Facing the Facts

Read aloud to enhance the effect Felipe and Fritz sold food on the ferry between Fairplay and Foulball on the Foxtail River. Between French fries and fudge sickles, Fritz felt free to falsify facts about the fifty flavors of...

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DEATH or, whatever

Overheard in a conversation, “I just lost my husband.”(How could you lose someone that big and ugly?). How about this one? “My wife passed.”(Passed what? An 18 wheeler on Interstate 20?). Here’s one more: “My husband...

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IRELAND TO OREGON?

The concept of creating an Ireland in Oregon was hatched during a recent tour of the Emerald Isle. I was so enchanted with the people, the zillion shades of green, the music, the pubs, and of course, the Guinness. The land of...

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OOOOOOH MY!

Read aloud to enhance the pleasure! Otto opted to operate overtly without offending the official hombres. (Please fasten your seatbelts during takeoff). The Oklahoma oilman was offloading obelisks that would occupy the outback...

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PHUN

The fone call from Phred at the farmacy was the tipoff. Phred had been writing about the ancient faraohs phights with the filistines, using phancy words and  frases. A phew pholks found the study phutile, and preferred the...

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One of Everything

How much is too much? In a similar vein, how high is up? Here in Kingwood, there is a storage locker facility whose company logo reads: Enough’s Enough. The storage locker industry was conceived by the perception that consumers...

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Quickies

How big is big? In sporting arenas, the big TV’s are called Jumbotrons; massive fireworks displays are referred to as Colossal, and the optimistic fiancé terms her engagement ring as Extra Small. We owe these superlative size...

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No Room at the In

The syllabus described the class as, “Intro into enclosed incubators.” I was an intern investigating the interest involved in the internal plant operations. My instructions were to make inroads into the intense involvement of...

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Produce In Our Daily Lives

When major league baseball began in 1875, no one in their wildest dreams would ever imagine a dispute at home plate, involving a manager, a player, and the umpire, being referred to as a RHUBARB, but that’s what they called it...

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Replacing the F Bomb

The F bomb has gone too far! It’s out of place, it’s in your face, so it must be replaced. There had to be a softer and more gentle word, that could be used as an attention getter, without being totally offensive. After...

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