22 Reasons The North East Is Funnier Than Everything Else Ever

Up here in the North East we know how to have a laugh. Whether it's jumping in ice cold sea, or approaching dangerous criminals with only fried chicken for defence, life is just funnier round these parts...

1. Let's start simple: The absolute fear of wearing warm clothing on a night out

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If you go into a Newcastle bar with a coat on people assume you’re there to pick someone up.

2. Ant and Dec

Not their comedy or presenting skills… the funniest thing they ever did was try to rap

3. A man punched a horse. A HORSE!

4. Gazza spearheads police manhunt

Gazza ventured to a river bank to take fried chicken and a dressing gown to a killer on the run. Astounding behaviour.

5. Even fighting can be funny

Some people love a scuffle up here… once the police even started a Christmas campaign that stated “If someone spills your pint this Christmas, don’t spill their blood” – wow.

6. Boxing Day Dip

Every boxing day in South Shields a huge number of people for some reason decide to jump into the North Sea for a laugh… Must help the hangover or something

7. Geordie Shore

If I didn’t laugh at it I’d cry.

8. The Westoe Netty

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The most famous piece of Art to come from South Shields is a drawing of a public toilet. Typical!

9. Fenwicks Christmas Window

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Some years it’s magical and wonderful, some year's it's weird… and one year it was aliens in Newcastle United shirts.

10. Newcastle United’s home ground is called The Sports Direct Arena

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...HA!

11. Sunderland’s ground is called “The Stadium of Light”...

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Seriously, don’t pick a word that rhymes so easily with a swear!

12. Savaloys and Pease pudding…

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No one else in the UK has any idea what you’re talking about when you mention these North East delicacies… Google them.

13. The Viz

Teaching kids all the best swear words since 1979

14. Ross Noble

15. Brendan Heeley

Old school comedy legend. Most jokes told in pubs in the north east are his.

16. Tim Healy

Auf Wiedersehen Pet acting legend.

17. Auf Wiedersehen Pet

In fact the whole of the Auf Wiedersehen Pet cast.

18. The Likely Lads

...and these two.

19. Byker Grove

Not a comedy but totally laughable. Apart from this bit. Don't shoot each other in the face with paintballs people!

20. Tony the Fridge

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This man runs marathons with a fridge on his back! Funny and an absolute charity fundraising machine. Legend!

21. The Angel of the North…

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...just look at it man. Looks like a plane reversed into the side of a hill.

22. And, finally, hopefully me on my new tour…

It's called (cheeky plug) The Most Dangerous Man On Saturday Morning Television because of what happened in this video. Come along to hear more about what a fool I've been.... Cheers!

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