THE touring West Indies cricketers may be a sad and forlorn lot after their disastrous start to this Australian series but if their captain, Chris Gayle, has any say in it at least they'll maintain their sense of humour. In a rare insight into the life of a globetrotting sportsman,..read more

I've been pondering the national inquiry into fat kids, booze-hounds and nicotine freaks - otherwise known as the Preventative Health Task Force. While waiting for my "butter pride" T-shirt to arrive, I started to wonder why politics has to be so humourless.

HAS Russell Crowe lost his sense of humour? Indeed, a few members of the rugby league community have been left wondering if he ever had one after the Oscar-winning actor unleashed his legal attack dogs over a fictitious and satirical book about a fake, fading, fat footy legend in which..read more

An appalling lack of sensitivity I WAS staggered, deeply disappointed and hugely embarrassed to hear about the skit on Channel 9 on Wednesday night featuring performers wearing so-called “blackface”.

Serious Frolic: Essays on Australian Humour Eds., Fran De Groen and Peter Kirkpatrick University of Queensland Press, $39.95