Bits and bobs

Here are a few more things I've found whilst stumbling.

From http://www.vivapixel.com/:

From http://farleftside.com/:

From http://www.birdandmoon.com/:

Goat-based humour

Goats seem to provide a decent history of humorous stories, at least on the BBC website. First was the Sudanese man forced to marry a goat, that sadly later died. And most recently a number of goats were freed from prison after being unfairly "charged with being sold illegally by the roadside." This put me in mind of perhaps the funniest youtube clip I have ever seen:

The imaginings of children

Comedy may be about timing, but humour is about juxtaposition. I came across this on the New Yorker's website:

The Wisdom of Children, by Simon Rich

A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table

MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are…