OT Tommy Cooper.. The lighter side of life

My Bruv sent me the gags below from the fezzed master of the inept circle of magic LOL.

But B4 I Paste it in, a few years ago, I was in his old shop, oddly enough known as "Coopers", in Slough, looking for father and mother Xmas outfits, or some daft gag stuff for Xmas... When WELL After the Gagmiester had past on, I saw him open the staff door at the back, walk in, grab a costume, and go back thru the door.

I must have been all white and open mouthed, cos the shop manageress wandered up and quitely whispered in my ear "It's OK, it's his brother"...... Sadly, shortly after His bro passed on, and Coopers Magic, Joke and costume shop closed... Sniffle....

The Email bitty.. Chuckles from a past master..

Tommy Cooper classics:

I met a Dutch girl with inflatable shoes last week, phoned her up to arrange a date but unfortunately she'd popped her clogs.

Two Eskimos

sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it.

I said "Do you want a game of Darts?", he said "OK then", I said "Nearest to bull starts". He said "Baa", I said "Moo", he said "You're closest".

You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.

The other day I sent my girlfriend a huge pile of snow. I rang her up, I said "Did you get my drift?".

I went down the local supermarket, I said "I want to make a complaint, this vinegar's got lumps in it", he said "Those are pickled onions".

I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah, I thought "he's trying to pull a fast one". I said to this train driver "I want to go to Paris". He said "Eurostar?".I said "I've been on telly but I'm no Dean Martin".

I said to the Gym instructor "Can you teach me to do the splits?". He said "How flexible are you?". I said "I can't make Tuesdays".

But I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.

I met this gangster who pulls up the back of people's pants, it was Wedgie Kray.

I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red rose and says "Your eyes sparkle like diamonds". I said "Waiter, I asked for a-ROMATIC duck".

But I'm in great mood tonight because the other day I entered a competition and I won a years supply of Marmite......... one jar.

This bloke says to me, "Can I come in your house and talk about your carpets?". I thought "That's all I need, a Je-hoover's witness".

You see my next door neighbour worships exhaust pipes, he's a catholic converter.

I rang up British Telecom, I said "I want to report a nuisance caller", he said "Not you again".

I was having dinner with Garry Kasporov and there was a check tablecloth. It took him two hours to pass me the salt. He said "You remind me of a pepper-pot", I said "I'll take that as a condiment".

Now did you know all male tennis players are witches, for example Goran, even he's a witch.

And I've got a friend who's fallen in love with two school bags, he's bisatchel.

I was in Tesco's and I saw this man and woman wrapped in a barcode. I said "Are you two an item?".

A lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a train-load of terrapins, I thought "That's a turtle disaster".

Four fonts walk into a bar The barman says "Oi - get out! We don't want your type in here"

A jump-lead walks into a bar. The barman says "I'll serve you, but don't start anything"

A priest, a rabbi and a vicar walk into a bar. The barman says, "Is this some kind of joke?"

A sandwich walks into a bar. The barman says "Sorry we don't serve food in here"

A Dyslexic man walks into a bra A seal walks into a club... A man walks into a bar with a roll of tarmac under his arm and says: "Pint please, and one for the road."

A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."

A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.

"But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win.

Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain, they name him Juan". Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal."

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Me
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Think some of these are "in the style of" Tommy Cooper (eg the Eurostar one, and Goran, which must have post-dated him a little) but very amusing nonetheless.

My favourite, which I also don't think is strictly Tommy Cooper, is "Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu. But I think it's Colin."

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David French

Yes, a few of those are a bit after the cooperman's time, but are meant in his style..... But Seeing his Bruv made me thank I'd seen a bloody ghost I can tell U

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Me

The inept part was they key. Cooper was a renowned Magician and very highly capable. Much the same as Cardini, who did a 'drunk' act.

I have a few of Coopers old props (I collect odd bits like that).

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Mother

bloody genius. . .

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teddave

I think he must have been an acquired taste. I never acquired it.

Ron

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The Becketts

What!? not even....

A man went to the doctors and said 'Doctor, I'm a compulsive Liar'

The doctor replied 'I don't believe you'.

The man was a comedy great.

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Stuart Nuttall

Sadly missed. The jokes weren't particularly funny in themselves but because it was him saying them they were hilarious.

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PDannyD

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