This is our weekly joke contest. BCG Pro subscribers are encouraged to submit a gag on a specified topic for a chance to win cash. The BCG Pro editors will pick their favourite from all submissions, with the winner receiving £10 cash and their joke shared with credit on British Comedy Guide's social media feeds and Monday email newsletter, reaching more than 150,000 comedy fans.
This week's topic...
Friends
Can you think of a good one-liner? If so, enter your gag below!
Deadline to submit: Sunday 31st January, 23:59
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What do most people have in common with a cat's foot at this time of year? They're both feline paw.
I'd have written a gag about Trump but all I could think was 'orange' and that's such low hanging topical fruit.
This year I'm giving up drinking, smoking and gambling. I would give up overeating as well, but I've already got a lot on my plate.
People talk about family values but I didn't get much for my Nan at Cash Converters.
People panic buying gravy for Christmas have caused the stock market to crash.
Why do anti-vaxxers get plastic Christmas trees? Because they don't believe in needles.
It's exhausting trying to find my wife in the department store. Starting to think I'd have more luck with online dating.
I didn't think electric cars could handle all weathers until I test drove one in the rain. I was shocked.
I stopped going to the drive-in cinema. Too many spoilers.
I wanted to buy a bike from a German composer but there were no Handel bars
They say they found water on the moon's surface. I reckon that's lunar sea.
I have a bone to pick about the standard of this year's Halloween party. A skeleton staff organised it.
Strictly are taking no risks with COVID this year. I've heard even the presenting team has a Tess Daly.
Every November I choose a special day to buy cutlery for my close male friends, it's my guy forks night.
The fish in my pond are hiding behind rocks. Or maybe they're just being koi.
I saw a vet do stand up comedy once The jokes were fine but the put downs were heartbreaking
My nan asked me if I'd like her to put on Cardi B the other day but I told her the one she was wearing was fine.
When it's hot, suncream just isn't enough to stop me burning - as shown by my criminal record for arson.
Cantaloupe is the best fruit to eat if you don't want to run away and get married.
Fractions at school. I understood them half the time, but the other three quarters were a complete mystery
I've never understood why ugly people watch horror movies. Just look in the mirror
It makes no sense how dissecting a frog in a lab is always 'for scientific purposes', but dissecting a frog anywhere else is 'wrong' or 'ruining the Christening'.
When I said I was going to live the wildlife in 2020, I didn't realise it meant I'd be locked indoors and let out once a day to exercise.
Agony Aunts are like every man working from home; they can't get enough of their own column.
Hotel Chocolat: great suites.
I went to the hospital the other day and all the staff were linking arms and singing Auld Lang Syne. Turns out it was the Burns unit.
I like to watch my old flame read Charles Dickens. It's great ex spectations.
I recently started collecting stickers of Italian food. I keep them in my panini album.
I'm currently in a relationship with a make up artist. It's built on a strong foundation.
My uncle always told me that carrots help you see in the dark, which is how he lost his job as a lighthouse keeper.
Every morning I get up and hate what I see in the mirror, but on the plus side the puzzles are good and it's cheaper than the guardian.
Mandatory face masks on the Tube while deodorant remains optional - talk about victim blaming!
I get so hot in the summer sun I can't even walk normally. Philip Flops
I told my French girlfriend that I didn't like her dog. She took it on the chien.
My dad enjoyed two things - making people laugh and DIY He always brought the house down
I must say the Zoom app for my phone is a complete disappointment - I'm sticking with my telescope.
I've been watching The Crown with my eyes closed. You might think that's odd, but I've done Stranger Things.
If all it took was a deadly virus to keep people six feet away from me in the supermarket, I would have got into biological warfare way earlier
This competition is open for entries until further notice. You must have a valid BCG Pro subscription to enter.
You may submit one joke in each entry window. Entry windows normally last a week each, running from Monday through to Sunday.
British Comedy Guide reserves the right to alter the terms of this contest and/or the duration of any entry window at its discretion.
All entries must be the original work of the entrant, and must not infringe the rights of any other party.
At the closure of each entry window British Comedy Guide's editorial team will select their favourite joke as that window's winner. If deemed suitable for a general audience, the joke will be shared via British Comedy Guide's Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts, and in the website's Weekly Newsletter (normally sent on a Monday). The winning entrant will be credited by name and, if submitted with a Twitter handle, by that on the Tweet.
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The winner will receive £10 in cash. This can be paid via BACS or PayPal.