My wife and I argued over a plant tonight and it isn’t even our plant. During our usual de-briefing after a busy day, she told me the following story about her workplace that I think will resonate with many readers. I am changing most of the names to protect the innocent and this is, truly, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Oddball'
My Wife and I Argue over a Plant
July 28th, 2008 · 8 Comments · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Clash of the Sexes, Cute, Family, Family Humor, Feel Good, Funny Dialogue Story, Funny Family, Funny Husband & Wife Story, Funny Husband and Wife Banter, Funny Rant, Funny Workplace, General Humor, General Interest, Heartwarming, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Plants, Rant, Sardonic, Screwball, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty
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Death of a Mattress
June 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Death of a Mattress · Afterlife, Allegory or Fairy Tale, American Humor, Anthropomorphic, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Cottage Life, Cute, Fairy Tale, Family Humor, Fantasy, Funny Animal, Funny Cottage, Funny Fable, Funny Horror, Funny Outrageous, Halloween, Imagery, Jokes, Lifestyle, Lyrical, Macabre, Oddball, Offbeat, Romp, Screwball, Silly, Slice of Life, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
Nothing symbolizes the start of summer in our neck of cottage country more than a mattress. And that’s not due to the strange alchemy and hormonal urges that meld dangerously when sand, sun and teenagers mix. No, it’s rather because June 1 is traditionally big garbage day.
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The Timbit Affair and a List of Bogus Firings
June 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · American Humor, Amusing, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Cute, Economic Humor, Family Humor, Funny Economy, Funny Office, Funny Workplace, Human Nature, Irony, Jokes, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Outrageous, Satire, Screwball, Silly, Whimsy
A woman, working in a Tim Hortons donut shop in London Ontario, was recently fired for giving away one free “timbit” to a baby. This has become a public relations nightmare for the company. Timbits are the punched out centres of donuts – the empty holes, as it were – and, in some […]
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Crawlers and Spiders and the Art of Headline Puns
May 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Crawlers and Spiders and the Art of Headline Puns · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cute, Economic Humor, Farce, Funny Economy, Funny Headline, Funny Prank, Funny Technology, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Political Humor, Puns, Screwball, Slice of Life, Sports and Recreation, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
There has been a major casualty of the digital age that you may be noticing only peripherally. Has it entered your consciousness that there are fewer punning headlines anymore?
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Driving Schools: What’s in a Name?
April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Construction Humor, Cop Humor, Cottage Life, Cute, Disturbing, Family, Family Humor, Funny Driving, Funny Generation Gap, Funny Horror, Funny Rant, Funny Scary, Human Nature, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Outrageous, Satire, Screwball, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
It has often been said there are two driving seasons in Canada, winter and construction. We are currently in the transition period from the former to the latter. My wife and I were talking about this the other day as we made our way to the cottage on Georgian Bay for the first time in the […]
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GREEN is an Acronym
March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on GREEN is an Acronym · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Cute, Family Humor, Feel Good, Funny Environmental, Green Environment, Human Nature, Imagery, Jokes, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Opinion Piece, Parable, Satire, Screwball, Slice of Life, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
The “green movement” is everywhere these days. You find references to “green” in news stories, television ads and learned journals. It’s all about climate change and conserving scarce resources for the future.
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