World Comedy Day in Equestria is a time for goofing around like never before. Some prefer the hilarious sights afforded by slapstick, others like to resort to wordplay - but wherever there is civilisation in the kingdom of ponies, there is always somepony willing to have a jolly good laugh on this day. And maybe a few changelings and other creatures as well...

This is my 25th fanfic to be posted here, so to mark that event, I thought I'd do something different and go for a Monty Python-based short story collection. The stories here are almost all amalgams of multiple Python sketches, with three of them featuring what was originally going to be the sole inspiration for the story - not that anyone would necessarily expect it - know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge? Wink wink? Say no more? Either way, I hope you enjoy it...