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
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
Thinking with your beak
Although debate over same sex marriage has temporarily cooled, a new assault on the I-do-I-do tradition has been sucked into the 24-hour news cycle. I speak of the controversial and very delicate some sex marriage movement. Champions of the movement, … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, bulges, Funkland, funny, humor, neenu nana, Plato, satire, some sex marriage
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Sweating like a pig
Note: This post may be monitored by government agents (travel) for training purposes. Note: In the interests of transparency, transgenderparency and Saran Wrapency, the purpose of the above stated training is to make sure that the travel agents being trained … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd and/or zany, Mockery and derision, The human comedy
Tagged absurd, funny, grammar lady, guano, iguana, methane, satire
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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
Posted in Absurd and/or zany, Mockery and derision, News You Can Use (Sort of)
Tagged freen, funny, Latin, Norf Poe, poop, rhetorical Q, sarcasm, satire
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Random acts of eat-my-shorts
DO YOU SUPPOSE the Greeks might have done better in their bailout negotiations if they had been wearing ties? They just looked so informal and rascally in their suit jackets, their white business shirts and those open collars. Like Nicolas … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd and/or zany, The human comedy
Tagged absurd, baseball, funny, K-Mac, nudnicking, satire, toad, toenails
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Designate this
Psychiatrists have finally recognized Baseball Player Personality Disorder–sometimes known as On the Schneid Syndrome. In “The Sabermetrics of Stinking Up The Stadium,” Dr. Ferris Wheeler states that, next to striking out while being intentionally walked, the most painful moment in … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, baseball, Blue Wahoos, funny, gnome, humor, satire, therapist, waivers
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a hint of light 