afraid I've got some bad news. Unfortunately, you won't be able to read this week's blog post, as it features several captchas.

The good news for any humans reading this, however, is that you won't have to waste time filling out annoying captcha tests, because the captchas featured below are all just silly memes!

1) Star Wars captcha


The Cantina in Star Wars had a 'No Droids' policy, so this next captcha would have been perfect for them.


"These aren't the droids you're looking for."

Saturday, 1 February 2025

Guess the band or song

Sadly for fans of music, the Grammy Awards take place tomorrow, an event where fake talentless sell-outs all give themseves a big undeserved pat on the back.

However, although I'm not a fan of the Grammys, it does nevertheless provide the perfect excuse to feature a cryptic music quiz on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog!

Take a look at the following visual clues and see if you can guess the name of the band or song that the picture is based on.

Disclaimer: All of the bands and songs are from decades gone by, so if you're a young person then you may need to ask an old person for some help with some of the clues.

1) 80s band


To start things off, this first photo is a clue to a rock band from Sheffield who were popular in the 80s.


Editor: "What?"
Charles: "I said, 'This first photo is a clue to a rock band from Sheffield who were popular in the 80s."

Saturday, 25 January 2025

The funny side of history

A wise man once said, 'Those who fail to learn from the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.'

With that in mind, this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a lighthearted look at history with a collection of history themed memes and jokes.

1) Here's an ancient photo that proves that the ancient Greeks were terrible at loading the dishwasher.

Credit: memedroid

Observer:
"Perhaps try standing a bit closer, Discobulus"
Discoblus: "But where would be the fun in that?"

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Monsters and goblins

My latest short story 'The Venus Gargantua' was recently released for kindle, and the cover (pictured below) gives you a brief idea of what to expect.

The story features an evil monster, and a village of goblins, so to stick with that theme, this week's blog post is on the subject of monsters and goblins.

1) At what time did the monster eat the Prime Minister?

8PM.




2) Why do goblins have big ears?

Because Noddy wouldn't pay the ransom.




3) Apparently, Bigfoot can grow up to twelve feet.

But they usually only have two.

Saturday, 11 January 2025

Bitcoin true or false quiz

Bitcoin was first launched almost 16 years ago, on 12 January 2009, so to celebrate its anniversary, this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog features a true or false quiz based on the theme of bitcoin. Some of the followingsilliness.

See if you can guess which is which...

'Bit' coin.
1) Only 21 million bitcoin can ever be produced.

True or false?



2) The image to the right shows what a bitcoin looks like.

True or false?



3) Bitcoin was invented by Bob Bitcoin.

True or false?

Saturday, 4 January 2025

Happy new year! (2025 edition)

I know I'm a few days late, but I'd like to wish an extremely happy new year to all readers of the Charles Fudgemuffin blog!

Or if you're not a regular reader, and you just somehow ended up here randomly by mistake, then I also wish you a moderately happy new year, I suppose.

Exercise.
A popular new year's resolution.
Anyway, to start the year off on a new year theme, here's a round up of tips, facts and jokes loosely related to the new year.

1) This year my new year's resolution is to finally go to the gym...

...and cancel that membership I wasted my money on last year.




2) Top tip for dad joke lovers:

Order a takeaway at 11:59pm on New Year's Eve, and when it arrives say, "Do I get a discount on this, because I've been waiting since last year!"