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Allow me to recommend some obvious things that you have probably already considered:
If you like fantasy novels, the Discworld series is a must read. For the most part, each book can be read independently of the others, so there's no need to worry about reading them in order.
If you don't mind reading comics, you can also give The Order of the Stick a go. It's a Dungeons and Dragons themed webcomic with no fourth wall, so hilarity usually ensues. Unlike Discworld, it does stick to a continuous story, so it's probably a good idea to start reading from the beginning.
As for movies/television, I don't think I've ever seen anything in which Rowan Atkinson plays that wasn't funny. Even when he's in a more serious role (such as in Keeping Mum) he manages to take the funny up a notch or two.
The Pink Panther is also worth watching (at least the most recent two (I haven't seen any of the older ones, so I can't make recommendations one way or the other)).
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
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Anything by Tom Holt[^] or Robert Rankin[^] would get my vote - both absolutely hilarious,
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As a funny book I read time ago WILT by Tom Sharpe...
It was a good one and sometimes I still laugh when I remember some parts of it... 
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I read the Tom Sharpe books when I was 13, my English teacher told my dad he didn't think they were appropriate reading material for someone of my age.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I do enjoy that film. I like almost all of Terry Gilliam's work.
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I really like the books of Colin Bateman[^], specifically the Dan Starkey books, although some of the non-series ones are very, very funny too. I have laughed out loud reading those.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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It might be a bit of a British sense of humour, but try any of the David Nobbs books.
"The Death of Reginald Perrin" (since renamed "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) was great.
the original TV series based on the book was good, too - the later remake wasn't.
I have fond memories of "Pratt of the Argus" too.
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I just looked that up. I think I will give the series or book a shot. Seems like humour I would enjoy.
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Someone just sent me a large BM. 
Agilenscrumbootcamp.com <redacted@dedicated72.large.bmsend.com>
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Well that just hit the fan.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Bookmark? You just found the Internet.
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I was having a look through Q&A when I saw a subject line along the lines of correcting a Bellow Cod. Apparently there really is a Bellows fish[^]. 
I do understand that English in whatever form is not everyone’s first language but reading that subject line just put the imagery into my head of a bellowing cod. I started thinking and recalled there are certain species of fish that do vocalize so of course I googled vocalizing fish and eventually found the link above. You learn something new every day on CP. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I clicked on that headline so fast you'd think I was a redditor.
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I knew someone would take the bait. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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"there's no way that's.... but it MIGHT be."
*facepalm*
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They bellow because the other fish are hard of herring.
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We should dolphinitely scale back on the fish puns.
Good one BTW.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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It just kinda hit me like a tuna bricks.
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There's a time and a plaice for that kind of thing.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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What better plaice than CodProject?
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I'll mullet over and let you know.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You do that, I won't carp about it anymore.
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We start at 7 AZ time; the restaurant we're fetching Chinese from doesn't open until 11 CA time, which is 12 N here. Worse, they're not answering the phone early, so we can't even pre-order. It's going to be 12:30 - 1:00 before it's ready to eat. 
On the brighter side, the boss is buying. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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