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32 historical photos that volition make you laugh

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barber hair bird — "Billy the Budgie" makes a quick visit to the barber store in 1958.

Enough of hilarious moments have been perfectly captured over the years.
From canoeing down a flooded street to Batman helping a grouping of kids cross the street, these photos are sure to crack you up.
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Laughter is a universal language. From animals acting like humans to famous people — Audrey Hepburn, the Three Stooges — in funny scenarios, these vintage pics are sure to bring a smile to your face up.

Keep scrolling to come across 32 historical photos that will make you laugh.

Now that's a mouthful.

The Minsky Carnival Showgirls compete in a 1949 spaghetti-swooshing contest.

Manifestly spaghetti-swooshing contests — in which participants had to polish off a bowl of noodles by only using their faces, lips, and tongues — were a matter in the 1940s.

Here, the Minsky Carnival Showgirls compete in such a competition.

There's nothing like a shut shave.

Circa 1960, English comedian Eric Sykes revives the "mass shaving machine."

Or 12, as the case may exist.

Invented in the 19th century, the "mass shaving machine" can shave a dozen men simultaneously. Eric Sykes, an English comedian, demonstrated the device on an unaired pilot for a TV series nigh 1800s innovations.

Information technology's hard to say what's funnier about this photo — the outfits or the snow.

Circa 1975, two landladies in Skegness, England, clothing vintage bathing costumes from 1914.

In a publicity shot taken in the 1970s, two ladies in Skegness, a seaside boondocks in Lincolnshire, England, wear vintage bathing costumes from 1914.

She's having a practiced fur 24-hour interval.

A domestic dog with its fur set in curlers at a hairdressing salon in London, circa 1968.

The pilus of the dog was never more than chic.

You lot tin lead a horse to water but yous can't make her drinkable.

Anne Fenton having a drink in the bar of the Hotel Marazion in Cornwall, England, with her greyness mare Anita.

Unless she has a personalized basin, that is.

So this is how musicians cool off on a hot 24-hour interval.

Circa 1966, a musician uses his instrument as a sun shade.

A musician at Miami University in Florida constitute a novel way to use his musical instrument on a hot 24-hour interval.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

A policeman holds up traffic to let four Egg Chicks to cross the bridge at the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, circa 1966.

Apparently to publicize the British Egg Marketing Board.

The sky's the limit when it comes to fashion.

Gertrude Shilling, mother of hat designer and milliner David Shilling, with one of her son's characteristically flamboyant hats, circa 1971.

Hats off to this stylish lady, the female parent of famous English milliner David Shilling.

What'due south blackness and white and read all over?

Circa 1954, fans at Wimbledon make hats from newspapers to shield their heads from the sunday.

A fashionable newspaper hat, that's what.

This guy is hogging the spotlight.

Circa 1933, a large squealer at a farm in Hertfordshire, England, has a chat with a demography taker.

Sow what? He likes the attention.

Now that's how you multitask.

British actress Barbara Roscoe cooks while using a hairdryer in her habitation, circa 1963.

As British actress Barbara Roscoe demonstrates, why go to a salon when you tin dry your hair and melt at the aforementioned fourth dimension?

This paradigm gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "soap opera."

Circa 1930, tenor Enrico Murzio practices singing while taking a bath.

Some people recall ameliorate while taking a bath — and some sing better.

That'southward one shell of a ride.

The Lusty sisters, Diana and Zena, well-known in evidence-jumping circles, effort out their paces on ii turtles, circa 1936.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Row, row, row your boat gently down the street.

American actress Myrna Loy rows a canoe down a flooded street, circa 1925.

Myrna Loy, an American picture show, television, and stage actress, illustrates an alternative style of transportation during choppy atmospheric condition.

It'south difficult to top the classic antics of Moe, Larry, and Curly — aka the Three Stooges.

Circa 1939, Moe Howard plugs his ears as fellow Stooges Larry Fine and Curly Howard slurp soup loudly.

Larry Fine and Curly Howard slurp soup loudly — much to the chagrin of fellow Stooge Moe Howard, who plugs his ears to drown out the sound.

If there's an elephant in the room, go on accordion-ly.

An elephant listens to accordion music, circa 1940.

This accordion thespian is getting a glowing "one trunk up" review.

"Central change." "Yeah, chef!"

Howard Baker's band of bakers, circa 1936.

Information technology sounds similar music is on the card.

LeBron would give these b-ballers a seal of blessing.

Two seals play basketball at the San Diego Zoo, circa 1950.

They could score big in the championship tidal match.

Two heads are improve than one.

American role player Mel Ferrer covers his wife, screen icon Audrey Hepburn, in his coat, circa 1956.

On a road well-nigh Paris, France, Audrey Hepburn and her first husband, Mel Ferrer, bundle upwardly.

They're just monkeying around.

The American pop band the Monkees during a airheaded photograph shoot, circa 1967.

For this photo, Davy Jones buried fellow Monkees band mates Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz up to their necks in sand.

When Batman isn't saving Gotham, he's helping these adorable kids cross the street.

Adam Westward, in character as Batman, circa 1967.

Hopefully no supervillains were harmed in the making of this route safety video featuring "Batman" actor Adam West. It was filmed in London'south Kensington neighborhood in the 1960s.