A Different Street

by Satchel Pooch

Archive for the 'Funny' Category

The persistence of Coyote

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I don’t remember liking Roadrunner cartoons too much as a kid — they were too predictable. (As my daughter said, “Why didn’t he just order an Acme cheeseburger?”) But as I get older, the way Coyote persists in his hopeless quest has a bit more resonance. I recognize myself in the episodes [...]

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From Alexandria, Virginia, comes news of a new pedicure treatment that uses garra rufa, or doctor fish, to “nibble” dead skin from feet.

As usual, entrepreneurs are a step ahead of government regulators:
State regulations make no provision for regulating fish pedicures. But the county health department — which does regulate pools — required the salon to [...]

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On being “traditionally built”

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Fans of the “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” series by Alexander McCall Smith may recall the remarks of the protagonist, Precious Ramotswe, on the passing from fashion of the “traditional build” for Botswanan women. In the latest, The Miracle at Speedy Motors, she muses thus:
… fewer people wished to be considered traditionally [...]

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Good news for RLP

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Some bakeries now offer frosting shots. ::: shudder :::

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A vulgar joke that I enjoyed

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I spent a few precious minutes in a bookstore on Friday, and got a chance to flip through Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosphy through Jokes. I can’t recall what this joke was supposed to illustrate, but it made me laugh anyway:
Three women are in the changing room of [...]

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I want my own personal panther

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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This keeps making me laugh.

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

And I don’t think it’s only because of my well-known partiality to basset hounds.

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Chicken = me, analyst = world

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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While I am of eccentric opinions on global climate changes,  considering the warming from LGM (last glacial maximum) up to now to be a mostly positive set of circumstances,  I had this visual thought today, after yesterdays red sun and moon,  we need a technology of sky dye’s.  Litmus paper for the atmosphere.
It needs to [...]

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Editing his older sister’s Mii (personal avatar for the Wii game system) to include warts, wrinkles, and facial hair.

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