I spent several years at a job where i was paid to make errors.
Maybe the vet is in a community theatre group that does one Elizabethan drama a year.
Another alternative. Perhaps for a police dog?
No man is a hero to his dental hygienist.
Halloween is tomorrow. Here’s a few to help you get ready.
When doing research (wasting time on the internet) I often find cartoons I am amused by, and take a screenshot, intending to post them here, usually as LOLs or OYs. But I’ve got a backlog, and so I’m dumping a few of those screenshots here today.
David Montgomery sends in this pair of chiasmuses? chaismi? chiasmae? Both are from October 18.
I went to Merriam-Webster online to look up the plural, but they don’t provide one; nor does the M-W Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition. The example given online of the use of chiasmus cleverly avoids committing to a particular plural:
The word comes from Greek, so chiasmae would be confusing a Greek root and a Latin plural form, but stranger things have occurred in English. I think Sam Bray had it right: find a way to duck the issue.
File this under “conversations that seldom actually occur” — which is, of course, the joke.
All a matter of perspective.
You won’t believe #4!
Boise Ed sends this one in: “The background is that Florence is a dog who was uplifted to human-level intelligence with walking and talking capability. She now interacts with people pretty much like any other human of a different origin. I thought the “two left feet” line was delightful.”
Does this early Peanuts comic may provide Lucy the motivation for her endless football revenge on Charlie Brown?
Mitch4 sends this momentary CIDU in: “I was puzzled until learning that both “Mary Sue” and “plot armor” are fandom terminology.”
Hang on to your wallet, Auntie!
Even as a Michigan alum, I have to admit Script Ohio by the Ohio State Marching Band is one of the best marching band formations ever.
Go ahead … make my marinara.
We’re mostly coffee drinkers, but I do make the occasional pot of tea, particularly to make iced tea. This is new to me. To confess my sins, I usually just rinse out our (glazed) teapots, but that’s more laziness and a desire not to risk that slight aftertaste of dish soap that didn’t get completely rinsed out. So maybe I’m doing the right thing by accident, (which is better than doing the wrong thing intentionally).
Any advice from tea drinkers out there?
Casper the Friendly Ghost: the later years?
Mitch4 sends in this concrete example of an LOL:
A variation on an old joke, good for using with first and second graders just learning basic subtraction:
“Sluggo, if you had five brownies and Nancy asked for two, how many would you have left?”
“Five. I wouldn’t give her any.”
Yes, go where the money is.
Willie Sutton famously said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is,” but these days the Willie Suttons are mostly trolling the internet, looking for people to scam.
A few months ago, I read “Kenau Reeves is Not In Love With You”, by Becky Holmes. The book centers around romance scams, but also discusses other financial confidence scams. One chapter deals with the scams from the other side: the scammers are pressured / threatened by their managers to achieve certain results, much like any telemarketers.
Ron sends this in:
Dirk the Daring wonders about this one: “This makes no sense. If he is paid by the hour he’d take his time and dawdle. Maybe I’m missing something, it seems back-assward to me.”
Kedamono sends this in as an “Ewww”: “I mean, YouTube videos on potty training? Yikes! Also, isn’t he a bit too young to have his own phone?”
