Misleading thumbnails (part 2)

Unfortunately I didn't have any photos of
a misleading thumbnail, so here's a photo of
a regular non-misleading thumbnail instead.

Do you like quizzes?
Do you like thumbnails?
Do you like being misled?

If your answer to those questions is yes*, then good news! This week's blog post should be right up your alley, as it features a quiz, the quiz involves thumbnails, and those thumbnails are misleading!

* Even if you don't like being misled, which I presume applies to most normal people, then you should hopefully still appreciate this week's quiz, as the misleading thumbnails are only included to provide a mental challenge, not to cause injury, loss or embarrassment.

Anyway, this week's blog post is a quiz featuring misleading thumbnails. All you have to do is take a look at the following thumbnails and guess whether the description is accurate, or whether it's just a sneaky bluff. If the image is a misleading thumbnail, then award yourself a bonus point if you can guess what it really is.

1) Proud mother cat with her litter of kittens

To start things off with a fairly easy one, the first thumbnail is a photo of proud mother cat with her litter of kittens.

But is it really a proud mother cat and her kittens, or is it just a deceptively misleading thumbnail?

True or false?

Entertainment memes and jokes

My latest book 'Murdertainment' was recently published at Amazon for kindle, and whenever I publish a new book I like to promote it with a light-hearted blog post on the theme of the book.

However, the theme of 'Murdertainment' is a sci-fi story set on a planet where murder is used for entertainment purposes, which I have to admit, isn't particularly light-hearted. So instead, I've decided to have a blog post about entertainment in general, with a look at ten* of the most popular forms of entertainment.

* In no particular order.

1) Sports

You'd have to be very forgetful to forget your own son. However, if you did forget your son, then this is what you might say...

Credit: ifunny

Bonus joke:

Happy new year! (2026 edition)

Another year over and another new year upon us, so as is traditional on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, I'd like to wish all my readers a wonderful new year!

Here at the Charles Fudgemuffin blog,
we're proud to do our bit for recycling.

Or if you're not a regular reader, and you just somehow ended up here by mistake, then I'd also like to wish you a reasonably okay-ish new year.

Anyway, to celebrate the new year, here's a collection of jokes, tips, and facts with a new year theme.

1) My new year's resolution this year is to lose ten pounds.

Only fifteen pounds to go!




2) Happy birthday to everyone on reddit who didn't bother entering their real birthday when setting up their account!

Inappropriate backgrounds

One of the features of facebook is that it allows users to post a status update accompanied by a colourful illustrated background. This can be a nice way to add a cheerful or eye-catching image to a message. However, it can also lead to amusing occasions when people accidentally select a mismatched background which doesn't quite fit with the tone of their status update.

This week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog highlights a few such examples...

1) Happy background

"What happened at Walmart? I was there at 5:11pm. Did someone die?"

"Congratulations!"

Balloons and cake! The perfect way to celebrate someone possibly dying!

Elf on the shelf quiz

If you're a fan of Elf On The Shelf, and you're also a fan of quizzes, then you're in the perfect place! That's because this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog features a quiz based on festive rhyming variations of the Elf On The Shelf theme.

Have a look at the following pictures, and see if you can work out what each picture is. And as an added bonus, I've also included a related joke with each image.

1) Here's an easy one to start things off...

Why don't Chinese kids believe in Santa?

Because they make the toys.

Technically true

Truth seems to be going out of fashion these days, but that's a trend we intend to fight against here at the Charles Fudgemuffin blog.

That's because this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a look at answers which were perhaps not what you expected, but nevertheless, technically true.

1) Weight loss truth

To start things off, here's a rather extreme weight loss method...

"What's the fastest way you've ever lost weight?"
"Got a leg amputated."

On a similar note, many years ago when I was in Africa I caught malaria, and that also led to very fast weight loss, although not quite as fast as getting a leg amputated thankfully.

Legal disclaimer: The Charles Fudgemuffin blog strongly advices against getting your leg amputated or catching malaria as a way of losing weight. If I wanted to lose weght, I would personally try regular exercise and avoiding man-made processed foods, although that's not legal advice. That's just common sense.

Five stupid sayings (part 7)

The English language has many sayings that are wise and make a lot of sense. However, it also contains a selection of silly sayings that make no sense. From time to time, the Charles Fudgemuffin blog likes to take a look at some of these silly sayings, and this week is one such occasion.

1) I know it like the back of my hand.

"Wow! Buried treasure! I never noticed that before."

I have to admit I don't really pay much attention to the back of my hand, so for research purposes, when I was writing this I actually took the time to examine the back of my hand. And while doing so, I surprisingly noticed a small birthmark which I never knew I had!

So if I was to say, 'I know it like the back of my hand,' that would be the equivalent of saying, 'I don't know it very well at all.'