203 articles related to "humor"

Pondering the Important Issues

I actually bought a Sunday paper this past weekend, something I haven't done for a while. Reading about all the problems in the world just tends to detract from my retirement euphoria. A person can get a serious ulcer thinking about all of this ...

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Tony Blair To Resign As British PM; May Run For US Vice President

Tony Blair announced that he will step down as Prime Minister of England within a year and give up leadership of the Labor Party, which has been increasingly upset with his performance and approval ratings. What Mr. Blair did not announce is that he ...

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Quick Question: Does God Advocate Murder?

It appears, scandalously enough, to be the question Islamic terrorism foists on us. Of course, there are times when a chancy question can diplomatically be allowed to slip by unanswered, especially by a humor magazine. But there are also times when, ...

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Cuba Libre? Not Yet, Amigo! Castro Survives; Millions Mourn

When word finally passed the lips of the communist regime in Cuba that Fidel Castro might be on his way to where his enemigos would like to see him go, Cubans in and out of the island nation celebrated. Then word began to trickle out of the party fai...

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Opposite Attracts Laughter!

How do comedy writers come up with endless funny ideas? Basically they employ the technique called ASSOCIATION. They pair up or associate different images, words and thoughts together until they reach a hilarious result. The most popular and obvious...

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The Girl of Friday

A centuries-old mystery has crossed my path again... I mentioned in a recent article that there was a dispute in many academic quarters regarding the actual Viking deity being honored by the name, 'Friday.' The cold, hard fact is that unle...

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Going Public

A recent welcome break in routine saw me on an airplane to Philadelphia. This destination may not be everyone's idea of a restful spot, but I happen to like the big city. Philadelphia, with its wonderful historical sites comfortably settled in a...

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Stealing and Rebuilding Amy Winehouse's Rubbish, by Vice Magazine

Ok, I know stealing Amy Winehouse's garbage was a cheap shot. But obvious jokes are obvious jokes for a reason; when something is so obviously funny and retarded that every single person in the world is making fun of it, then you know you'r...

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Happily On The Evil Side

This morning when I was still half asleep, my beloved cat bit me in the heel and woke me up. I kicked him hard in the stomach, to my own surprise. But not his. Tim is probably better acquainted to my tempers than myself. I would often act like an a...

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Oil Update From BP: A Bear Ate The Pipeline

Earlier reports that BP closed its Alaska pipeline due to corrosion have turned out to be erroneous. The company, noticing growing rancor that it would allow such a vital link to corrode to the point of desuetude, altered its story, saying that subse...

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