In deference to our Victorian sisters and brothers who are back in lockdown, I am republishing a piece from April. The last thing you think of when facing a pandemic is the quality of cultural humour it will spur. And the blacker the situation the funnier the responses, so please forgive my following choices should they offend. My selection is neither based on politically correctness nor cultural snobbery. I’ve selected the pieces that made me smile the most regardless of their (sometimes) worrying overtones. I hope you have the same response and please allow a minute or two to download.
Image: courtesy of boredpanda.com
Image: courtesy of a Russian Facebook group and boredpanda.com. Apologies to Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’
Image: courtesy of a Russian Facebook group and boredpanda.com. Apologies to Vincenzo de’Rossi’s ‘Hercules and Diomedes’
Image: courtesy of an extremely bored cartoonist and boredpanda.com
Why the wife of mystery graffiti artist Banksy hates him working from home ... for obvious reasons:
Image: courtesy of Banksy: Instagram
Image: courtesy of Banksy: Instagram
Image: seriously?? (a personal favourite)
Last but not least, in tribute to one of the funniest human beings who blessed our planet. Wait till he warms up. This is magic and impossible to watch without laughing out loud,