• CNCC's 2026 Annual General Meeting - Saturday 21st March

    This will be held at Clapham Village Hall, commencing at 10am (we will aim for 11:30am finish). The village hall will be open from 9:30am for arrival, to provide time to chat and to help yourselves to a brew and biscuits.

    Click here for lots more info

Friday joke - WARNING - contains swearing.

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This is not a joke, but a mildly amusing anecdote (that happens to be true).

Several years ago we were caving in Spain and after one trip we were walking back to the village where we were camping when a little boy, who must have been aged about 12 or 13, approached us and asked us if we'd like some beer (we must have been a couple of kilometres or so from the village at that point). Well, we briefly discussed this, and decided that he must have nicked some beer from his parents, and was showing off to 'The Gringos'; so after a bit of hesitation we said, 'Si'.

So he beckoned with his finger and we followed him to a little grove of trees, where he pointed up into the branches; after a second or two, the peseta dropped.

We thought he'd said: '¿Quereis cervezas*?' (do you want some beer), but what he'd actually said was '¿Quereis cerezas†?' (do you want some cherries).

Still, in the circumstances it was very nice to have juicy cherries fresh from the tree.

Rough pronunciation:
*ther bay thas
†ther ray thas
 
Three dead bodies turn up at the mortuary, all with very big smiles on their faces. The coroner calls the police to tell them what has happened.

“First body: Frenchman, 60, died of heart failure while making love to his mistress. Hence the enormous smile, Inspector,” says the Coroner.

“Second body: Scotsman, 25, won a thousand pounds on the lottery, spent it all on whiskey. Died of alcohol poisoning, hence the smile.”

The Inspector asked, “What of the third body?”

“Ah,” says the coroner, “this is the most unusual one. Billy- Bob the redneck from Oklahoma, 30, struck by lightning.”

“Why is he smiling then?” inquires the Inspector.

“Thought he was having his picture taken.”
 
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