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Posts Tagged ‘Humor’

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  • ROAD IDIOTS

    Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

    Ah, I suspect you've run across them too. I'll be charitable and use them as a morality tale. Unfortunately a recent incidence illustrates the problems that are all too prevalent on today's roads.

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  • Disgusting Cheerfulness

    Thursday, March 24th, 2011

    "It's coming, there's nothing you can do about it. Might as well get used to it." Grandma Oddball intoned with disgusting cheerfulness.

    I snuggled further under the covers and wished someone would remove that awful glare shinning through the window. My head ached, my body was tired, and I was in no mood for cheerfulness. I just wanted to remain warm and cozy, sleeping until day passed on into night when I could remain peacefully and comfortably buried in bed. That didn't deter grandma. With mock sweetness she started singing,

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  • YELLING

    Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

    “Are we there yet”?

    The youngsters plaintive cry echoed down the the train's observation car causing more than one head to turn and smile. (more...)

  • 1001 HORSEPOWER COMMUTE

    Thursday, June 10th, 2010

    BUGATTI VEYRON

    1001 horsepower, that's what the ad said. Apparently 1000 horses wasn't enough. They had to emphasize that 1 extra horsepower. If you are going to be ostentatious you may as well be sure people notice!

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  • B.R.A.T Now we know

    Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

    BRAT DIET

    My recent sojourn into the realms of radiation therapy has produced some unfortunate side effects. Chiefly a condition that resembles diarrhea. Grandma Oddball suggested that I start using the B.R.A.T. Diet as a method of controlling the condition.

    “GREAT” I thought! Who wouldn't want a diet of

    • Bacon
    • Ribs
    • Alcohol
    • Teriyaki

    Sprinkled with peppers and seasoning (I'm not allowed much salt) it sounded great but when I blurted it out to Grandma I received the now famous LOOK. She wasn't impressed.

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  • DON’T MOVE!

    Friday, May 21st, 2010

    DON'T MOVE

    Once again I'm thrown into the realm the unknown. After several false starts it was decided last week to do a version of radiation therapy to try and kill the offending pancreas cells. In short I get to be guinea pig again as no one has tried this procedure on “healthy” (i.e., non-cancerous) tissue before. Well, someone has to be the first I suppose and if it works (75-80% chance of success is the guesstimate) then at least one of my medical problems will be mitigated. Here is a personal and sometimes humorous account of what's happened so far.

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  • Sacrificial Sheep

    Friday, May 7th, 2010

    sheep cuts

    Twas a rowdy group imbued with raucous laughter watching the black curling smoke lazily ascend into the bright morning sky above that cloaked hilltop mound. Indistinct chants and strange music filled the clear bright air with a fog of curious excitement. Crashing down the forested mound and spilling onto the meadow below the demonic sounds from the obvious debauchery floated across the meadow assaulting those innocents peacefully picnicking at that remote forest service site.

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  • New Jokes

    Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

    Sigh...We can't be that old, can we? I guess apparently we are! I didn't think so. In fact I still consider us a young couple but several recent incidents seem to belie that perception.

    Grandma Oddball received an urgent call from our youngest grandson (age 6) the other day who wanted to know if we had seen that “new joke” “Who's on first?” by Abbott and Costello.

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  • Gardening and Painting

    Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

    Child Gardening

    Joy and concentration radiated from her while diligently doing what can only be described as a very important job. She didn't know it but important jobs are scarce and she was lucky to have this one. Fortunately it didn't matter because she did it for the pure delight she felt while helping tend the garden.

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