Sunday, 25 October 2026

The bus service sucks.

The bus service sucks.

The bus service sucks. The correspondent appears to agree.

A damning review, with rather more oral evidence than expected.

A little piece of the Mizprinz archive: newspaper cuttings, advertisements and other printed oddities worth a second look.

Filed under: Mizprinz, Newspaper cuttings, Press humour

Most schools just issue textbooks.

Most schools just issue textbooks.

Most schools just issue textbooks.

The governors have approved it. The stationery cupboard is under investigation.

One item from the Mizprinz collection of newspaper cuttings and advertisements, celebrating the unexpected comedy of the good press.

Filed under: Mizprinz, Newspaper cuttings, Press humour

The council promises a good hiding in every home.

The council promises a good hiding in every home.

The council promises a good hiding in every home.

Residents are advised to bleed their radiators and then run.

A brutal policy. Mercifully, the council is bad at delivering it.

A selection from the Mizprinz collection of newspaper cuttings, advertisements and other printed oddities, where the good press occasionally gets funny by accident.

Filed under: Mizprinz, Newspaper cuttings, Press humour

Saturday, 24 October 2026

An enthusiastic recommendation.

An enthusiastic recommendation.

An enthusiastic recommendation. A serious food-hygiene concern.

I’ll have mine black, thanks.

From the Mizprinz collection of newspaper cuttings, advertisements and other printed oddities. Celebrating misprints and unintentionally funny headlines from the good press.

Filed under: Mizprinz, Newspaper cuttings, Press humour

It used to collect dust.

It used to collect dust.

It used to collect dust. Now it teaches detachment.

Inner peace, at a frankly unacceptable noise level.

Filed in the Mizprinz archive: newspaper cuttings, advertisements and other printed oddities, including misprints and headlines with unintended humour.

Filed under: Mizprinz, Newspaper cuttings, Press humour

That should cover the little trolley.

That should cover the little trolley.

That should cover the little trolley.

A jumbo ambition. A paper-plane budget.

A little piece of the Mizprinz archive: newspaper cuttings, advertisements and other printed oddities worth a second look.

Filed under: Mizprinz, Newspaper cuttings, Press humour

Finally, a man who goes with the furniture.

Finally, a man who goes with the furniture.

Finally, a man who goes with the furniture.

£15 each. One holds your clothes; the other keeps leaving his on the floor.

A curious clipping from the Mizprinz collection, devoted to newspaper cuttings, advertisements and other oddities from the good press.

Filed under: Mizprinz, Newspaper cuttings, Press humour

An ambitious departure from the usual repertoire.

An ambitious departure from the usual repertoire. The choir director has requested hymn sheets and plausible deniability. Confessions ha...