Bob Mortimer will soon be back on the box in a new series of his BBC2 Gone Fishing show with the great Paul Whitehouse.

But while you wait for that, what better way to spend your time than with these 27 shining examples of when he was very funny on Twitter.

Go!

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Every time i go out for a drive with the wife and see a bike on the roof rack or back of a vehicle I said “Nasty Accident’ She hasn’t laughed yet but I will #prevail — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) July 14, 2019

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You can lead a horse to water but you can’t climb a ladder with a rabbit in each hand — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) July 5, 2019

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Offer me a herbal tea and I will deliver a fart so dense and multi layered that your face will bend in on itself and become a butter dish — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) July 7, 2019

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CAT NAMES FOR SALE: Ron’s Liquids

Hot Chilli Whistles

Pottery and Nonsense

The Very Long Bag

Dean Gaffneys Cauldron

Lynns Windows £8.00 p.a. — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) May 23, 2019

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Recreating the golden age of British railway engineering pic.twitter.com/qJzqE4Ns1U — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) May 14, 2019

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At my age a very useable lie is to say you were the drummer in Haircut 100… might get you 10% off eg a mower service or a drain inspection #ThanksBob — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) June 4, 2019

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Is there a gadget that will mash my potatoes for me instead of having to use my cats paws? — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) April 23, 2019

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Awake with a face like a hobbits verucca .. like an abandoned pastie.. like a glass blowers anus etcs — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) April 16, 2019

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Do you need a go-between or intermediary?..I can put you in touch with one: £8.00 — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) April 7, 2019

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Download my flute album 'Flute and Fibre’ today and get bonus tracks : ‘They Flute Horses Don’t They’ ‘The Flute of all Evil’ and ‘You Look Flutiful Tonight £8.00 pic.twitter.com/XBNiY1dpWz — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) July 10, 2019

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Is it True or is it False? Alan Sugar is actually 30% Canderel? — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) June 8, 2019

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Our father threw darts in Devon, arrows be his game # — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) May 13, 2019

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