Tag: Humor

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Two unofficial quotes of the day. The first comes from the letters section of the Guardian. Dr. Anthony Isaacs wrote the following in protest of the US sending cluster bombs to Ukraine. In the context of attempts to sanitise these appalling weapons, your editorial on the spoken word (The Guardian view on spoken word poets: […]

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This week, the music industry is mourning Paul Blume, the behind-the-scenes friend of some of the biggest names in the business, who passed away Monday at the age of 102. NPR sat down with several of these famous musicians, in separate interviews, to hear their memories of their late friend. Below are excerpts transcribed from […]

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BRISTOL, Conn.- March Madness has been rocked to its core as Dick Vitale was indicted on charges of misusing ESPN funds.  According to Manhattan district attorney Melvin Benning, who has jurisdiction over the case for some reason, Vitale is accused of withdrawing hush money from ESPN’s accounts and giving it to the mother of former […]

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Recent reconstruction of my back patio left me with an unsightly pile of dirt that needs to be relocated. I have a shovel, and a wheelbarrow. I also have a backyard spacious enough to spread it around and effectively hide it. However, I thought I would reach out to the greater community (through Craigslist, of […]

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Offering a Badly Needed Laugh

 

Few projects are as satisfying to the creators as a book collaboration between a parent and an adult child, where each brings their own and different set of talents to the project.

“Zeitgeist Meetup,” written by Tom Achilles and illustrated by Pat Achilles is an example. Son Tom Achilles is a stand-up comedian in New York City. Mother Pat Achilles is an artist and cartoonist whose cartoons have appeared in New Yorker magazine. Together they have produced a comical commentary on life in the big city today – and more.

This slim collection of black and white and color cartoons illustrates the foibles of today’s urban society. It offers a sampler of their humor. There are cartoons presenting groan-inducing illustrated puns. There is commentary on urban life, some pungent and pointed, others refreshingly sweet. Occasionally modern life intrudes unexpectedly into legend or fantasy.

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A week ago Friday, I bought a 2013 Toyota RAV4 from a used car dealer named Fish (Autoprovit, Glen Burnie MD) . I am not a mechanic and I didn’t bring one with me to vouch for the car. I pretty much had to take Fish’s “Toyota certified” word on it. I was dazzled by […]

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There is still a lot of speculation on whether Notre Dame football will join a conference. The latest stories have ND trying to negotiate a $75 million dollar contract with NBC that would include Big 12 football games televised by NBC. It’s all about the money, and of course the Transfer Portal, as well as […]

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Quote of the Day: A Sense of Humor

 

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.” — Henry Ward Beecher

Humorlessness really defines the Woke folk.  Beecher had the right of it. They are jolted by every pebble on the road. They cannot take a joke, nor can they allow others to tell jokes. Comedians have become their main target. Permissible jokes have become so circumscribed that those permitted really are not funny. Humor approved by the Soviet Board of Censors falls flat.

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  The other day, a young woman who had come out of the local Safeway with groceries stopped me in the parking lot as I was getting ready to go inside the store. She was concerned about the way her fish smelled, and wondered what my thoughts about the matter might be. Preview Open

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Liz Cheney thought bubble. “Did I leave the oven on? The one in Wyoming? Sh-t, I think I left it on. When am I going to be in Wyoming again? Probably never, LOL. Oh, but seriously, did I leave the oven on?” “According to the latest CDC guidelines, as long as *one* of us is […]

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Madness and the Mirror Universe

 

My reflection is better-looking than me.  Not only that, but I’m also pretty sure his bathroom is bigger than mine. These things vex me to no end.

One day I mentioned them to a science-nerd friend of mine while we were having lunch.  That was a mistake, as the comment sent my friend on a mission to educate me, and he began to issue, between his disgusting forkfuls of alfalfa sprouts dripping with some odd vinaigrette, an oral dissertation on light waves, photons, reflection, refraction, asymmetrical facial features, and blah, blah, blah.

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I was watching a YouTube video the other day, “12 recently discovered WW II secrets” or something like that.  One of them was about a recovered German submarine that the crew deliberately scuttled even after the war was over. After recovering it, almost 70 years later, they found it had some special almost prototype torpedoes […]

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Direct from the laundry room in an undisclosed location somewhere in Ohio, we’re joined by Joel Berry, the Managing Editor of The Babylon Bee. We have a serious discussion of a serious topic – being funny – with a man who knows a thing or two about humorous  writing, our own James Lileks. We go […]

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