After a few weeks of a summer break, the British F4 Snetterton Rounds 2018 saw the drivers start the second half of their season, and the weekend saw a return of the rain as well as racing as the BTCC and support races got back to the action. Qualifying saw Patrik Pasma top the…
The teams and drivers returned from their summer break last weekend for the Clio Cup Snetterton Rounds 2018 as part of the support package for the British Touring Car Championship, and some of them must have felt that it was the end of the summer, not just the summer break. Just as the country was…
I may not be in Hungary this week for the Formula One Budapest In Season Tests 2018, but there is plenty of information available, including plenty through the Motorsport Extra hasthag, #HappyTesting. In season testing is a great opportunity to get an early look at some of the next generation of Formula One drivers getting…
Regular readers will be aware that I am always keen to take suggestions for topics for pages of puns, so based on such a request, here are some CIO jokes. Just in case any of you are not familiar with the jargon, CIO means Chief Information Officer, or the person leading the technology division of…
This week’s collection of puns and one liners takes the theme of Ballet Jokes. As normal, they come with no guarantee of hilarity or originality… A friend of mine has just graduated from ballet school with a 2:2. Why do baby swans like Swan Lake? It’s their cygnet-ure tune. A…
There is a story doing the rounds on social media that the game “tag” derives from “touch and go”. It doesn’t. That is, at best, a backronym. The word “tick” dates back to the mid 15th century as a word to mean “to tap lightly”, and similarly the Middle English word “tek”. By 1721, the…
You might say that many of my puns are at best half jokes, but these half jokes are all puns where the world half makes an appearance. A few might be a bit tenuous, but nothing new there. As always, they come with no guarantee of hilarity or originality… If you like halves, you might…
Pigeons are ubiquitous in the UK, and across much of the world, so a good topic for a page of puns. Here are some pigeon jokes. And if you like pigeons, this story might interest you about Paddy the Pigeon, a decorated war hero. Of course, these jokes come with no guarantee of hilarity or…
It’s been a delightfully sunny week in the UK, which is more of a surprise in late June for some than it should be, so what better topic for a page of puns than sunny jokes. It’s been an effort even typing them in this weather. As normal, these come with no guarantee of hilarity…
Last weekend saw the British Touring Car Championship head north for the BTCC Croft Rounds 2018, and North Yorkshire provided a beautifully sunny few days for the teams and drivers, ensuring that the crowds were out for some fantastic racing. As normal, the support series included the Clio Cup, British F4, the Ginetta GT4 Supercup…
The weekend’s BTCC trip to North Yorkshire included the British F4 Croft Rounds 2018 as part of the support series, and the teams and drivers had beautiful sunshine to contend with through the course of their stay there. In Free Practice, Jack Doohan set the fastest time ahead of Kiern Jewiss, with Doohan’s fellow Red…
The annual trip of the British Touring Car Championship and its support events to North Yorkshire last weekend saw the Clio Cup Croft Rounds 2018 in blistering sunshine. Jade Edwards, who had a massive crash at Oulton Park two weeks before which saw her car upside down at the side of the track, was back…