Tag Archive for: humor

Polar Bear Vacation

For the IndieInk Photo Battle (#IIPhoto) this week, Sarah Cass challenged me with “Humor” and I challenged Flood Gondekowa with “hope.” Read more

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Ordinary People

If I had known I was going to meet the Queen, I would have dressed up a little and put on some makeup. I wouldn’t have been in my sweaty running clothes, with a bleeding face and an ankle the size of a football. And I certainly wouldn’t have been cursing under my breath, using language that would make a sailor hang his head in shame. Read more

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Road Trip

From Angela Alvarez:

 

Somewhere in Babylon, around 2300 BC, just before lunch:

Husband:  “I know perfectly well where we are. We make a left on that dune.”

Wife: “You would know a dune from a wrinkle in a napkin. Face it: we are lost. This is the trip to Eridur all over again.”

Husband: “We would not be lost if you could read a clay tablet. I bought it special. It’s the Hammurabi edition.”

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Just Jam the Scissors in my Ear

I’m surrounded with a sense of Déjà vu. American Gladiators are on every Monday night, Knight Ridder premiers next week and Rambo will soon be in the theaters. Pop culture is a cyclical phenomena that must follow a rotation of I love the 80’s on VH-1. In the short term, I need to know if mullets or rat tails are coming back into style soon, because I desperately need a hair cut and I’m reluctant to schedule an appointment. Read more

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The Blind Date One

I forgot to set the sleep timer on my TV last night and I woke up at some point…

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IF I DID IT

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15 failed precursors to “more fun than a barrel of monkeys”

  1. “more fun than a damp paper bag of monkeys”
  2. “more fun than a courier bag of monkeys”
  3. “more fun than a CD jewel case of monkeys”
  4. “more fun than the trunk of a 1972 Dodge Dart of monkeys”
  5. “more fun than a walk-in freezer of monkeys”
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