I'm still writing 2016 on all my Czechs.

2017 has gotten off to a fairly mediocre start by all accounts, dangerously tarnished by yesterday's news about ANOTHER increase in the price of Freddos. Twitter offers some comfort and escape during such troubling times. There's an abundance of gas c-words knocking around that truly brighten my day and the days of countless others. Here's 25 of the funniest tweets from 2017 so far that you might've scrolled past.

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1.

Beyonce signing thru her hair being caught in the fan is still one of the best performances I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/QceCPGLig4

— deray mckesson (@deray) January 1, 2017

  2.

Hello 2017 or as I'm going to call you "nearly twenty past eight" #wassupposedtoleavetwitteraspartofmynewyearsresolution

— Bernard O'Shea (@boshea5) January 1, 2017

  3.

Life has gone downhill for postman pat and his cat pic.twitter.com/lq7wV5s15t

— Connor McLaughlin (@_ConnorM) January 1, 2017

  4.

DATE: You OK? ME: Yeah, sure. DATE: You seem a bit distracted, what are you thinking about? MY BRAIN: pic.twitter.com/DnAxL8Y6Fo

— Brian Lloyd (@BrianMLloyd) January 1, 2017

  5.

I could write jokes for 1000 years and never create a sentence funnier than this pic.twitter.com/JCor0vD0oR

— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) January 2, 2017

  6.

.@twitter won't give up pic.twitter.com/LKbeoKzwvy

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) January 2, 2017

  7.

Rich people leave their kids with the Au Pair.

Poor people leave their kids with the Aul Pair. — Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) January 2, 2017

  8.

pic.twitter.com/6stVMHWB09

— Shane (@brilliantshane) January 2, 2017

  9.

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— ?Bill?Oakley? (@thatbilloakley) January 2, 2017

  10.

he was ahead of his time pic.twitter.com/iQNVouihCN

— Josh (@shatterfront) January 2, 2017

  11.

deliveroo was invented so what happened 2maddie mccann cant happen again. sayin u had2 leave the house 4 tapas no longer stands up in court

— kelly (@donlothario) January 3, 2017

  12.

priest: let us offer each other the sign of peace crush: peace be with you me: pls be with me crush: priest: Father: Son: Holy Spirit:

— ida ? (@idasiasoco) January 3, 2017

  13.

Behind the scenes of "Silence." pic.twitter.com/8rECm2UO6G

— rob delaney (@robdelaney) January 3, 2017

  14.

MY DENTIST ASKED HIS ASSISTANT TO SUCTION (THE WATER OUT OF MY MOUTH)BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING TO ME SO I SUCKED HIS FINGER. IM MORTIFIED

— Sarah Lyons (@sarbeaaaar) January 3, 2017

  15.

Trivial Pursuit makers change all mentions of "km" to "kilometres" as a universal find and change. Can't see what could go wrong there. pic.twitter.com/956hYeJw3B

— John Lewis (@JohnELewis) January 3, 2017

  16.

hey guys, i've made a helpful template for anyone who might want to pitch a TV idea in 2017 pic.twitter.com/gVDuPVF3yf

— Chris Greene (@HateChrisGreene) January 3, 2017

  17.

Steve McFadden aka Phil Mitchell enjoying the sea life at National Sea Life Centre Birmingham. pic.twitter.com/bea6yyALuw

— Birmingham Updates (@BhamUpdates) January 4, 2017

  18.

It's only "shampoo" if it's from the Shampoo region of France -- otherwise it's called "hair soap".

— Eric Cunningham (@EricCunningham) January 4, 2017

  19.

SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO TRACE OUT THE DISNEY STARS' WAND IN THE AWKWARD COMMERICAL OUTTAKES I'M WHEEZING THE LIFE OUT OF MY WHOLE BEING pic.twitter.com/88eZ3LcLSN

— ari (@arigoggles) January 7, 2017

  20.

There should be a friendly horn sound in cars so u can be like boop thank u friend

— Legend of Chelda (@legendofchelda) January 7, 2017

  21.

I'm absolutely going to text to this to a friend while they tell me a boring story pic.twitter.com/z3UTM1Kpho

— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) January 9, 2017

  22.

Me adding an exclamation mark to an email to seem approachable pic.twitter.com/iUDi4GAhUu

— Ellen Tannam (@incogellen) January 10, 2017

  23.

When someone says "you all" instead of "yall" when addressing a group of people pic.twitter.com/pyzV5a6bsL

— Shaedy (@Shaeebutter) January 11, 2017

  24.

Fred flintstone been driving about killie pic.twitter.com/PJbkAvV3gN

— Nick (@WheresMaJaiket) January 12, 2017

  25.

When we say "don't rely on Google Translate" we don't mean you should ask Twitter instead. pic.twitter.com/IXtAKlzk1j

— Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh (@TheKavOfficial) January 13, 2017