I always thought William Henry Harrison was one of the best Presidents in history since he didn’t have time to do anything bad, and the fact that he bought a cow makes me love him more. Best President ever?
Thanks for the link to the Fallon "Jim Morrison" - that really is incredible, and I can't help but notice [admit it girls, you look] that he stuffed his leather pants to resemble the 60s singer, as well. Hysterical.
OK I was already in love with Fallon's I Whip My Hair Back & Forth, but had not seen Reading Rainbow. That is not easy to pull off (and the whole band -- excellent)! Thank you.
Wrt the steak poll: It's unlikely any of us will eat a steak that came from a cow with a heart shape on its nose because steak comes from steers. Cows give milk, bulls service cows, steers provide meat. My Rotary club's annual fundraiser is a steak cookoff. We have a giant inflatable steer used to promote it, and I'm constantly correcting members who call it a bull (fortunately it's now been given a name, Big Ben--in tribute to a late member--so that term is beginning to prevail).
I saw a guy show off his Prince Albert piercing to get himself elected president of a coop once. It worked, so they apparently can have a tangible benefit. I don’t know whether the padlock he had slung through it was necessary or not.
Yes, all of the above is 100% true. You made me remember it so I’m putting it in your head too.
I particularly loved Jon G.'s Big Foot in Missouri and Life-Saving Cheese Cutting. Of course, as a Floridian I was especially delighted by Roy's Florida Man Sticking Needle Through Tongue.
This just in. Consideration is being given to renaming the "Grab & Go Marketplace" in the Denver Airport after Lauren Boebert. But could be disinformation.
Oh well, just a little bored by never cracking the list. I had BISHOPS MEET THEIR LORDS, LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT about bishops meeting drug lords as to what I thought was funny.
Right. It was ALMOST very good. The competition is so stiff that small, unresolvable problems can be fatal. However, I'd like to encourage you. This was close to excellent but you were stymied by a stubborn fact.
Because it could have been a tale of separate incidents over time, recounted. Humor is approximated and refined on retellling. Like polar bears being FAT WHITE GUYS.
I’m not competing not complaining. You’re reading 1000 entries and you’re the only one who will. We were just asked for an example, like anything subjective, a lot don’t make humorous sense to me. I live by my principle that Pat has EMPRESSORIAL INFALLIBILITY. I appreciate the scrutiny by 2 esteemed and some of my favorite people.😀
If you think the current (2012) Quaker Oats Guy is creepy, catch what he looked like in 1907.
https://triviahappy.com/images/articles/05072014rosyquaker.jpg
Wow!
TIL in 1907, the Quaker Oats guy was Ginny Thomas.
WOW! Looks like a guy who wouldn't be allowed to read stories in a Florida library.
Quakers must've had an unusual reputation back then, wow.
Looks like Robert Z’Dar who starred in the Maniac Cop movies, no doubt in part due to the distinctive jawline.
I just wanted to say that this is probably the best contest you’ve run. Congratulations to all of the contributors. Excellent work!
yeah, i actually found these funny!
I always thought William Henry Harrison was one of the best Presidents in history since he didn’t have time to do anything bad, and the fact that he bought a cow makes me love him more. Best President ever?
WHH should get credit for never abusing the presidential pardon.
A long-ago ink in the NY Magazine Competition:
Tippeca Grippeca
William H. Harrison
White House inhabitant,
Briefest to date.
Sworn into office with
Bronchopneumonia.
Thirty days later was
Lying in state.
-- Joan Ruttenberg, Rockville, Md.
John Tyler, who succeeded WHH in 1841, has a living grandson named Harrison Tyler. Now that’s a by-god good Genepool. Child brides don’t hurt either.
This should have won. It's the play on pronunciation that makes it so funny. Jesse Frankovich, you're brilliant.
BIG SEWER BLOWOUT IN DELAWARE TOWN
Lewes stitchers to celebrate 100th quilting bee (Jesse Frankovich)
which is why now in sewing magazines they use the term sewist instead of sewer!
I agree that one is brilliant, and Jesse always makes me laugh.
Thanks for the link to the Fallon "Jim Morrison" - that really is incredible, and I can't help but notice [admit it girls, you look] that he stuffed his leather pants to resemble the 60s singer, as well. Hysterical.
A lot of great entries this week, but I think my favorite is "College Students Haunted by Murder."
I would have voted for “Black Child to Be Given the Chair”
OK I was already in love with Fallon's I Whip My Hair Back & Forth, but had not seen Reading Rainbow. That is not easy to pull off (and the whole band -- excellent)! Thank you.
Also Pat I'm checking out that podcast.
Wrt the steak poll: It's unlikely any of us will eat a steak that came from a cow with a heart shape on its nose because steak comes from steers. Cows give milk, bulls service cows, steers provide meat. My Rotary club's annual fundraiser is a steak cookoff. We have a giant inflatable steer used to promote it, and I'm constantly correcting members who call it a bull (fortunately it's now been given a name, Big Ben--in tribute to a late member--so that term is beginning to prevail).
I won the bacon and egg earrings? I don't have my ears pierced, so I guess I'll just have to wear them on my nipples!! :-)
We need pictures, else it didn't happen.
As far as piercings on men go, those would be tame.
Maybe, but it hurts even to think about piercing my hoo-hah or dingleberries...
I saw a guy show off his Prince Albert piercing to get himself elected president of a coop once. It worked, so they apparently can have a tangible benefit. I don’t know whether the padlock he had slung through it was necessary or not.
Yes, all of the above is 100% true. You made me remember it so I’m putting it in your head too.
Since I never saw it, it's not in my head. I don't have those kind of fantasies.
I have a picture but we can't share them here, unfortunately. But I uploaded it to Google Drive. Here's the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dUCMs6i7O08GQHnbcG0LUgAkF9exbOuY/view?usp=sharing
Why do I suspect that I'm about to get Rickrolled?
I'll bet you'd rather see Judy Freed's pierced nipples than mine!
Choose your pain, my friend.
Gene's friend's “Little Golden Book” sounds like it could have been written by Charles Addams and illustrated by Gahan Wilson.
Cheers to another fan of Gahan Wilson. Do you remember The Power of Negative Thinking which came out around 1957?
In a similar vein is the marvelous “Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book,” which may be my favorite Shel Silverstein book.
I remember as a little kid being scared to death of Mr. Peanut outside the Planter's store on the boardwalk in Atlantic City.
I particularly loved Jon G.'s Big Foot in Missouri and Life-Saving Cheese Cutting. Of course, as a Floridian I was especially delighted by Roy's Florida Man Sticking Needle Through Tongue.
I voted for Judy in the Reader's Poll!
Thanks, Jon! Very kind of you! I think your Cheese Cutting and Big Foot were runner-up worthy!
This just in. Consideration is being given to renaming the "Grab & Go Marketplace" in the Denver Airport after Lauren Boebert. But could be disinformation.
Oh well, just a little bored by never cracking the list. I had BISHOPS MEET THEIR LORDS, LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT about bishops meeting drug lords as to what I thought was funny.
If you were trying to make people think you were talking about God, why would there be the plural "Lords"?
Right. It was ALMOST very good. The competition is so stiff that small, unresolvable problems can be fatal. However, I'd like to encourage you. This was close to excellent but you were stymied by a stubborn fact.
You are discounting the idea of polytheism? How non-inclusive of you! :-)
Because it could have been a tale of separate incidents over time, recounted. Humor is approximated and refined on retellling. Like polar bears being FAT WHITE GUYS.
I’m not competing not complaining. You’re reading 1000 entries and you’re the only one who will. We were just asked for an example, like anything subjective, a lot don’t make humorous sense to me. I live by my principle that Pat has EMPRESSORIAL INFALLIBILITY. I appreciate the scrutiny by 2 esteemed and some of my favorite people.😀