Category Archives: Mockery and derision

Making fun of someone, something, someplace, sumbitch

F.A.Q. The Deal

Posted on July 22, 2016 by PMcG

(Due to previous commitments, the part of A. is played today by his understudy, B.) Q. What’s the deal? B. Seven card stud. Two down, one up. Ante’s a buck. Two raises, max. And nothing, I repeat, nothing is wild. … Continue reading →

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Baseball pomes

Posted on May 18, 2016 by PMcG

Catcher in the rye Pitcher in the succotash Action in the pen Grounder to shortstop: “Here I come a-bounding, dude. Catch me if you can.” Shortstop shakes his head, Gloves it on the hop and thinks “Some balls talk too … Continue reading →

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Waiting, as usual, for Godot

Posted on May 11, 2016 by PMcG

Vladimir: How’s everything? Estragon: How should I know? Vladimir: I thought you knew everything. Estragon: I do. Vladimir: Then let me repeat my question. How’s everything? Estragon: Let me repeat my answer: How should I know? I may know everything—hey, … Continue reading →

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Artsy fartsy

Posted on May 6, 2016 by PMcG

Q. How can I tell if I have a Caravaggio in my attic? A. Is that the guy who does the Wolf Blitzer impersonations? Q. No. Wolf Blitzer does those. He’s very good at it. A. I wouldn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Another man’s or

Posted on April 27, 2016 by PMcG

Our most frequently asked question of the universe-at-large (remembering to use our inside voice) is a simple one: Is there or isn’t there? Put more simply, in the universal language of the chainsaw-wielding prophet of the street — he of … Continue reading →

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The banger and the bun

Posted on April 21, 2016 by PMcG

My brother-in-law lives in one of those exclusive grated communities. Every other week huge trucks with tires as tall as a Donald Trump tale unload a small mountain of grated romano or parmesan cheese in the parking lot next to … Continue reading →

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Duckspeak

Posted on April 6, 2016 by PMcG

We were en route to nowhere on one interstate or another, lost in disparate musings about Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, mulching the garden, how one might get out of mulching the garden, how many Oreos are left at … Continue reading →

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