Email: jim@daftie.co.uk

Tel: 0133 363 1312

Daftie

purveyors of stuff and nonsense

Welcome!

Funny books, movies and gifts

Here at Daftie we’re devoted to all things a wee bit daft, somewhat silly, a bit barmy, bonkers, crazy and comic.

We’ve selected the best in funny books, humorous mugs, hilarious movies, amusing wall art and gifts to make you giggle.

daftie cat

daft

/dɑːft/

silly; foolish

don’t ask such daft questions
synonyms: absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible; 

About Daftie

Do you need a little more laughter in your life? 

Daftie does. These are serious times.

This store was inspired by James Clerk Maxwell, a large, grey cat, who prefers to be called Jim because it’s easier to spell.

Jim has also acquired the nickname Daftie, which is odd because (a) he isn’t daft and (b) neither was the other James Clerk Maxwell, the Scottish physicist, who was called Daftie on account of his rustic accent but was not, in any sense, daft.

James Clerk Maxwell (the physicist, not the cat) invented light. Or at least he’s responsible for Maxwell’s Equations which help us in our understanding of light.

While registering some domain names to use for website design examples I looked up, saw Daftie (aka Jim McCat), and typed his nickname into the search box. It turned out that daftie.co.uk was available and here we are.

Jim and I are based in Fife, Scotland and we’d love to hear from you.

Karon

Comedy Books: Funny Books for Adults and Children

Not GarfieldAt Daftie we want to help you find silly, humorous, hilarious books for adults and children because we love laughter and books, and movies and novelty mugs.

We write in our fascinating, expansive blog about the connections between the sublime and the ridiculous. It is important to point out. for example, that the movie Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties is not only a play on the title of a classic novel by Charles Dickens but also draws its plot from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. As a bonus fact we can draw your attention to Garfield’s mirror scene, which is an homage to the great Marx Brother’s 1933 movie Duck Soup. And Garfield 2 is a better movie than the reviews would have you believe. Slightly better, anyway. There is a lot of wiggle room.

It’s probably fair to say that books in general, and funny books in particular, aren’t a great choice for a niche affiliate store. For your store you should definitely choose something that gets more than 200 searches a month and isn’t heavily discounted. But we’re hoping for an uptick in searches for the long-tailed keyword “preposterous, farcical and laughable.” Given the politics of our time, there’s hope.

3 daft authors

  • spike milligan
  • douglas adams
  • sue townsend

3 daft books

  • the fifth elephant
  • catch 22
  • three men in a boat

3 daft movies

  • duck soup
  • some like it hot
  • borat
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