Read aloud to enhance the effect! I dare you. The dean of Dartmouth College denied drinking down a dozen daiquiris before daybreak. Dean Davis deftly downplayed his dubious doubters, by citing his doctorate degree as...
Author - Don Ware
Read aloud to enhance the effect! Try it, it will make you laugh! Debbie decided to designate the Delicate Dahlia Delicatessen as her source for dairy and drinks. David, the manager, opened the deli at daybreak to the delight...
(Read aloud to maximize the effect) The Lake Woebegone Warblers consisted of Waldo, Wendy, Walter, and Winifred. (Yes, it’s going to be one of those. Deal with it!) The woodwinds worked in the waltz tempo, while warm hearted...
Monarch butterflies are going back to Mexico; salmon are leaving the ocean and swimming their way back to Alaska, and whales are swimming hundreds of miles searching for a familiar spawning ground. That’s just three of the...
I would’ve been a lousy caveman. I neither hunt nor fish, and I’m not too keen about going outdoors during extreme periods of cold and heat. I’m perfectly willing to stay in the cave, and keep the fire going, sharpen the...
Herbert Hoover promised “Two chickens in every pot”, if he were elected president in 1928. The public voted Herby in as commander-in-chief, and the good times lasted until 1929, and the Wall Street crash. A fowl blow on the...
(The Last Straw) The Mayor of New York City recently placed a ban on plastic drinking straws. A ban that was futile legislation at best, and only a tiny token against the ever-increasing battle against waste plastics. A...
Back in the 1960s, George S Kaufman was one of three panelists on a TV show called “This is Show Business”. Entertainers would perform and then tell the panel their problems. A young singer (looking about 16) named Eddie...
Thousands of years ago, when Alexander the Great invented the first library, and hired Admiral Dewey to invent the decimal system in order to fine people for overdue books, everyone rejoiced because we finally had enough shelf...
On Football: Every year dozens of young men are injured, sometimes seriously, when playing college football. Between bruises and concussions, not to mention the ACL’s and the AF of L and the CIO; plus the Tommy John...