Category Archives: Mockery and derision

Making fun of someone, something, someplace, sumbitch

Haiku, haiku very much

Just thinking. What if poets wrote technical instruction manuals? Take your basic lawn mower foruhzample: Operating instructions for your Haiku 575® Lawn Mowing Machine How to assemble And use with minimal pain Your happy doodad Honored grass cutter, Open manual … Continue reading

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F.A.Q. The N.S.A.

Q. What does N.A.S.A stand for? A.  It’s N.S.A. You’re thinking of astronauts. Q. How do you know what I’m thinking? A. Well, ironically, that’s what the NSA is all about. Q. So what is the NSA? Why is it … Continue reading

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Oh, the toe bone connected to the…

We tend to make fun of what we don’t understand, from abstract ideas to concrete individuals. And let’s be honest, there’s no one easier to laugh at than a cement head with a dumb idea. But in defense of mockery … Continue reading

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Oh manhole, my manhole

It’s not much of a street, just an old country short cut wedged in between two busy state highways. There’s a large dip about halfway along the road where it runs past an unlikely post office set up in a … Continue reading

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Trials of a One Per-Center

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A Redskin by any other name

To: The Chief From: Bob in marketing Re: Brilliant branding concept from Bob in marketing  It came to me this morning while walking my dog, Bob In Marketing: a way to get out from under the offensive nickname “Redskins,” but—ta … Continue reading

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