在英语新闻稿中，一个搞笑的开头可以吸引读者的注意力，但要确保它不会影响新闻稿的严肃性和可信度。以下是一些搞笑开头示例：

日常生活趣事

"My friend 'preparations for a visit from her children included a trip to the bank. Waiting in line at the teller's window, she lamented to the middle-aged man behind her, 'My children are in their 20s, and I'm still giving them money.' The man replied, 'I'm not the person you should ask； I'm here to cash my mother's check.'"

职业趣事

"It's annoying when my dentist starts up a conversation while he's working on my teeth, but my Uncle Edgar used to drive this dentist crazy."

幽默的虚构故事

"Part of the news is purely fictional, just like the time a British girl's balloon flight to China ended with her making a new friend, a balloon that traveled 9,600 miles to Guangzhou."

荒诞的执法

"Los Angeles Police Department, the FBI, and all were trying to prove they could catch the most criminals. They placed animal informants throughout the forest, questioned all plant and mineral witnesses, and after three months of extensive investigations, they concluded that rabbits don't exist. When they finally found a clue, they burned the forest down to find the 'rabbit.'"

愚人节恶搞

"From planting spaghetti on TV news to left-handed hamburger advertisements, the media has a history of making bizarre April Fool's Day pranks. Here are several of the top ten April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the US website of Museum of Hoaxes for their notoriety."

这些开头虽然搞笑，但应确保在正式的新闻稿中适当使用，以免影响新闻的严肃性和可信度。