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11 more Michael McIntyre jokes that will have you laughing out loud

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Kitty McIntyre and Michael McIntyre during the NTA's 2025 at The O2 Arena on September 10, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for the NTA's)

Last time Starts at 60 shared a collection of Michael McIntyre jokes, our readers couldn’t get enough – the laughs, the comments and the knowing nods all came thick and fast. So, by popular demand, we’re back with 11 more classic Michael McIntyre jokes – the kind that poke fun at everyday life, family habits and those little moments we all recognise instantly. Put the kettle on, take a seat, and enjoy another round of gentle, relatable laughs from one of the world’s best-loved comedians.

“Aaron is the worst name. It’s the first name in The Baby Name Book. How lazy can your parents be?”

[On hotel wake up calls] “‘This is your wake up call.’ What am you supposed to say? ‘I am awake?’”

“Why do we only ever put vegetables in sandwiches at Christmas?”

[On hands-free taps] “People have absolutely no idea how to access water from modern taps. You have lines of people doing tai chi trying to work it out.”

“Who’s phoning radio stations to warn of traffic jams? Who in their right mind gets stuck and thinks, ‘Get me the phone, I must warn the others. It’s too late for me…’”

“A good book is called a page turner. Surely that is the minimum you expect from any book?”

“This story appeared about me being on a diet and several weeks later I was snapped on holiday with my ‘’new physique’’ on display, which was basically my old physique under a baggy T-shirt.”

“It’s never enough to say you’re from London, people want to know exactly where you’re from. They see it as more of a test of their own geographical knowledge. You say, ‘I’m from London’ people go, ‘Where abouts, where abouts, where abouts, where abouts exactly, where abouts?’ ‘Uh… North London.’ If they know it they get more excited. ‘Where abouts, where abouts, where abouts?’ ‘Muswell Hill’ ‘Where abouts? Where abouts?!’ ‘Do you know Sainsbury’s?’ ‘Yeeeeeeessssssssss!’”

“You can’t be on the tube without reading, reading is very important. You get on on the morning and every single person is reading the Metro. Everyone, everyone. Why doesn’t one person just read it to the carriage?”

“Old people insist on picking up the phone and saying their home number, why are you doing that? What a complete waste of time. ‘020767944!’ ‘ I know that, I’ve just dialled it! It’s the last thing I did on earth was dial those numbers.’ Do you open the front door and say your address? It’s the same principle.”

“You learn about humans when you have a baby. Like girls. Girls are so much more advanced than boys. I seriously think that girls are born in conversation. Like, they come out of the womb, talking: ‘Are you my mother? Lovely to put a face to a name.’”

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