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The Saga, Part 13 -- The Bluidy Orangemen

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

The next morning, a Saturday, the alarm insisted that I awaken at 6 am, as usual. Feeling grateful that I hadnt partaken of more of that wonderful Irish whisky the night before, I crawled out,...

The Saga, Part 14 -- Through the Glass, Darkly, The IRA

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 9 Comments • 9 years ago

Sunday morning dawned cold and rainy, with a stinging wind. I bought coffee at the gas station, as usual, shivering as I drove to the well field to relieve the night crew. Brendan and Harry...

The Birthday Party with The FBI

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 23 Comments • 9 years ago

Almost 36 years ago, I was in my senior year of college, living in a one-room apartment, finishing up my classes, and struggling to make ends meet. It was my Grandpa's birthday. My dear...

Banned Skittles Commercial

Via: larry-hampton • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Night of the Living Erhu

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 24 Comments • 9 years ago

My son, whom I adore, answered almost too quickly when I asked him what he wanted for Valentine's Day. "An erhu" he said. "Erhu? What in the name of Cain is an Erhu?" I asked. Whatever it was,...

Do I Kill Him? Or Hug Him?

Via: pat-n2 • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 20 Comments • 9 years ago

So roughly a month ago, we headed to Lowe's to get some lightbulbs. We picked them up and started wandering around the store.In the tile aisle, we found a bargain on 4 inch tile that was a nice...

ETERNAL OPTIMISM - Do you have a story?

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

ETERNAL OPTIMISM - Do you have a story? Three friends had a good friend named Joe and he was, naturally, an eternal optimist. At every bad situation he would always say ''It could have been...

Italian Racing Sausage stolen during curling and beer-tasting party! Mustard reward offered for missing Milwaukee Brewers mascot

Via: larry-hampton • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

The following story is true, at least as far as the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is concerned. Someone has stolen the costume for Guido, the Italian Sausage of the Milwaukee Brewers beloved...

Caption It! - A Squidget Picture

Via: pat-n2 • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 13 Comments • 9 years ago

Apparently, Rebecca has a new look. It includes a combination of funkiness, bling, a plastic turkey, a (whatever caliber) shell casing and what appear to be an Amish hat. I have no clue what to...

This is frustrating

Via: miss-construed • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

As a scientist... this makes me absolutely hate the "news". But I have to laugh about it... otherwise I would be mad all the time... :D

I've Been Misled

Via: chucky-stuart • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

Hi! I'm Chucky and I'm new here. While exploring through the tabs above, I noticed one called COC. What? Could it possibly be? Is this a site run by awesome metalheads? Imagine my dismay, however,...

Time for a Smoke Break!

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

Sometimes, whether you smoke or not, it's a good idea to push back from the computer, get up, walk around, and take a little break! Laugh at something, have a coke, (which in KY means any soft...

The flat tire

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

Okay, before the days of mobile phones this guy is driving along a lonely country road on his way to an important meeting in the next town and just as he is passing an insane asylum he gets a flat...

The Saga, Part 15 -- Lunch, Italian Style

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

I'm sorry I've not kept up with this too well, the past couple of weeks-- I've been sick and just not had the "oomph" to get them... Our last episode, I had met The Fiddler at a local restaurant,...

The Saga, Part 16 -- The Wrong End of A Gun

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 15 Comments • 9 years ago

Tuesday morning dawned cold and wet, just like Sunday. It took all of my strength to get out of bed and ready for the day. I had been in Great Neck for over a week, working sixteen to eighteen...

Head-scratchers. Have you got a favourite?

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 128 Comments • 9 years ago

The city in which I was born and grew up was between Toronto and Niagara Falls. The Niagara peninsula was nearby with many fruit and vegetable farms. Nowadays there are some famous vinyards there,...

The Saga, Part 17 -- Is Peanut Butter a 'Southern' Food, Like Okra and Grits?

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 13 Comments • 9 years ago

The next morning, after a long nine hour sleep, I awoke with a renewed sense of energy, and a mission in my heart shopping! I needed at least one light bulb for the hotel room, before I...

The Saga, Part 18 -- "Jimmin" It

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

Dinner out! With Fred! What a treat! Fred and I climbed in his truck and went to a different Italian restaurant, in another direction. As we walked in, he said, They have an excellent veal...

The Saga, Part 20 -- A Social Butterfly

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Friday morning dawned cold, but clear, and sun was a little bit stronger! It was a perfect early spring day! I practically flew to the Greek restaurant, carrying the large bag of petits fours,...

The Saga, Part 21 -- Is this Hollywood, or Vaudeville?

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 13 Comments • 9 years ago

Fred and I drove back to the well field after supper, and once there, he shooed me back to the hotel to get some rest. He would meet the night crew, for a change! I had only been to the room in...

The Saga, Part 22 -- Lamb On a Spit!

Via: dowser • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

How anyone could sleep in with the hotel staff out and about, I would love to know. 7:30 am on a Sunday morning the Giggle Girls started banging on my door. Bang! Bang! Bang! Giggle, giggle,...

(Married) life on Mars: Did you try to kill me again last night, dear?

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

(Married) life on Mars: Did you try to kill me again last night, dear? (Photo illustration by Taylor Shute) Being locked in a space capsule for 501 days, says Scott Feschuk, can give...

Space Alien/human Hybrid Babies- Not Only Do They Exist, They Are All Around Us.

Via: neale-osborn • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 30 Comments • 9 years ago

Recently, I discovered a shocking fact- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hooked up in the 70s and had a baby. And Hillary and Obama, both being human-alien hybrids, produced a unique offspring....

Motorcycle Attack of The 50-Foot Zombie Crackhead Homo Atheist Socialist Fundamentalist Neocon Zionist Feminist Muslim CIA NWO TreeHugger Terrorist From Outer Space

Via: swamijim-sez • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 18 Comments • 9 years ago

The old-fashioned horror movies just don't cut it anymore. 'Back in the day', the Wolfman, Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein really spooked the hell out of people because those were archetypes...

Faking Anime Fight Scenes is Emerging As a Fun Photo Fad in Japan

Via: arkansashermit • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Theres a humorous new photography meme emerging from Japan. Students in the country are shooting photos that look like theyre Kamehameha scenes from the popular manga and anime franchise...

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