The Place to Take a Humor Break
NOVKGRODAK, Freedonia. Mylek Dozkskrkzi, a 37-year old boiler inspector in this provincial capital of Freedonia, has thick skin, he assures this reporter as he wipes sweat from his brow while monitoring the gauges to the […]
We’re getting up in years, we few forthright men who revealed to each other that we wanted to write back in our youth. It takes a lot for a guy to open himself up that […]
I love dogs the way I love sailboats; I want other people to own them and take care of them, and just let me play with them from time to time. And so I was […]
DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois. At the age of 67, Zack Coffelt still can’t believe he’s a grandfather, much less a happy one. “My generation believed you couldn’t trust anyone over 30, and now I’m an old geezer myself,” […]
As you go through life–and I know you will–you will often find it necessary to exercise Give-a-Damn-Ship (“GADS”). The practice is sometimes referred to as “Give-a-____-Ship,” although this usage is discouraged in order to spare […]
Boston’s public television station will create a 24-hour channel dedicated entirely to children’s programming. The Boston Globe It’s 2:55 a.m. and I’m about to go on the air for the 1,339th edition–not that I’m counting or […]
Police say an increasing number of drivers looking to sneak illegally into car-pool lanes use mannequins, skeletons, blow-up sex dolls and various other beings made of wood, plastic or fabric to fool state troopers. The […]
Have you fallen for a man who wouldn’t pay a quarter to see an earthquake? Somebody who throws nickels around like they’re manhole covers? A fellow who checks the change slot whenever he passes a […]
It was the spring of 1964. Nearly four years earlier, a lanky American high jumper named John Thomas, favored to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics, had placed third behind two dastardly Russian competitors, Valery Brumel and Robert Shavlakadze. The […]
