Category: Silly Stuff

Pacificus directed me to a tremendously funny London Times article that purports to be a French woman’s view of the British.  It takes very good writing to be nasty about both the British and French, while making you laugh out loud and still feel sympathy for both victims of this

I got this in my email today and thought it funny enough to pass along: Recently, a large corporation hired several cannibals to increase their diversity. “You are all part of our team now,” said the Human Resources rep during the welcoming briefing. “You get all the usual benefits and

The inimitable Paragraph Farmer directed me to two websites that analyze the level of education the average reader needs to understand my blog. Here’s how I come out on the first test: Incidentally, although the website that ran that algorithm doesn’t explain, it almost certainly is analyzing my vocabulary and

You know you live in a ridiculous era when satire is regularly trumped by reality: It’s no secret that Germany has a problem with ageism. Workers here who lose their jobs after the age of 50 are virtually assured of spending the rest of their lives on the dole. A

When I lived in England, one of my friends went for the one and only time to a professional soccer game.  Although she found it exciting, she vowed not to go back when she learned the hard way that serious soccer fans, rather than leaving the stands, would just pee

Very funny: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwEXywdSpNQ] UPDATE:  YouTube deleted the above video.  However, you can still see it here. Hat tip: Hot Air

I don’t know, but this story of truly abysmal stupidity — stupidity that, fortunately, had no permanently bad outcome — just tickled my funny bone: A Foster City man is being held for allegedly hitting his father in the head with a hammer because he mistakenly thought the 81-year-old man

He survived a car accident last year, lost a leg, and still won the race.  Not only that, he’s incredibly cute.  Have I piqued your interest about this feel good story?  Read it here and tell me if I’m not right about it being a charming little news squiblet.

500,000 hits that is.  I hadn’t even noticed, but Don Quixote pointed out to me today that, sometime in the last few days, I crossed the 500,000 mark.  That’s a lot of zeros, not to mention a “five,” so I’m pretty pleased.  I therefore wanted to thank all of you