Filed under: Fun Stuff
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
If you feel uneasy about trying something new, I’ll start you off slowly with one of their funny entries.
Filed under: About Me
The other day at work, I was scouring websites, looking for the best cat picture to put on my computer wallpaper. I was so deeply involved with it that I didn’t notice my coworker standing behind me. He asked, “What are you doing?” I told him I wanted to be a cat lady, but the only problem was that I didn’t have a cat, so I had to stare at pictures of them instead. I do this with dogs too. In which case, I just found this adorable picture off of my new favorite website, The Daily Puppy.
I know! He’s so cute that you’re melting inside. Melting. Inside. So. Cute.
Filed under: Random
I’m just kidding. I don’t know your mama and I don’t really think she’s that fat.
Anyhow, last night, I was listening to NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” segment on political put-downs and comebacks. There’s nothing I love more than witty banter that results in somebody saying “touche!” or crying softly in the corner.
Here are some of my favorites:
From Chris Lamb’s book “I’ll Be Sober in the Morning”, here’s a story about Winston Churchill, the king of political put-downs:
Winston Churchill had been drinking heavily at a party when he bumped into Bessie Braddock, a Socialist Member of Parliament.
“Mr. Churchill, you are drunk,” Braddock said harshly.
Churchill paused and said, “And Bessie, you are ugly. You are very ugly. I’ll be sober in the morning.”
And another one…
During a television debate against incumbent U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings in 1986, Republican candidate Henry McMaster challenged his opponent to take a drug test.
“I’ll take a drug test,” Hollings responded, “if you’ll take an IQ test.”
And I heard this one on the show last night:
Reporter: How do you feel about people instantly disliking you?
Politician: It saves them time.
You can listen to the whole show here.
Filed under: Random
Reading the headline from this LA Times article made me giggle. I don’t even think I need to read the article.
“Police halt ‘mooning’ of trains in Laguna Niguel after a crowd of 8,000 gathers
Some bared more than their bottoms, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department says.”
Read article here.
Filed under: About Me
My friends and I were having dinner the other night at this fabulous sushi restaurant. We got onto the topic of the weirdest food we’ve ever eaten. My friend beat us in that competition, hands down. He said, “I’ve eaten everything. Everything. But the weirdest would have to be bobcat. And I think that bobcat gave me SARS.”
There were two great things about him saying this:
#1 – We were laughing so hard that he had to talk loudly over us, repeating what he had just said. Then the entire restaurant went quiet, especially the table next to us.
#2 – He wasn’t kidding.
