I know my family certainly had a lot of potty jokes. Mind you, I’m not at all sure my family could have been called “typical” (and certainly not, heaven forefend, “normal”), and perhaps we attracted other families and friends who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is actually a true story, although no doubt without the pun. Texas is not a state with a large Jewish population (about half a percent of the total population of the state, according to a 2015 tally in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A real sixpence coin hasn’t been in circulation since 1980 (the internet tells me). An 1893 “Victoria jubilee head” is not only valuable for being over 90% silver but also for being exceedingly rare. Although there are sixpence coins (worth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is with great pleasure that I introduce to you a most treasured and beloved friend, the wonderful and pun-loving stallion Gabriel Clyde. Himself a fine author and fellow paranomasiac, Gabriel trotted into my life about seven years ago, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Milestone: This happily wretched pun is our 50th strip! As you can see, a fractured fibula and avulsed ankle (or, more accurately, “avulsion of the medial malleolus,” as it says on my x-ray report) will not keep me from the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The real joke here is that we’re not kidding. When last I checked, Ms. Crocker really did publish the notion that a box of noodles and a pound of hamburger would feed five average adults. That’s not even a “quarter-pounder,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m posting this from warm, sunny Greenbank, Queensland, Australia, while my friends back in the U.S. are still struggling with some of the coldest weather in several decades. I’ve experienced visiting some friends along the New Hampshire/Vermont border who thought[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t care who you think you are… you just don’t mess around with Da Claus! Our Christmas triptych ends with my revealing why they’re going to have to revise the ending of the film Vice, now in theaters (enjoy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With this sort of logic, you can see why America has such a strong self-defensive posture. It’s a happy coincidence that the motion picture Vice is now in theaters. YouTube, as always, has the trailer; you can see the magnificent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Five years ago, on New Year’s Eve, I faced quadruple bypass heart surgery. (No worries — I caught the surgical crew before they had their end-of-year party.) I wasn’t really concerned that I wouldn’t get through it, but I reached[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…