Palaeontology can be a frustrating and sometimes stressful business, so in the event that you are having one of those days when you almost wish you were a petrologist, here are a few items of palaeontological humour (mostly cartoons reproduced (with permission) from the Dr Fun www cartoon strip).

• The functional morphology of giant extinct placoderm fishes?
• A fitting end for Barney (nausiating purple dinosaur); show this one to your kids!
• Aural microstratigraphy
• Would avian DNA have been better than reptile for filling in the missing bits?
• The joy of collecting with lucky colleagues
• Science versus art in exhibit design.
• The origin of terrestrial tetrapods.
• The first, the last, the biggest, the fiercest, the smallest, the least significant . . .
• Okay, so this ones is not really palaeontological, but I couldn't resist an agnathan cartoon
• Palaeobarbie remains?
• Would you want to live here?

Any suggestions for other items worth including here? Let me know. We hapily add things that make us laugh.