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$500 Ethernet Cable For Your $20K DVD Player
Denon USA, a world leader in helping corporate CFOs spend their massive expense accounts in IRS-approved methods such as multi-million dollar sound systems for executive bathrooms, now offers the same quality service to CIOs and their hapless minions ( Read more... ) -
Carpenter looses battle with nail gun
Carpenter looses battle with nail gun, and doctors devise a surprisingly low-tech solution :-)
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Time
Two goofy comments related to time today ( Read more... ) -
More Fun With Words
This is an excerpt from an email I received today from Yasmine. Fun ( Read more... ) -
Things that make you go 'hummmmm.....'
Here's another true story that is making my humor column ideas seem just too mundane. A 13-year old steals his dad's credit card, orders delivery of Oreos and Dr. Pepper, and oh yeah a couple of hookers, plays Halo with the hookers, tells them he's from the circus, and then it gets weird...
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Coffee
We have two major client executives visiting our offices today. The controller is African American and the CEO is white. An assistant went into the conference room to setup and asked the men if they wanted coffee. Both said yes; they described their order and the assistant confirmed:
“Okay, (nods to white guy) so you’re white and sweet, and (nods ( Read more... ) -
Fun With Punctuation
I haven’t had much time to write comedy these past few weeks, but I have been reading about the methods some professionals use to extract humor from a blank page. Here's an example of a ‘before/after’ joke that I enjoyed which uses punctuation for its twist.
The First Draft
Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous ( Read more... ) -
Before and After Marriage - Classic Joke
This was sent to me by Henry de Balsac. You read it forwards ("Before Marriage) and then read the same text backwards ("After Marriage.") It is a classic device, but still very funny and I am tempted to do something similar in the play I'm writing for next Pennsic ( Read more... ) -
Astronauts End Arms Race Peacefully
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- On Sunday, spacewalking astronauts Richard Linebacker and George Foreman attached 11-foot arms to the international space station's new robot, which is officially named Dextre but was nicknamed "Frankie" due to its Frankenstein-like rise from its platform during the difficult procedure.
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Kirsten In The Sky With Diamonds
3-14-08 - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is scheduled to resign office on Monday due the scandal following news that he had patronized a high-priced prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP. Spitzer was accused of fraud due to his claim to be an Emperor, not merely Governor of NY. While Wall Street rallied in jubilation at the loss of one of ( Read more... )