Schools around the country submitted entries for the Beano competition – with the best joke set to feature in this week’s edition of the classic comic.
The top ten jokes written by primary school children have been revealed – and some of the gags are no laughing matter.
Schools from all over the country were asked to submit entries for the Beano’s Britain’s Funniest Class competition – with the best joke set to feature in this week’s edition of the classic comic.
The Beano’s chief gag-makers whittled the entries down to their favourite 10 before the public voted for the winner.
Here we take a look at those that made the list… which are certainly worth a read, and possibly even a chuckle.
The Year 6 class at Northside Primary School in North Finchley, London, won the competition with this joke:
The corner – because it’s 90 degrees.
One school referenced the classic Beano characters Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher with the following gag:
Why did Dennis eat his homework?
Because Gnasher was too busy.
Another made reference to longtime Beano character Calamity James with this joke:
What does Calamity James say when a large musical instrument falls on him?
Pia-NO!
Children from one school came up with a bizarre take on a classic of the genre:
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Chicken
Chicken who?
Buck Buck Gawp!
Another school made reference to the Beano’s pint-sized prankster Harsha Chandra with the following gag:
What is Harsha’s favourite drink?
Hot Chuckle-at
One school took us back to the age of the dinosaurs:
When is a t-rex not a t-rex?
When it’s a coffee-rex
Beano favourite Smiffy is up to mischief in the next entry:
Why did Smiffy spill his fizzy drink on the floor?
Because the sign said ‘wet floor’
This gag appears to be making a joke about hurting your knee, or maybe money:
What did the business person say when they fell over?
Ahhhh-moh-kneee!
This class of children must have been absolutely buzzing when they came up with this:
How did bees get to school?
They took the buuuuussssssss
The children from this school weren’t playing around:
Why did the hawk take the gaming console?
Because he was an angry bird
The joke from the Year 6 class at Northside Primary School’s emerged victorious with 42% of the overall vote.
The class and their teacher will appear in a Bash Street Kids comic strip by Beano artist Nigel Parkinson – with the gag itself also featuring.
It will be the first time that a whole class of real-life children will be immortalised in the pages of a Bash Street Kids story.
Mike Stirling, director of mischief at the Beano, said: “Britain’s Funniest Class is a celebration of the brilliant benefits of laughter at school, for pupils and teachers alike.