Category Archives: Mockery and derision

Making fun of someone, something, someplace, sumbitch

Rules of thumb

Posted on September 29, 2016 by PMcG

So often we hear about a person of supreme talent who squanders a golden opportunity because of a problem with opioids, steroids or Sigmund Freud’s slip. They wind up in jail, or living under a highway overpass or borrowing $14 … Continue reading →

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Impure thoughts

Posted on September 21, 2016 by PMcG

Can we all agree that some things make no sense? If not, ask yourself why mothers console disappointed children by saying everything will work out in the end. Isn’t the end just a little too late? I mean, once something … Continue reading →

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The lunatic fringe

Posted on September 16, 2016 by PMcG

The world is mad! Admittedly, an extreme view. But from the haughty, extreme left? The corrosive, extreme right? Or something else altogether? Because, if liberals have a lunatic-fringe and conservatives have a lunatic-fringe, why can’t there be a lunatic-fringe of … Continue reading →

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Maybe, maybe not

Posted on September 1, 2016 by PMcG

A bear and a dwarf walk into a bar. The bartender sees the bear and says “What have we here?” The dwarf says “Who said that?” The bartender says “Who said ‘Who said that?’” The bear says “The dwarf.” The … Continue reading →

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Corrugated poop

Posted on August 25, 2016 by PMcG

Over at The Mental Couch, the big outlet where shrinks get their furniture and rubber-room fixtures, they also sell colorful, washable placemats that list all mental disorders. You’ll find Nuts, Half-Nuts, Nut Boy, Nut Meg, Donna, Astrid, etc. A perfect … Continue reading →

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Small boners

Posted on August 13, 2016 by PMcG

Q. I’m running for president but people say I’m crazy. How do I prove I’m not? A. Are you the guy who says Australia doesn’t exist because you’ve never been there? Q. Same with New Zealand. Have you ever been … Continue reading →

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Along comes a goober

Posted on July 28, 2016 by PMcG

Have recently read that the best tactic when negotiating is knowing when to shut up. Note: the tactic isn’t shutting up. It’s knowing when to shut up and only then shutting the actual up. Just another example of how nothing … Continue reading →

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