#ThisHappened: Top 10 comments that tickled people's funny bones in 2018

Tripura’s Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb was in the news this past year with a series of asinine statements transcending logic and facts in 2018. Whether it was claiming the existence of Internet in the Mahabharat era that was used by Sanjay to narrate episodes of war to Dhritarashtra or suggesting the youth to rear cows instead of running after government jobs, the Assam CM gave a number of chances to laugh. (Image: Twitter/@BjpBiplab)

Actor and Lok Sabha MP Paresh Rawal's jibes on Rahul Gandhi left the social media in splits when he said that the earth will not only quake but it will dance if the Congress chief is able to deliver his speech without reading, stumbling or making errors. (Image: Twitter/@SirPareshRawal)

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor kept the netizens entertained with his vocabulary that included posting a near unpronounceable word in one of his tweets. Also an author, Tharoor described his new book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification". The word flooded the social media platforms with memes on it. (Image: Twitter/@ShashiTharoor)

Former cricketer Virender Sehwag is always a frontrunner in entertaining his fans with his witty comments and he proved it on the day of a crucial India-Pakistan match on September 19. While cricket fans were hooked to their screens watching the match, he shared a hilarious tidbit about marriage. Sehwag tweeted a picture of two birds (in which just one bird was chirping) and tweeted, “Don’t know much about birds but easy to identify the husband in this picture.” (Image: Twitter/@virendersehwag)

One of the active bosses on Twitter, Mahindra Group chairperson Anand Mahindra, not only shares his thoughts and promote his ventures but also comes out with posts that help his crack up. One such post was his reply to a Tweet that tagged him in a video clip from a Telugu film, which showed N Balakrishna single-handedly lifting a Mahindra Bolero SUV. In response, Mahindra tweeted, “Now all our service workshops won’t need any hydraulic lifts anymore to do Bolero check-ups!!” (Image: Reuters)

Mumbai Police won Twitter on many occasions with its witty posts throughout 2018. The humour-coated tweets made clever use of puns, trending hashtags, as well as memes to create awareness among the mass. (Image: Twitter/@MumbaiPolice)

Entrepreneur Ramesh Srivats is a Twitter regular and he is known for his witty one-liners on current affairs. His Twitter feed is filled with his hilarious takes on events that make headlines across the globe. From his tweet on Vijay Mallya’s arrest reading, “What's the need to arrest Vijay Mallya? He has anyway spent most of his life behind bars,” to taking a jibe at BJP-PDP separation in Jammu and Kashmir by commenting, “O meri Mehbooba…Mehbooba Mehbooba…Tujhe jaana hai to jaa…Teri marzi mera kya” his posts readily keep the Twitterati amused. (Image: Twitter/@rameshsrivats)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left social media in spilts with his comment about a tea seller utilising gutter fumes for cooking. At an event to mark World Biofuel Day, the PM claimed that he had once read about a tea seller in a small town who tapped into gas emanating from a gutter to make the beverage. Many media outlets later defended PM Modi's explanation with reports of actual cases but they couldn't do a good job to save it from going into the funny books.