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.
Tag Archives: satire
Waiting, as usual, for Godot
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
Posted in Absurd and/or zany, Mockery and derision
Tagged absurd, Godot, Guffman, Guildenstern, humor, Rosencrantz, satire, zany
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Another man’s or
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
Posted in Mockery and derision, News You Can Use (Sort of), The human comedy
Tagged absurd, doo doo, gravity, humor, satire, wisdom, zany
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The banger and the bun
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
Posted in Absurd and/or zany, Mockery and derision, News You Can Use (Sort of), The human comedy, Uncategorized
Tagged absurd, banger, buns, funny, satire, sausage, walrus, zany
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Speaking of enormous
I see they’re about to start selling us shoes that tie themselves. Seriously. I wonder if they’re going to call them loafers. I also wonder if we’ve gotten just a little too self-ish for our own good. A guy came … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd and/or zany, News You Can Use (Sort of), The human comedy
Tagged absurd, bald spot, butt, humor, satire, self-esteemer, spanking, zany
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Duckspeak
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
Posted in Mockery and derision, News You Can Use (Sort of), The human comedy
Tagged 1984, absurd, funny, Orwellian, satire, The Donald, zany
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The Parsippany cutoff
One of the hazards of staffing a Frequently Asked Questions booth is that all too frequently the questions come with such lack of (i.e., im) becility that many of our volunteers suffer breakdowns, some of them automotive in nature, others … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd and/or zany, Mockery and derision, News You Can Use (Sort of)
Tagged absurd, banjo, gawumpie, humor, Nuggets, satire, trapezoid, zany
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a hint of light 