THE FUNNY PAGE
If you never read our monthly Humorousness column, you see the problem… no one else ever read it either. That’s a shame, too, because there was some pretty funny stuff on it. Once in a while. Well, once. But Tom’s sole directive is to “make this newsletter worth your time”, and if you weren’t reading the Humorousness column our writing staff wasn’t doing their jobs. We used Coronavirus as an excuse to fire them all and we brought in a whole new crew of edgy Millennials who’d work for just a sliver of the bloated salary we gave our past writers. We’re pretty pleased with what the new, more motivated staff has come up with, and we think you’ll like it too…
The Funny Page for April 2024
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Laughs from around the InterTubes
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
Calling Out Karen– You’d think Karens would be easier to spot. After all, how many people walk down the street WHILE the planet revolves around them? Probably not many. But if orbits are too subtle, these tweets, twitches, signs, and comments from around the InterTubes will leave no doubt.
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for April
The Funny Page for March 2024
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
And the Children shall Lead– If you’re a parent, you know nothing destroys like than the sweet-natured, wide-eyed honesty of a well-meaning child. Upworthy brings us 21 times kids went a little too far for their parents’ comfort, but just far enough to make us laugh.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for March
The Funny Page for February 2024
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
Kids’ letters to God– We’re not sure who Zali Nxabi is, but he had a really great post on Facebook. (Hope he’s not a bot, but he probably is. We went to the post with no problem, but beware!) Purportedly, a teacher asked her 3rd grade students to write letters to God as a class project. Not sure what God’s answers might be, but we imagine the teacher and parents were scrambling!
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for February
The Funny Page for January 2024
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
Some guy named Xavier– That’s what was funny this month… just some guy. If you believe his FaceBook persona he’s single, broke, and ugly. If you dig deeper he’s Pakalu Papito, an IT worker from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Either way, he’s amassed millions of followers with his wry, dry wit. Worth a checkout!
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for January
The Funny Page for November/December 2023
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
CHRISTMAS MEMES! Here’s 20 of the best…
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes From Your Mechanic
Just one for you this month…
More-Or-Less Solution for November/December
The Funny Page for October 2023
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
More of Jen’s new “Word Around and Find Out” puzzles for Halloween. Boo!
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
The Hollywood Squares– Even some of ‘the kids today’ know about the Hollywood Squares, the campy daytime game show that ran in one form or another from 1966 to 2004. It’s easy to forget how edgy and funny this show was, especially for morning television in the 60’s and 70’s! This month we ran across some of the greatest lines of the show, so we decided to share them with you along with some great video compilations of greatest hits. Circle gets the square!
Timeless Hollywood Squares Quotes
The Best of Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares
CLASSIC Hollywood Squares Outtakes – Parts 1-5
Paul Lynde on Hollywood Squares | Rare Zingers
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes From Your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for October
The Funny Page for September 2023
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
Jen’s giving us something new this month with her new “Word Around and Find Out” puzzles. And she’s starting us off big with THREE of them! Have fun!
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
45 Creative Acts of Vandalism That Deserve Major Credit – “Vandalism” may not be the right word here, “site-specific art” may be better. But, regardless of what you call it, these 45 acts of creativity (from Big Global Travel) are at least worth noticing, and probably worth a chuckle. (Pro Tip: You can apparently have a LOT of fun with google eyes and ping pong balls.)
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes From Your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solutions for September
The Funny Page for August 2023
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
We ran across these pictures by a guy named Kenny Deuss, who photoshops them for his girlfriend when she asks how the kids are. This link takes you to the page where we first saw them, but he’s also on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok if you want to catch him there.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes From Your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for August
The Funny Page for June/July 2023
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
A while back we showed you AI versions of people from each US state. Funny. But then we one-upped ourselves when we found AI versions of what Europeans think folks from each state are like. Bet you’ll LOL..
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes From Your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for June/July
The Funny Page for May 2023
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
Kyle took time out from his Kitchen long encouh to kick us this link to a series of hilarious restraint signs from the El Arroyo restaurant in Texas. Here’s one, but there’s 30 more waiting for you.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes From Your Mechanic
Just the one this month. We’ll snark harder next month.
More-Or-Less Solution for May
The Funny Page for April, 2023-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
Top 5 Computer Pranks to Play In The Office
(from ATG-IT) – The downside of doing a monthly newsletter is that you can’t always be ready for important dates. It’s a few days past April Fools, but we still want to share these pranks with you. Too late to use them this year (without a call from HR) but file ‘em away and you’ll find a use for them in 359 days.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes From Your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for April
The Funny Page for February-March, 2023-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
Mullets of the Presidents– Simple concept, great for laughs… all the presidents (well, most of them) sporting mullets. And, to speak well of the devil, Trump rocks it.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for February/March
The Funny Page for January, 2023-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
Memes from your Mechanic…
The Funniest Thing We’ve Seen All Month
The Funniest Yard Signs You’ve EVER Seen
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for January
The Funny Page for November, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
The funniest thing we’ve seen all month…
You probably saw that the NY Post ran their story on T’s speech on page 26, but did you read the article? It’s short, and will have you in stitches…
“With just 720 days to go before the next election, a Florida retiree made the surprise announcement that he was running for president. In a move no political pundit saw coming, avid golfer Donald J. Trump kicked things off at Mar-a-Lago, his resort and classified-documents library. Trump, famous for gold-plated lobbies and for firing people on realtity television, will be 78 in 2024. If elected, Trump would tie Joe Biden as the oldest president to take office. His cholesterol levels are unknown, but his favorite food is a charred steak with ketchup. He has stated that his qualifications for office include being a “stable genius.” Trump also served as the 45th president.”
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for November
The Funny Page for October, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
And here’s a link to the story that prompted this month’s Toon…
The truth about political ads: They can include lies, Domenico Montanaro on NPR, Mar 2022
The funniest thing we’ve seen all month…
The Onion files Supreme Court brief defending man arrested for parody
(from UPI, Oct. 2022) – “The satirical publication The Onion took an uncharacteristic dive into a serious issue by filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an Ohio man who faced criminal charges over a parody Facebook page.” Read the article at the link above; read the SCOTUS brief here.
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
Memes from your Mechanic
Just one for you this month…
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for October
The Funny Page for September, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
The funniest thing we’ve seen all month…
When Management goes bad
Good Management is a difficult task that’s often unappreciated. On the other hand, bad Management is easier and shouldn’t be appreciated at all. Here’s some pix showing exactly how bad bad management can be…
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
Memes from your Mechanic
Our Snarky Meme Pump went dry this month. We’ll try to do better in October!
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for September
The Funny Page for August, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
The funniest thing we’ve seen all month…
40+ Funny Texts From Dads That Are So Bad They’re Good
In the olden days you just listened to your Dad’s jokes and they drifted away, never to intrude again. Now, thanks to modern technology, they live forever and can be shared with everyone… even you. Click here to see some of the best abuse of a smartphone you’ll ever find by crochety old men…
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
Memes from your Mechanic
We’ve been a little bit busy this month; there’s been a lot going on…
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for August
The Funny Page for July, 2022-
The funniest thing we’ve seen all month…
A Passenger’s One-Star Review Of The Trolley Ride From The Trolley Problem
People are killed every day in the moral and ethical wasteland of “The Trolley Problem”. Of course, no one thinks of it from the point-of-view of the trolley passengers!
“Where to even begin? I mean, first of all, we killed a guy. My general rule of thumb is this: if I have to witness someone’s death, you’re not getting above three stars (exception: my four-star review of Lee’s Ten Pin Lanes). You can’t expect luxury on public transit, but the seats were very uncomfortable, and we were packed in so tight that I had a guy basically sitting in my lap. Also, the brakes failed, and we began barreling uncontrollably down the tracks…”
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
Memes from your Mechanic
We’ve been a little bit busy this month; there’s been a lot going on…
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for July
The Funny Page for May/June, 2022-
10 tricks to appear smart in meetings
We’re always looking for ways to make our clients’ lives better, and this month Sarah Cooper had some suggestions to make life better at work…
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach”
Memes from your Mechanic
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for May/June
The Funny Page for April, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for April
The Funny Page for March, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for March
The Funny Page for February, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
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More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for February
The Funny Page for January, 2022-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
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More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for January
The Funny Page for December, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
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More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
(Just one this month. Our sincerest wishes to the fine folks at FAUX!)
The Funniest thing we’ve seen all month
In honor of The Great Resignation we bring you an assortment of some of the most creative “Take This Job And Shove It” letters you’ll ever see.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
If you’re here for memes this month we have just one place to send you… our Meme Explosion article. Click here for more memes than even the most dedicated meme connoisseur can devour. But we invite you to try!
More-Or-Less Solution for December
The Funny Page for November, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
The Funniest thing we’ve seen all month
“Coffee” is the person upon whom one coughs. “Willy-Nilly” is impotence. If you like those, you’ll love the Washington Post’s Neologism contest. They had a couple subdivisions; we hope you enjoy them all.
Annual Neologism Contest Style Invitational “One-Off” Type Neologism Contest
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for November
The Funny Page for October, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
The Funniest thing we’ve seen all month
This month’s ‘Funniest Thing’ is locally sourced. Check out “A Typical Friday in Oregon As Imagined by My East Coast Friends”
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for October
The Funny Page for September, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
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In a somewhat dark example of ‘life imitating cartoons’, Wilmore Funeral Home shows they understand.
More or Less” puzzles byJen Rombach
Memes from your Mechanic
The Funniest thing we’ve seen all month
This month’s ‘Funniest Thing’ is the over-the-top warnings, cautions, and messages from these 30 Hilarious Warning Signs from Around the World
Laughs from around the InterTubes
More-Or-Less Solution for September
The Funny Page for August, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” puzzles by Jen Rombach
The Funniest thing we’ve seen all month
This month’s ‘Funniest Thing’ is us… Oregonians. Insufferable liberals aren’t just your neighbors, they can be FUNNY! Tune in here for lots of ways to Laugh At An Oregonian!
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for August
The Funny Page for July, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach
The Funniest thing we’ve seen all month
This month’s ‘Funniest Thing’ is a 4:30 video of a Russian robotic farm of the future. The special effects are seamless, but it’s hard to even describe the cleverness that oozes from each frame. Cue it up and meet Russian Farmers, the masters of Applied Robotics.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for July
The Funny Page for June, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach
The Funniest thing we’ve seen all month
One of the biggest problems today may be a lack of civility. People just can’t be patient, balanced, clear, generous, and polite in the face of rabid, slavering attacks. If you’re tired of even trying, don’t sink to ‘their’ level… if you’re gonna insult somebody, do it with STYLE! Start sharpening your rhetorical talons here, with our Joy of the Artful Insult article. From Shakespeare to Churchill to Muhammad Ali, history is full of folks who got fed up and decided to say something about it and this article has some of their best.
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for June
The Funny Page for May, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach
A Scientist Taught AI to Generate Pickup Lines. The Results are Chaotic.
(from the VICE article)- Janelle Shane, a research scientist and author from Colorado, created a squad of courtship bots using one of the most sophisticated text-writing AI algorithms in the world, which uses deep learning to produce human-like text. Researchers claim GPT-3’s output is so advanced that it is often difficult to distinguish it from material written by a real, flesh-and-blood human—which, in this case, says some troubling things about the standards we’ve come to expect from real, flesh-and-blood humans. “I’m losing my voice from all the screaming your hotness is causing me to do,” reads one pickup line, which could all too easily have been lifted from a Tinder DM screenshot. “I will briefly summarize the plot of Back to the Future II for you,” reads another…
Laughs from around the InterTubes
Memes from your Mechanic
We said a sad goodbye to astronaut Michael Collins this month. The 3 MLK memes were in response to someone who wished for memes with these quotes, and we obliged.
More-Or-Less Solution for May
The Funny Page for April, 2021-
Jokes For Smart People
Humor, like fashion, has fads. It seems the recent fad is for “smart people” jokes; not jokes about smart people but jokes you supposedly have to be smart to understand. We found an amazing list of them when we went looking, and bring them all for your consideration here. Admittedly, the smart-threshold varies from low to high, but some of them are pretty challenging. We included an explanation for some of them at the end, but if one of them really stumps you just give us a call here at the shop and we’ll go out and find someone smart to explain it for all of us…!
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach
Laughs from around the Tubes
Memes from your Mechanic (Just one this month!)
More-Or-Less Solution for April
The Funny Page for March, 2021-
Our April Fools Gallery
In a strange way, we take April Fools day very seriously and we have for years. You may even have noticed an April Fools article tucked in with this month’s valuable information! But it’s not the only thing we’ve done. Check out our April Fools Page with all our Foolish articles and Sellwood Bee ads, or check here for all the April Fools pranks you’ll ever need. And share this Home Halogen Fluid test with people YOU’D like to annoy!
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach
Laughs from around the Tubes
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for March
The Funny Page for February, 2021-
The Funniest pages throughout the past month have had Bernie Sanders wearing mittens. We’ve gathered up more than 300 of the annoying little things and they’re all right here. Make sure you check out our Ultimate, Final Gallery of Bernie Memes before you swear off Bernie Memes forever!
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach!
Garfield Minus Garfield
Do you wonder why Garfield is in the comics at all? Does it just seem like a waste of space between Doonesbury and Calvin and Hobbes? What if we were to tell you that Garfield WITHOUT Garfield would be an improvement? “Garfield Minus Garfield” is a “…site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.” The authors go through each Garfield toon and pull the fat cat and his word balloons out, leaving Jon to confront an uncaring world. Much more fun than it sounds; here’s a few to get you started.
Laughs from around the Tubes
Memes from your Mechanic
More-Or-Less Solution for February
The Funny Page for January, 2021-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
TWO “More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach!
First, we have the “More or Less” format you’ve come to know and love. But keep scrolling to try her new “In or Outer”, and the delights of Bookend Words. Both solutions are at the bottom of this month’s Funny Page.
More or Less Solutions for January
The Funny Page for December, 2020-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach
A few of our memes
Humor from around the InterTubes
The funniest thing we’ve seen all month…
For all your snarky holiday humor needs, check out Obvious Plant. It’s a whole toy store full of toys offered by a comedian. The joy is the care he’s put into each toy, creating unique packaging for each. Feel the happiness of “Birthday for One”, or try “Leg”, or “Nihilist Palls”. These won’t be stocking stuffers for most folks as each one costs several hundred dollars, but the laughs and the Obvious Plant website are FREE!
More or Less Solution for December
The Funny Page for November, 2020-
“What NOW?!!” Toons by Keith Tucker
“More or Less” Puzzles by Jen Rombach
Humor from around the InterTubes
More or Less Solution for November
The Funny Page for October, 2020-
More or Less Solution for October
The Funny Page for September, 2020-
The Funny Page for August, 2020-
As the RNC Convention winds to a close, here’s a perfect summation from Keith Tucker. Catch more of Keith’s work at CartoonStock.
Here’s Jen Rombach’s More-Or-Less for August. You can catch more of her work at JFortuneArt (and the solution to the August More-Or_Less if you keep scrolling down)
Here’s the memes from ourselves and others from August’s web crawling. You can catch more of OUR stuff in the Tom Dwyer Automotive Services Meme Gallery.
The Funny Page for July, 2020-
We start off with a tripleheader from Keith Tucker!
…and another More or Less from Jen…
…before we move on to our memes and other cartoons from around the Intertubes…
The Funny Page for June, 2020-
More Or Less solution
The Funny Page for May, 2020-
More-Or-Less Solution
The Funny Page for April, 2020-
As businesses prepare to reopen, workers weigh COVID-19 risk against the need for a paycheck, Clare Proctor in Texas Tribune, Apr 2020
Iowans making more on unemployment warned: Take your jobs back or lose your benefits, Katie Akin in the Des Moines Register, Apr 2020
More-Or-Less SOLUTION
March, 2020- Death to Humorousness… Long live the Tom Dwyer Funny Page!
Keith Tucker’s What NOW?!! Toon
We’ll anchor each month with Keith Tucker’s monthly special-to-Dwyer “What NOW?!!” Toon. Keith’s an Emmy-award winning artist and animator, and is responsible for all the cartoon characters you grew up with. He now wields a left-leaning pen in the political wars and has been drawing our monthly newsletter cartoon for years. Get to know Keith Tucker and his amazing work here, and check out the gallery of Toons he’s done for Tom Dwyer here. And now, as promised, here’s Keith Tucker to kick off the first issue of The Funny Page…
Humor from the Web
Instead of bringing you one laugh-or-not article each month, we’ll be showing you a month of memes, videos, and (even occasionally) jokes carefully culled from our travels in the InterTubes… some will be political, some just for fun, but SOMETHING is sure to put a smile on your face! Here’s a sampling from our most recent (and a few older) excursions…
NEW FEATURE: More Or Less
There’s another stand-out contribution in this premiere issue of The Funny Page. We hope you enjoy the WORLD PREMIERE of an EXCLUSIVE-TO-DWYER monthly puzzle, Jen Rombach’s “More or Less”. If you’re a fan of word play, anagrams, charming art, subtle humor, and really bad puns, you’ll get your fill every month from Jen… More or Less. Click the image for the full size puzzle, click here to learn more about Jen and her work, and click back next month for more More Or Less! (Since this is the first public appearance of More or Less, Jen would LOVE to hear your thoughts! Please contact her through Instagram or JFortuneArt@wordpress.com)
