Category Archives: Humor

Stuff that I thought was funny at the time I wrote it.

Double Dutch

Have you ever watched young girls playing double dutch? It’s become an art form. The white girls are always so square. They make me think of Peter Rabbit jumping rope, going hippety-hop, hippety-hop, while they chant: “Di-DAH, di-DAH, di-DAH, di-DAH; … Continue reading

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The Seven Twenty-First Century Dwarfs

If Disney were to remake Snow White, they would have to redo the dwarfs to make them more relevant to contemporary standards. Here’s a suggested list. Seedy Sleazy Greedy Lazy Grouchy Raunchy Disreputable It’s not much, but neither is much … Continue reading

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Life Is Dangerous

Life is getting to be too dangerous. My bathroom scale has a warning on it not to use if I’ve got a pacemaker. (I don’t.) My toothbrush and razor came with instructions on how to avoid electrocution while using them. … Continue reading

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Tatoos As Art?

Last year I read an article that began: The double Olympic champion didn’t know whether to laugh or cry after spotting Emma Fitch’s mis-spelt work of art [a tatoo] during a walkabout in Kent. I’ve seen tatoos justified as “art” … Continue reading

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Micro-Thoughts

Some people have things to say and some people have to say things. There are c. 6.5 billion people in the world. If the average person lives 76 years, 27740 days, It means that throughout the world an average of … Continue reading

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Moon Travel As Recreation

Today’s CNN Quick Vote survey question is: If you had $100 million, would you spend it on a trip to the moon? Yes No Are you crazy? So far, of the 143977 people who have answered, 12569 have said yes. … Continue reading

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Greetings

As a long-time denizen of the Internet (for many years before I even knew it was called the Internet), this is nonetheless my first attempt to create a blog. We shall see how it goes. So far there is nothing … Continue reading

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