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May 14, 2015 Leave a Comment

Hollywood Holiday

They have a new holiday over there:  Unwed Mother's Day.  One lady is on a star's diet:  she's down to three men a day.Celebrate the

April 30, 2015 Leave a Comment

More Lawyers Than Doctors

The lawyer told the doctor, “I have no money but I’ll pay you out of the malpractice suit.” What can a doctor say nowadays? He asked the lawyer what

April 16, 2015 Leave a Comment

From the Early Days of Baseball

Time: July 31, 1915Place: The Offices of The Saturday Evening PostRing Lardner’s most famous story, Alabi Ike is published. Today we print the

April 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

April to May to ?

CC BY-SA 3.0 image from Wikipedia.Question: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Answer: Pilgrims

March 19, 2015 1 Comment

Red Army Soldier Gets 30 Years

Stalin withRed Army soldiers.PublicDomain image from Wikipedia.Sometime in the 1950’s a soldier in the Red Army ran across Red Square in

March 5, 2015 Leave a Comment

What If 3 Wise Women Instead of . . .

If instead of The Three Wise Men there were The Three Wise Women, they would have:asked for directions sooner,arrived in time,helped deliver

February 12, 2015 Leave a Comment

Gore’s 2000 Election Recount Demands

Can we count them with our nose?Can we count them with our toes?Should we count them with a band?Should we count them all by hand?If I do not

January 29, 2015 Leave a Comment

Noah on the Flood

"Into everyone's life, a little rain must fall, but this is ridiculous."    - Noah

January 15, 2015 Leave a Comment

Gladstone Versus Disraeli

Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, "I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease". Disraeli

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