Reviving this thread from the old Sicki forum. Basically, this is for when you’ve got the bones of a joke but can’t quite make the wording work. Post it here, and the rest of us can either help polish it into a gem or take the piss until it becomes one. It’s also a decent place for spotting angles, premises and punchlines you might not have seen yourself.

This is a tough one, she was 36 and so were Marilyn Monroe and and Princess Diana, and they were all blonde... I got nothin.

Hayden Disappear? Nothing rhymes with Panettiere. David Fuller must be kicking himself.

After I watched Morbius I rang the Jared Leto helpline and complained as well.

I don't think my Jared Leto joke worked, I was saying that the BBC reporting on him trying to screw underage girls was hypocritical: https://bannedfromheaven.com/jokes/4004 I should probably have put the BBC at the start instead of in the middle, oh well.

There’s an angle in here somewhere - can anyone help: My American cousin pointed at a homeless man sleeping in a doorway and said, “That poor soul.” “Poor? I pay £1,800 a month for that much room.”

Yeah I think having watched the news attentively for over a week I couldn't boil it down to the simple points - everyone except the cops was right.

Police have finally named Ann Widdecombe’s killer: a long-haired, bearded communist. Apparently the breakthrough came when detectives checked everyone’s first guess.

Ann Widdecombe's murderer has finally been named. Just some long-hair bearded commie, I got nothing. Here's the thing, when she was murdered we all went oh I bet it was some left wing twat. Then the police said no it wasn't terrorist and it was a white guy. So we all went oh. Then they said and it wasn't political, and we all went oh. So people started thinking it was a burglary gone wrong, or maybe a family member or something. Then the counter-terrorism police took over and we all went, well... yeah. Obviously. And now it turns out it's some far-left long-haired bearded twat and we are all going yeah, exactly what we all thought at the start. What are we paying the cops for if they can't figure that out in 2 seconds like everyone else. I wish I could fashion this into a joke somehow.

Bang on. Some people will like to read more content even if it's not as good. Others just want the best jokes. We cater for both types and the new settings make it easier; choosing 'Best' lets you cream off the better rated jokes and you stop scrolling when they're not good enough and 'Newest' lets you see everything in order 👌

Moderation should be a light touch, (i.m.h.o.), give other site users a chance to decide what's funny! (Unless it's blatantly utterly humourless or a rant).

Just try it again. A different mod will find it funny 😋

Does this work? England are through to the World Cup semi-final. Fortunately, the BBC have found a disagreement between Tuchel and Bellingham before morale gets dangerously high.

Blocked by the moderator for being ‘low effort’ (wtf lol) can anyone do anything with this: The gorgeous girl next door has started running. I’d love to take the credit. But it was probably the balaclava.

Nigel Farage has quit as an MP. I got nothing.

A woman I've been chatting up asked if I wanted to try swinging. It wasn't too bad but now all my jumpers and shirts are too short in the arms.

A British bloke got caught with a dead Brazilian woman in a suitcase. Then an Australian got caught with a dead Thai teenager in a suitcase. Typical. The one time I’ve got an Irishman in mine, nobody wants to hear the airport bar joke.

In the last week a British guy got arrested for having a dead Brazilian woman in a suitcase and an Australian got arrested for having a dead Thai teenager in a suitcase about a day apart, I was sad I could not come up with one for that. Something about Summer holidays or they should have bought Samsonite. Also a plane full of skydivers crashed in France killing 11 people. Maybe something about them being too cowardly to jump out of the plane but also too chicken shit to face their families without jumping so they decided to crash. The moment has passed on both of these premises sadly.

Reuses an old mechanism this: A woman I’ve been chatting up asked if I wanted to try swinging. Felt like a right idiot turning up at the park in Lynx Africa, waiting behind three toddlers. OR THIS A saucy bird I’ve been chatting up asked if I fancied a bit of rough. Felt like a right idiot standing on the 12th fairway at midnight with flowers and a nine iron. OR both shit

Slightly different twist might work. I replied, 'If anyone has, I'll get some Haribos and keep an eye out.'

Can anyone help make this pop or is it dead in the water? Someone on the neighbourhood WhatsApp group asked if anyone had lost a child. I replied, “No, but I’ll take it.” They’ve kicked me off again.