Funny fails

Somebody at this newspaper failed their computer driving licence test

There are probably very many better ways to solve this runaway trolley problem, but not many worse ones

Someone asked the internet for help with a problematic gift and the facepalms were colossal

This Shark Tank pitch fail is an all-time classic of the genre

Nothing about this attempt to fish a ball out of a canal is in any way a good idea

Bad day? At least you aren’t the Mattel employee who accidentally put an x-rated web address on the Wicked dolls packaging

There’s not enough facepalm in the world for the guy who thought he’d been sold a fake lettuce but it was actually a cabbage

Trump introduced a male Latin singer by saying “She’s hot’ and got owned into next year – 14 scorching responses

This hilarious wrong answer from Anne Robinson-era Weakest Link may be the funniest ever

This unmissable rainy 110m men’s hurdles final was 10 per cent athletics and ninety per cent slip’n’slide

This funny shoe fail had people sharing other wardrobe malfunctions – 18 relatable favourites

19 favourite reactions to Emily Maitlis’s hilarious Hunter Biden ‘possession of a fireman whilst on drugs’ typo

A one-letter typo sent this obituary into the facepalm hall of fame

How Not to Rescue a Cat: 101

17 times the instructions were followed far too literally – to hilarious effect