The funniest 27 tweets of the week

The weekend’s almost upon us and, once again, we turn our thoughts to the past seven days. We’ve learnt that Donald Trump tells an average of 7.6 public lies per day; we’ve seen Tommy Robinson hailed as a British Nelson Mandela after being released from prison pending a retrial for contempt of court, and discovered that Brexit may turn the South-East into a lorry park.

Now, it’s time to smile, with these 27 very funny tweets to remind us how.

1.

the best form of transport is train as it's the only one of the big 3 (boat, plane, train) where you can see a cow out the window and not feel justified panic

— TOM (@tomwalkerisgood) July 29, 2018

2.

Jesus. Poor bagpuss. pic.twitter.com/toOXqAGxx1

— Ian B (@TheAdmiral) July 28, 2018

3.

London, here, reminding me that I can’t even afford to die. pic.twitter.com/UW1clDmEOD

— Nine Ig Fails at #EdFringe (@comedylopez) July 29, 2018

4.

https://twitter.com/jaackaadams/status/1023193038204612609

5.

I hate when restaurants put lemons in my water. If I wanted sour water I would ask for it.

— Macaulay Culkin (@IncredibleCulk) July 30, 2018

6.

This picture will never stop making me laugh pic.twitter.com/FSi3gEIDUc

— Laura (@ElleEmSee) July 29, 2018

7.

https://twitter.com/shminsington/status/1024466655232049152

8.

A Swedish woman, two Swedish men, and another Swedish woman walk into ABBA.

— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) July 30, 2018

9.

No Jurassic Park movie has convinced me going to Jurassic Park isn’t worth it.

— MehGyver (@AndrewNadeau0) July 31, 2018

10.

Celebrate Kate Bush’s birthday today by taking your shoes off and throwing them in a lake

— Charlotte (@CharlTaylorPage) July 30, 2018

11.

https://twitter.com/jharden21/status/1021106422694760449

12.

Who the hell called them "cybercriminals" and not
. . .
information superhighwaymen ?

— Clippy (@Esquiring) July 30, 2018

13.

Journalism secret: each half of a New York Times headline is written by two guys, but neither is allowed to see what the other one has written pic.twitter.com/qD811ddhKb

— Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm) July 31, 2018