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member name: John Philipp
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March 24, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
A bountiful day on Humor Monday - a baker's dozen and then some of articles to tickle your funny bone.
WARNING: Reading ALL these humor articles at one sitting may be deleterious to your . . .
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May 26, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
This Monday the Humor Gang slowed down a little probably because it's
Memorial Day and a holiday — and possibly because I didn't remind them. We are . . .
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October 19, 2008 11:45 PM EDT --
Don’t take life too seriously , or so they say. What if you got to Heaven and found yourself in a comedy competition with ten other candidates? The rules: the humor has to be true; losers . . .
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October 28, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
(I published this column in 2006. This year there’s another pumpkin shortage in certain areas and I thought this might be appropriate reading this week.)
Good grief, Charlie Brown, there’s . . .
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March 09, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
I apologize for not being around to comment on the excellent articles that were submitted last Monday. My excuse is that I was on the beach in Mexico and the advertised wireless Internet connection was . . .
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June 02, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
This Monday the Humor Gang did themselves proud once again — 20 plus articles and cartoons to tickle your fancy.
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September 07, 2008 11:51 PM EDT --
“People who fell off their bikes when they were five have a stronger group identity than I do.”
I belong to a missing generation. Maybe belong is not the right word as my generation doesn’t . . .
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February 18, 2008 03:04 PM EST --
It's been a great day so far on Writing Essentials: Humor Monday.
Here's a sample of just some of what you'll find:
Featured:
Abe Lincoln speaks out on his birthday by John . . .
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August 03, 2008 11:54 PM EDT --
“Before bombing we will be careful to evacuate all citizens of voting age.”
(With all the commentary streaming 24/7 from political pundits with too much television . . .
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August 18, 2008 05:25 AM EDT --
“ Bathroom behavior is an example of inelastic demand. ”
The price of fuel is killing the airlines. They are left with only two choices: “fee-for-all” or “free fall.”
The “fee-for-all” alternative . . .
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August 24, 2008 11:47 PM EDT --
Labor Day weekend is a good time to catch up on your culture. Of course, you can go to the Sausalito Art Festival (SAF) — voted the best in the country since, well, forever — or . . .
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September 15, 2008 12:11 AM EDT --
Banks are being forced to lend money at higher interest rates as the cost of funds continues to rise. This has forced them to look for nonstandard customers. The financial cemetery is replete . . .
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September 28, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
Now we’re into the Fall season, I can finally let my guard down. Grills are cleaned, oiled and covered; picnic baskets are stowed and the red-and-white checked tablecloths are washed, dried . . .
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October 06, 2008 12:01 AM EDT --
It's October, 2008. Do you know where your Pet Rock is? I think mine died, but I’m not sure. Even alive, Rolph wasn’t much of a conversationalist.
It’s been twenty years since I heard . . .
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October 12, 2008 11:53 PM EDT --
A family member recently, in a spoof online video, tossed my hat into the presidential race. ( John Philipp for President (News Story ).
This got me thinking about how I’d run . . .
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October 26, 2008 11:57 PM EDT --
Last week I was invited by the Endoscopy Center of Marin to attend a colonoscopy. Mine. Katie Couric made me do it even though I’m only 39 and have been for some years.
Seriously, . . .
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November 02, 2008 11:53 PM EST --
( Carol going coastal )
On a flight from New York to San Francisco, I noticed that the flight attendant — Carol, according to her nametag — had an unusually friendly smile, which she flashed frequently, . . .
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November 09, 2008 11:59 PM EST --
“ The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. ” Ma Bell
Once upon a time the telephone system in America was a monopoly, intended as such to facilitate efficient telecommunications. . . .
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November 16, 2008 11:53 PM EST --
A few weeks ago, venture capitalist Tom Perkins sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge in considerable style. His boat, the Maltese Falcon, measuring 289 feet in length, is reputedly the largest sailing . . .
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November 23, 2008 11:47 PM EST --
I don’t know how your innocence died but for me it happened in stages. The Easter Bunny was the first fatality, just after my fifth birthday. This wasn’t such a shock. We didn’t have a TV then so I . . .
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