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message 351: by Mary (new)

Mary Stobie (patchworkmary) | 6 comments Robert Benchley said in his essay "How I Create": "And so you see now how we creative artists work. It really isn't like any other kind of work, for it must come from a great emotional upheaval in the soul of the writer himself; and if that emotional upheaval is not present, it must come from the works of any other writers which happen to be handy and easily imitated."

MY ADDED COMMENT: If YOU HAVE WRITERS BLOCK, AND AFTER HOURS AND HOURS YOUR BUTT IS SQUAWKING, YOU CAN DRINK A FEW BEERS AND PRAY FOR A KICKSTART FROM HEAVEN.


message 352: by Daren (new)

Daren Doucet (daren1) | 30 comments Wishing you all a Merry Christmas! Thanks for nothing in the past year! LOL just kidding people!!!!

I got a Santa Clause trap for sale, to make all of your Christmases only that much merrier. 999.99 $ for a trap with motion sensors, a cage, a glue board on the cages floor, a propulsion net to catch the moving target too, and a cut out of a Alaskan Wild Tough Bikini Clad woman!

*Not guaranteed to work, cookies sold separately. Must be 2 years and older to operate this trap!


message 353: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
Daren wrote: "Wishing you all a Merry Christmas! Thanks for nothing in the past year! LOL just kidding people!!!!

I got a Santa Clause trap for sale, to make all of your Christmases only that much merrier. 999..."


You'd probably be better off selling Alaskan Wild Tough Bikini Clad Woman traps. If you can catch one of those, Santa seems rather superfluous.


message 354: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
Melki wrote: "Daren wrote: "Wishing you all a Merry Christmas! Thanks for nothing in the past year! LOL just kidding people!!!!

I got a Santa Clause trap for sale, to make all of your Christmases only that muc..."



Would you hunt an Alaskan bikini-clad woman with a bow?


message 355: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
Joel wrote: "Melki wrote: "Daren wrote: "Wishing you all a Merry Christmas! Thanks for nothing in the past year! LOL just kidding people!!!!

I got a Santa Clause trap for sale, to make all of your Christmases..."


Maybe a bow tied around the bumper of a new SUV...


message 356: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
Great idea! You could tie her to the roof, afterward.


message 357: by Daren (new)

Daren Doucet (daren1) | 30 comments Yep- A trap for catching the flirtatious kind...

Make more money... You guys are too funny!!!


message 358: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Douglass (rdouglass) | 2433 comments Mod
Joel wrote: "Great idea! You could tie her to the roof, afterward."

I thought you were supposed to tie them across the hood?


message 359: by Rodney (new)

Rodney Carlson (rodneycarlson) | 617 comments Rebecca wrote: "I thought you were supposed to tie them across the hood?"

Face down...


message 360: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
So what do you do in the loo when you're completely caught up on all those back issues of The New Yorker?


message 361: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
I recommend books with short essays like I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away or something in the historical trivia line.


message 362: by Rodney (new)

Rodney Carlson (rodneycarlson) | 617 comments Count the seashells on the shower curtain


message 363: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Shiroff | 840 comments Imagine I'm clairvoyant and I read the future in soap bubbles.


message 364: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
I already imagine you're clairvoyant and read the future in soap bubbles, Lisa.


message 365: by Rodney (new)

Rodney Carlson (rodneycarlson) | 617 comments I just assumed you did, Lisa.


message 366: by Will (new)

Will Macmillan Jones (willmacmillanjones) | 510 comments Despair, as I have no issues of that periodical in the first place...


message 367: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Shiroff | 840 comments You know something, Joel and Rodney? I knew you two were going to say that! And Will, I predict you never will have issues with that periodical.


message 368: by Will (new)

Will Macmillan Jones (willmacmillanjones) | 510 comments You will be right, Lisa. It is not usually available in Civilisation. (or as you call it, Cymru)


message 369: by Rodney (new)

Rodney Carlson (rodneycarlson) | 617 comments I don't have any issues with that periodical, and I don't get the subscription either.


message 370: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Shiroff | 840 comments Apparently computers have decided we humans are not all that original. There are apparently on 6 (sometimes 7) basic plots. I'm fascinated by this article but also a little scared.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/comp...


message 371: by Rodney (new)

Rodney Carlson (rodneycarlson) | 617 comments I'm still working on the synthetic intelligence that will write it's own stories. It's a funding issue at this point. As soon as I get the cash, it's androids everywhere. what do you think will happen next Pinky?


message 372: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Shiroff | 840 comments Sounds like you need to get your droids working on a kickstarter campaign, Rodney.


message 373: by Melki (last edited Mar 21, 2015 01:32PM) (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
Dropping my home-grown nerds off at a college Magic event today, I was thrilled to see that the snow-covered baseball field is being properly irrigated by the automatic sprinklers.
Wonder if they've been running all winter long?

My son's tuition dollars at work!


message 374: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Shiroff | 840 comments Maybe they were trying to make ice rainbows? I imagine a sprinkler frozen in action would actually be quite pretty.


message 375: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Douglass (rdouglass) | 2433 comments Mod
I'm pretty sure that would get you arrested in parts of California. Not that we have any snow anywhere to cover a field.


message 376: by Rodney (last edited Mar 30, 2015 03:19PM) (new)

Rodney Carlson (rodneycarlson) | 617 comments Ode to Arnold Man Carlson

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For ten years we have been loved unconditionally. We have been best buds and completely inseparable. Whenever I needed someone to hug, he’s been there. Whenever I needed a shoulder to cry on, he’s been there, always giving me a small kiss on the nose to comfort me. He has given me so much, and never asked anything more than to just be in the same room with me. Every time I came home, he had dropped whatever he was doing to joyfully wait for me to come through the door. Always excited, that once again we were reunited.
I love my dog so much. As I go about my day, I will look over my shoulder expecting to see him plodding along behind. When I look back he won’t be there anymore. You will haunt my lap whenever I sit down. I will miss your character and personality, the deep look in your eyes when I could tell you just wanted to help with whatever activity I was doing. I will miss the lump behind my legs as I went to sleep at night. I will miss the droopy ears when you just woke up and didn’t yet have the energy to lift them in place.
Cancer closed off his bladder and there was nothing we could do to stop it. He passed away today. I wish I knew a way to fill the hole he has left in my life, but I’m glad I got the opportunity to have so much space taken in my heart for as long as I could. I will miss you buddy! I will cry many a selfish tear, not having you around. You may be gone, but the love is still there.

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message 377: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
Sorry, Rodney. It's always a tragedy to lose such an important part of the family.


message 378: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Shiroff | 840 comments Oh Rodney, I am so sorry to hear about Arnold! It sounds like you have some very sweet memories to help you find peace with his passing.


message 379: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Douglass (rdouglass) | 2433 comments Mod
Aw! So sad to lose a pet. It sounds like Arnold was one of the best.


message 380: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
What a nice tribute to a great companion. Our pets do so much to enrich our lives, but saying goodbye is the most awful feeling in the world. Its hard to believe now, but in time, those memories will make you laugh rather than cry. Keep them close.


message 381: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
I think the U.S. government should give me a reading grant. Pay me to plow through the massive stack of books I want to be able to say I've read before I die.


message 382: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
What's stopping you from saying you've read them?


message 383: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
Integrity, Melki. Integrity.


message 384: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
Attention, all old folks: I was trying to remember what the evening commercials advertised before pharmaceuticals took over. Anybody's recall still go back that far?


message 385: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
Joel wrote: "Attention, all old folks: I was trying to remember what the evening commercials advertised before pharmaceuticals took over. Anybody's recall still go back that far?"

I seem to remember at least one car ad per commercial break.

I can't help wondering who used to advertise during the network news. Nowadays you might as well call that half hour The Big Pharma/Tall Tales by Brian Williams Show .


message 386: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Shiroff | 840 comments Joel wrote: "Attention, all old folks: I was trying to remember what the evening commercials advertised before pharmaceuticals took over. Anybody's recall still go back that far?"

Alka-Seltzer and denture cleaners that worked in a way similar to Alka-Seltzer.

Hmm . . . maybe they are the same things?


message 387: by CartoonistAndre (new)

CartoonistAndre | 725 comments Cigarettes. Lots of cigarettes. Menthol, filtered, unfiltered...Before them darn pharmaceuticals hogged the screen...


message 388: by Joel (last edited Apr 13, 2015 07:44PM) (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
Yes! CartoonistAndre - that's exactly what's missing! Reminds me of the Woody Allen movie "Sleeper", where, in the future, they realize smoking is actually good for you!


message 389: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
Lucky Strike - just as healthy as steak, cream pies and hot fudge.


message 390: by CartoonistAndre (new)

CartoonistAndre | 725 comments And as if Luckies and Camels weren't lethal enough they mixed in some menthol to make them even more poisonous. It's a wonder they didn't add Mustard Gas.


message 391: by Joel (new)

Joel Bresler | 1587 comments Mod
They added clove - which, of course, is now forbidden under the Geneva Convention.


message 392: by CartoonistAndre (last edited Apr 15, 2015 05:24PM) (new)

CartoonistAndre | 725 comments There was a brand called Lark that had something added to it for flavor.
I hear they're coming out with an napalm flavored E cigarette. I read it online.


message 393: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.


message 394: by CartoonistAndre (new)

CartoonistAndre | 725 comments But did you inhale it?


message 395: by Daren (last edited Apr 23, 2015 06:38PM) (new)

Daren Doucet (daren1) | 30 comments Sure, detective Wookinsum Ratcat was up to his old tricks... Framing innocent people for crimes that they did not commit..

This time, it was an elderly lady who just happened to stumble on a dead corpse... Androk Mudhead... Who just happened to have a Rambo knife in his back... Who just happened to have a half devoured Chicken McNugget in his mouth... Who just happened to be wandering out on the big city streets with his manly leopard print thong and muddied over gum rubber boots, manufactured from some child labored sweat shop from somewhere overseas...

Sure, Detective Ratcat seen a suspicious character with a poster of "First Blood" in his hands... But he was running pretty fast... Even though he dropped the empty box of salted nuggets near his feet... Tarzan music played on his boom box, sure, but... And this man had on a sheep shirt as well... Oh well...

The real criminal looked fast, young, and as if he could shoulder press a few hundred sacks of chicken feathers over his head... Justice had to be served, and he was too busy texting his buddies to chase someone, that fast on his feet..

But, there was an old lady standing over the man, screaming, help, help!

Detective Ratcat yelled "Quickly, you lovely old senior citizen. Throw out the knife, try to save its wonderful blade from being tarnished from the cities local pumpkin carving competition, ever again!"

He seen her hand prints go on the knife... And it was all enough to place her hands in cuffs...

He shouted "You widow maker you! Off to jail with you" He placed the cuffs on her hands, and whipped and beat her to the prison cell where he felt justice could be sacrificed for at least the knowledge of an arrest in the local papers smut ads...

- this story has been brought to you by Rascal Attorney-
Bringing our grey area felons back onto the streets and into the inter galactic work force!


message 396: by CartoonistAndre (new)

CartoonistAndre | 725 comments This was sent by a friend; I've received many remarkable nature photographs over the years but this photo of a nesting Falcon is perhaps the most remarkable nature shot that I've ever seen. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nature is truly breath-taking! I've sent this to most of my older friends. The younger ones probably have never seen a Falcon and wouldn't recognize it.

Here's the link


message 397: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Douglass (rdouglass) | 2433 comments Mod
ROFL!


message 398: by Melki (new)

Melki | 3540 comments Mod
CartoonistAndre wrote: "This was sent by a friend; I've received many remarkable nature photographs over the years but this photo of a nesting Falcon is perhaps the most remarkable nature shot that I've ever seen. I hope ..."

Ah, my great-aunt Elsie was a Falconer! I recognized the attractive "plumage" immediately.


message 399: by Daren (last edited Apr 27, 2015 02:22PM) (new)

Daren Doucet (daren1) | 30 comments Sure, Thundernose was not your average, tail wagging, beer drinking, bad rear end with tight leather suit comic book hero kind of person.

Not Benji. Not Lassie. Not Snoopi who always (on top of the house) probably secretly rented out the dog house on Charlie Brown for many dark reasons that we will never prescribe to.

Thundernose was a prodigy of a relationship between a miniature Chihauhau and a German police dog. A family split between sizes of dog bowls, soft squeaky toys, and poop scoop bags, their relationship did not last long.

Leaving poor Thundernose alone to fend for himself ( his mother was a road runner, and his father took a keen interest in chasing cars), left him with a keen scent of street instinct...

Then, he met his master Mattpluck, who was only 15 years old, being bullied by a few young chicks at the corner of barnyard and manure fields..

Thundernose could smell the chicks, ever so advancing towards poor Mattpluck, pushing him unknowingly off of the fancy gravel, dusty sidewalk into the oncoming lane of slow moving tractor traffic!

Quickly, Thundernose ran towards Mattpluck, and scattered the small birds towards the hen house, where they left due to a strike on their part- their light bulb had went out at night, making it terribly cold for their stay, as mother hen played online poker at night...

Thundernose then tugged on poor Mattplucks much in style bell bottoms, until he flung forward face first just under the pigs tail that was sticking out of the beautiful muddied white colored fence near the sidewalk...

The slow moving tractor passed by, without crushing poor Mattpluck... Moving his darkened nose from under the pigtail, he could see his savoir from the blood he was coughing up due to the smell of this new mud from under his nose...

To be continued at supermarketguy.com blogspot...

Credits go to Rottingdamn ham... Best ham on the market, and yes that little piggy did go to the market!!!


message 400: by CartoonistAndre (new)

CartoonistAndre | 725 comments Melki wrote: "Ah, my great-aunt Elsie was a Falconer! I recognized the attractive "plumage" immediately.
"


Are you thinking that might be your great aunt's Falcon? Wow. She must be quite the woman.


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