[Happy Mothers’ Day to all the, um, non-rolled-reefer “mothers” out there! Back in my day, we used to find small groups to sit around and say, “Fire that mother up!” But we weren’t talking about human motherhood. Which reminds: Does “Happy Mothers’ Day” include the entire mammalian kingdom as well? Don’t wolves, for example, have...
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What Ever Happened To […] #1034
[Good Mourning. Everybody broke? Has Uncle Sam taken his hands out of your pockets yet? How about your state’s taxing paws? Here in Illy-noise, we have a legislature that: long ago promised lottery money would go towards education, tollway revenues would fix all the roads, and more recently claimed that the state is suddenly too...
What Ever Happened To […] #1033
[Welcome back, to me, from parts unknown. Literally. In fact, I’ve just returned from parts unknown even, and especially, to myself. You might never have known them either and, for now (on the advice of counsel), we should keep them that way. Oh, and the other (dang lousy SOB’n) thing that’s been lancing the “free”...
What Ever Happened To […] #1018
[Hello again! After all this *time*! Where did it go? Where does time ever go? Maybe it was never here to begin with! In any event, since it–once again–seems to be Friday and therefore full of jokes, bad or otherwise, AND since the running and ultrarunning communities have just received word that our beloved...
What Ever Happened To […] #1017
[Good Aftermourning, my fiends! Hey, it’s almost Halloween; and so, boos & ghouls, y’all must be “fiends,” eh? Anyway, again it’s Bad Joke Friday and I have nothing for ya. Which is precisely why I’m upchucking the following instead. Happy All Hallows’ Eve, everyone! And wherever you’re running tomorrow, just remember: I won’t be running...
What Ever Happened To […] #1016
[Welcome again to Bad Joke Friday, hey? Anybody got one, besides “Lance”? Sorry to say last week’s entry in this particular category had to be postponed, on account of me riding the highway then at this time; just like, uh, in those immortal words of one Jim Morrison: “Ride the highway east, baby. The...
What Ever Happened To […] #1015
[So, in response to probably what nobody ever asked–like, what ever happened to What Ever Happened To?–What Ever Happened To is back. Which reminds me of an old “English Major” joke: Punctuate the following so that it makes perfect sense: John while Jim had had had had had had had had had had had...
What Ever Happened To […] #1014
[Oh my heavings! Just LOOKIT what’s goin’ down deze daze. Our listservs totally have been *Alive with the Sound of Musings*. Or rather, of dismay… and argument and integument (sports heroes “covering up”) and all kinds of other bewailments and gnashings of teeth over all sorts of unseemly sportspeeps. I don’t want to have...
What Ever Happened To […] #1013
[Good Afternoon, or Evening, or whatever it is. Happy Friday the Thirteen and “The Return of Jason inside that damned hockey goalie’s mask”! Nah, I just mean the return of yours troubly after such a long absence that I don’t even know when I wrote y’all last. Maybe just before the Civil War....
What Ever Happened To […] #1012
[Grittings and salivations, alla you gah-groovy guys an’ groovy gals! And welcome back (me)–although your opinion may vary–from “vacation” to “Bad Joke Fridays” in general and to this weakly offering in particular. Since some of said vacation involved traipsing around Mayan ruins near Cancun, Mexico, I was thinking: “Whoa! This week’s topic oughta be...