Archive for 'Laughing Stock' Category
Timothy Ward’s Great Coloring Book Rebirth
24 April 2008I bought a coloring book yesterday from Wal-Mart. I hadn’t colored in years and I got the strange urge to out of the blue. I also bought a 24-pack of Crayola crayons. The box says they are non-toxic which is a relief. I just wonder who sells the toxic crayons and how they compare in […]
Who Buys from Recorded Telephone Sales Pitches?
26 March 2008Since we now tell annoying telemarketers to remove us from their
call lists, they don’t call as often. They have devised a new
way to penetrate our household with recorded solicitations. You
can still get yourself removed from the list by requesting it.
But you have to listen to their entire message before you are
offered the option of being […]
Why Do I Laugh At Sicko Stuff?
3 March 2008Why do I do it? Why do I laugh at things I shouldn’t? For instance, when someone from Howard Stern’s “whack pack”, his personal collection of mentally challenged misfits with various speech impediments, talks about anything? How about when Andrew “Dice” Clay profanely rants about females in ways that set women (and men for that […]
Chicken Rearing 101: How Not to Raise Chickens
26 February 2008Chick: A hatchling
Capon: A castrated male used for meat. (How much could that
yield?)
Pullet: A female chicken under one year old.
Hen: A female chicken over one year of age
Rooster: A male chicken over one year of age.
Raising Chickens for the first time can be intimidating. When I
first called the Feed Shop, I […]
WHAT’S IN A NAME? — Odd Places in America
14 January 2008 Copyright Victoria Elizabeth 2004. All rights reserved.
WHAT DO ‘DEAD HORSE’ AND ‘DEVIL’S BACKBONE’ HAVE IN COMMON?– A Misguided Guide to Unusual Placenames in America –
It is said that England has more than a few rather quaint placenames such as Bodmin, Grimbister, Ipswich, Nobottle, No Man’s Land, Pie Corner, Pratt’s Bottom, Scrabster and Twatt but, […]
The Litter Box Shuffle
1 January 2008 Cat owners have a preoccupation with waste disposal that rivals
only that of sanitation workers. Indeed, only a fellow cat lover
could understand. The ultimate litter solution seems to elude us
like the search for the Holy Grail. We know it’s out there. And
we know it should cost something less than a mortgage payment.
Like Pavlovian subjects, our […]
O. S. ARI - Some Anecdodes of Him -he was famous also for hi
25 December 2007ANECDOTES OF THE LATE O. S. ARI
” …Ari’s voice, full of wit, filled the room… “(Mustafa Dogrusoz in ‘Kibris’ -5 February 1999)
” …He always wore a smile… “(Harid Fedai in ‘Halkin Sesi’ -27 December 1992)
(In his newspaper columns [mostly between 1968-1992 in Cypriot ‘Halkin Sesi’ -also ‘Birlik’ etc.] often by a little story or […]
The World’s First Comedian?
8 December 2007If you ever saw Aristophanes live on stage, you must be sincerely old. That’s because he appeared around 400 B.C., and back then the videos were pretty bad.
This amazing Greek dramatist knew how to communicate through comedy. Like present-day humorists, much of his work focused on current events or politicians.
What can we learn from this […]
Being Funny Is Cool - Just Ask My Mom
30 November 2007Imagine this lifestyle. You walk into a crowd filled with attractive people. Each person you approach looks at you with a seductive stare. Some ask you to call. Some ask for you to dance. In this scenario you are like a Hollywood movie star.
People have this status when they’re funny. Stand up comedians are famous […]
A Lawyers Favorite Lawyer Jokes
4 November 2007Lawyer Jokes
Q: How does a pregnant woman know she is carrying a future lawyer?
A: She has an extreme craving for baloney.
Q: What is the legal definition of “Appeal”?
A: Something a person slips on in a grocery store.
Q: Why did God make snakes just before lawyers?
A: To practice.
Q: What do you call a lawyer with an […]