Yorkshire folk have a reputation for being dour but we like a laugh as much as the next person.

And our rich and distinctive accent and dialect makes for some funny puns and jokes.

Try reading some of these rib ticklers in a Cockney - or even a Lancashire - accent and they won't work.

Indeed some of the words may require a dialect dictionary if you're not from God's Own County.

But any Yorkshire lad or lass worth his or her salt will understand this selection perfectly.

Obviously there's no single Yorkshire accent or dialect and some are stronger sounding than others. For example, an accent from Hull is very different to one from Sheffield.

So you'll find the ultra-thick Barnsley accent makes a couple of appearances below.

Here's some reyt good Yorkshire jokes:

You can't beat a bit of Yorkshire humour
You can't beat a bit of Yorkshire humour
  • What time do cafes open in Barnsley? Summat to ayt!

  • Mamma Mia: classic ABBA song or a Yorkshire kid telling his mum he's arrived?

  • Jane Fonda comes to Huddersfield to give an aerobics class for all the well-to-do ladies.
    "OK ladies," she says, "let's start with a warm-up. Hands on thighs!"
    And the ladies, in unison, put their hands over their eyes!

  • When I were a lad we 'ad a Christmas pudding that were SO big we 'ad t;cook it in t'bath tub. I should know — I was in t'bath at t'time!

    Yorkshire: home of a different kind of bath bomb
    Yorkshire: home of a different kind of bath bomb
  • Wrigleys have launched a new website where you can order chewing gum online. It's called ebuygum.com!

  • A Yorkshireman's wife sadly passes away. He decides to have the words 'She Were Thine' engraved on her headstone.
    He calls the mason, explains what he wants, then goes to see the stone a few days later. He takes one look and to his horror, finds the mason has engraved 'She Were Thin'.
    He yells: "The blummin' 'e' is missing! Where's the 'e'? Tha's left the blummin' 'e' out lad!"
    The mason apologises profusely, and assures the widower it'll be right on the day.
    The day of the funeral comes. The mourners leave the church and head out to the graveyard.
    There, in the glow of thr winer son, is the pristine headstone. Upon it inscribed:
    "Eeh, She Were Thin."

  • A Yorkshireman goes to a goldsmiths and asks, "Can tha mek us a gold statue o'me whippet?"
    The goldsmith says he can, then asks: "Do you want it 18 carat?"
    The man replies :"Nay lad, chewin' a bone'll do fine."

...And finally

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe

  • Evil Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe has Yorkshire roots. Try saying his surname backwards.