Please note: The following story was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2011 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. He’d gotten himself into this mess by volunteering. That’s what happens when you’re an eager beaver. He’d never been one before and he wouldn’t be one next time. What had he been thinking? Surely he knew better […]
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Caboose Follies
April 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cute, Funny Character Study, Funny Language, Funny Office, Funny Psychology, Funny Workplace, Funny Writing Story, Human Nature, Lifestyle, Not As It Seems, Outrageous, Puns, Sardonic, Satire, Sexual Innuendo, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Technology Advances, Whimsy, Witty, Workplace, Writer's Block
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The Most Serious Letter in the Alphabet
November 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Most Serious Letter in the Alphabet · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cute, Entertainment, Family Humor, Funny Editorial, Funny Language, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Literary, Lyrical, Not As It Seems, Opinion Piece, Outrageous, Puns, Sardonic, Satire, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Whimsy, Witty
In an earlier blog entry, I discussed how “P” is the funniest letter in the alphabet. Today, I’m going to argue the letter “L” is the most serious. “L” is used for Legal and Licenses. People speak about obeying the Letter of the Law. Hopefully, the best-made things Last. When we’re enjoying ourselves, we want […]
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Which Letter of the Alphabet is the Funniest?
July 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cute, Entertainment, Family Humor, Funny Celebrity, Funny Editorial, Funny Language, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Lyrical, Movies, Outrageous, Prose Poetry, Puns, Sardonic, Sexual Innuendo, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Whimsy, Witty
In the movie, The French Connection, the Gene Hackman character, “Popeye” Doyle, asks one of the drug- dealing suspects if he is still “picking his toes in Poughkeepsie?” He knew one of the great secrets of comedy. The letter “p” is the funniest letter of the alphabet.
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The Curious Meanings of Some Canadian Place Names
March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Curious Meanings of Some Canadian Place Names · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Economic Humor, Funny Absurd, Funny Canada, Funny Language, Funny Outrageous, Funny Toronto, Jokes, Lifestyle, Political Humor, Public Speaking
When I started out in this business, back in the 1970s, I would often leave Toronto and travel to the “hinterland” to make economic presentations before somewhat skeptical audiences. Many times, I was told the old joke, what’s the definition of an expert? An expert is some son-of-a-gun from Toronto with slides. I’ve cleaned up […]
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