Patrick A. McGuire, Bloggonian
For years I told jokes on street corners for tips, dreaming of one day owning a granite counter top. No luck, so I entered a monastery. I now do stand-up at daily prayer services. The monks' vow of silence means they can't laugh. I can't even laugh, although sometimes I sob quietly in the can. This blog is a cry for help. Send money or granite. I accept Pay Pal.
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Canasta on Mars
Yo, they’ve discovered water on Mars. I know. You may not give a hoot (in spite of our moral obligation to give hoots when hootful events occur. “Water discovered on Mars” is just a step above “Meteor bounces off Trump’s … Continue reading
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Tagged funny, horses, Mars, meatball, Native Martians, proc, satire, Stockholm, zany
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To shove a pretzel rod
Recently, a psychologist-to-be-named later published excerpts from diaries kept by teens into their adulthood. His point: with a little love and/or support people can change their destiny. Here are two of the most interesting excerpts: Diary entry page of teen … Continue reading
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Tagged dead ferret, funny, humor, pickle, pogo stick, satire, zany
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Frequently Asked Questions: Butt dialing
Q. You keep talking about butt dialing. What does that mean? A. Sometimes when you sit down with your smart phone in your back pocket, the weight of your butt pressing against your key pad inadvertently activates a phone number. … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, bongo drums, butt dialing, funny, humor, satire
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Naked Trojans
Somewhere between Pittsburgh and Columbus, K-Mac looked out the window and said “Is that a dead armadillo?” My reply: “I don’t think they have armadillos in Pennsylvania.” “Maybe it wasn’t an armadillo,” she said. “Or,” I theorized, “maybe they only … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, armadillo, mortimerism, mrglph, Nudnik, satire, Socmeister, zany
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Questions that bother me so.*
So. Here’s a question. So, why do so many people, from age zero, up to but not including age geezer, begin every comment, every question, every answer to every question with the word so? So. See? So. No seeum. So. … Continue reading
I’ve got your enormous butt
Dear readers of AHintOfLight Please excuse Patrick for not posting to his blog the past two weeks. He has been in Disposed, Kansas, attending a workshop on the use of caution. As he is a painfully slow learner, we used … Continue reading
FAQ: The rhetorical que…Hello? Where is everybody?
Q. Is it a rhetorical question if I ask you “Is this a rhetorical question?” A. Who hates me so much they would send a lunatic with the brains of an after-dinner mint? Q. Speaking of which, can you eat … Continue reading
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Tagged freen, funny, Latin, Norf Poe, poop, rhetorical Q, sarcasm, satire
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a hint of light 