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Welcome to THE FUNNY PAGE!

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, … Continue reading

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Humorousness- Humor in the time of Stalin

The jokes always saved us: humor in the time of Stalin by Jonathan Waterlow in Aeon, Dec 2019 Stalinism. The word conjures dozens of associations, and ‘funny’ isn’t usually one of them. The ‘S-word’ is now synonymous with brutal and … Continue reading

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Humorousness for Feb-Mar 2018

April Fools Day pranks you wish you’d pulled The only holiday bigger than Christmas has just passed… April Fools Day 2018 is in the rearview mirror.  Here’s a compendium of some of the tricks we saw bobbing about in the … Continue reading

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Humorousness- A Full Year of Jeers, Sneers, and Cheers

Our world changes around us every day and in some very scary ways.  Of course it’s always been that way, and if these shocks are now scarier and more frequent… well, Humor is still our best defense.  None of us … Continue reading

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Humorousness- Anniversaries… the ultimate setup for jokes

It’s a rare person who escapes our shop without hearing Service Advisor Dean’s joke about “The Three Rings of Marriage… the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffer-ring.” Anniversaries are such a rich source of jokes because, no matter … Continue reading

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Humorousness- Boy Scouting in the Trumpocracy PLUS- Our first Humorousness contest!

If you’re a fan of dark humor then the daily string of cringe-inducing facepalms from the Trump administration can be its own kind of fun.  Nothing exemplifies this more than Trump’s recent abuse of 40,000 boys at the 2017 Boy … Continue reading

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Humorousness- Stories of OTHER people’s idiocy

Do you ever look around yourself and wonder if you’re the only sane person left on the planet?  The truth is you are.  Humorousness this month is dedicated to (theoretically true) stories to support that conclusion.  They come from various … Continue reading

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The April Fools’ Pranks You’ll Absolutely Need

April Fool’s Day is this Saturday.  No, really!  Don’t go into a battle of wits unarmed… prepare yourself with these pranks!   31 of the Best Office Pranks & Practical Jokes to Pull on Your Work Buddies– HubSpot 10 Amazing … Continue reading

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Humorousness- Laughing our way through 2016

C’mon, how hard can it be to write a humor column?  Go online, download a couple jokes, and BOOM, it writes itself!  Think again.  You may be surprised to hear this but the Intertubes are full of less-than-appropriate humor, and … Continue reading

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Humorousness- Christmas Lists

What’s on your Holiday list this year?  Probably not most of the things on these lists, ripped directly from the slightly dated Top-10 List vaults of David Letterman… Least Popular Holiday TV Specials 10 – “The Gingrich That Stole Christmas” … Continue reading

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