
Don’t worry. They’ll get a light sentence.
On the other hand …


Actually, Ned looks pretty good for 96.




Don’t worry. They’ll get a light sentence.
On the other hand …


Actually, Ned looks pretty good for 96.




Octarine would be the color of magic — but from a different fantasy author.

Prem Pahlajrai sends this in.

I was often half asleep in English class, so semi-comatose.





Not really an OY, but a wordplay. It reminds me of words that seem like they should have an opposite, but don’t.
You can be disgruntled, but not gruntled, for example.
Or convoluted, but not voluted;
disgusted but not gusted;
disturbed but not turbed;
preposterous but not postpreterous.



Kedamono sends this in: “Just a funny thought, though the title implies that the writer owned those Hobbits. Merry and Pippin would like a word with them behind the shed about that.”
Primary season coming up.


Kedamono sends in this OY / Ewww




Mitch4 sends this in as an “attempted OY – I’m not sure “look after” supports both meanings well. Perhaps “take care of” would be more what the capo would say.”.











Mitch4 sends this in: “A pun that surprised me.”

Mitch4 sends this in: “Another pun that tickled me this morning. But with Frank and Ernest, you *always* expect a pun.”

billr sends this in: “oy? or is there an ewww?”

Your editor had a total knee replacement on Monday, and has been using stool softeners of both types all week. (all is well now)

Aye, Matey!

Rob S. sends this in: “Excellent play on words. Didn’t get it at first, then it came to me.”




The number to call is 867-5309. Jenny went to law school.




A recent New Yorker Caption Contest winner.

Definitely a Geezer Alert on this one. ASCII art was a big deal in the age of dot matrix printers and fanfold paper: printing out pinups was a rite of passage, along with “Happy Birthday” banners. These are from the ASCII art studio.


