Comments on: Laughter, the best medicine

By: seth

seth — Sun, 04 Jan 2004 17:25:58 +0000

It’s actually convenient that laughter is the best medicine, as all those seniors laughing with bitter irony at the GOP’s use of the words “Medicare reform” will at least have their laughter to keep them healthy when the program gets privatized.

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:40:54 +0000

speaking of large barnyard animals, first-hand experiences with collecting for AI here and lyrics for LOTR (the musical) can be found at http://omwh.gloria-mundi.net

By: nnyhav

nnyhav — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 20:46:13 +0000

They say laughter is the best medicine.
Now science has proved that laughing is good exercise!
You know what I have to say to that?
HA! That's right, HA!
I'll bet those scientists think they're pretty funny.
I can just see them, snickering in their white labcoats:
"Hey, doc! How about a sports club called 'The Laughing Fit'?"
You can believe them if you want to, but I was born a skeptic, and I'll die a skeptic. If I die. Happy Boxing Day!

By: Robin Green

Robin Green — Thu, 25 Dec 2003 13:58:41 +0000

“A Alexander Stella”’s “contribution” is an excellent argument for pre-screening of blog posts.

By: dave heasman

dave heasman — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:12:18 +0000

> Mort Saul (the ur-Political Humorist) er, that’d be Mort Sahl.

By: A Alexander Stella

A Alexander Stella — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:48:13 +0000

After pulling up the Google search engine, I used “anti-Bush” as a search word. After clicking on the very first reference, I then clicked on the “Weblogs” hyperlink. Incidentally, nearly 400 are listed. But let’s not stop there. Underneath that list is a hyperlink to a site that does list those most important 100 weblogs, yours among them. After visiting your weblog, I got the impression you’d like reading the text between the starred blocks. * * * * So, the right wing has succeeded in strong-arming the CBS television network into dumping the proposed REAGANS mini-series onto some subscriber channel. What an impressive display of sheer political might. Here’s the kicker. It was also a startling display of sheer political jealousy. A Sunday or so ago, the History Channel did a retrospective on President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, some forty (40) years after his assassination. Because I won’t be around to collect the bet, I must forgo offering this wager. Oh, how I would love to bet five doughnuts to anybody’s three! Some sixty (60) years from now, a hundred years after JFK’s assassination, some mass media outlet will do a retrospective on the man and “Camelot”. And the institutions dedicated to his memory will be flourishing. By then, former President Ronald (a/k/a “The Great Communicator”) Reagan will have been relegated to history’s curio shoppe. Chances are, the curators of the Reagan Library will have to made ends meet by adding on a bed-and-breakfast section … maybe, a massage parlour, even. Aaay, let’s face it. Compared against the swan that was Jackie-O, Nancy comes across like a guano-spattered shrike. That alone is enough to drive the right-wing up the wall. * * * * Well, if you’ve come this far, you must’ve enjoyed the text between the starred blocks. Just so happens, it’s an excerpt from an article that was recently published on the Internet. Just in case, you’d be interested in reading the whole article, I’ve enclosed a hyperlink in this courriel. Before clicking on it, though, you might like to know the hyperlink connects to an index of sorts that lists recently published articles. Furthermore, the excerpt is found in the “Yoko” piece. Maybe, more to your interests, you might like to peruse the “Palestine” piece, for which I’ve gotten a few compliments. I’ve been told it explains, in large part, the peculiar behavior of the United States with regard to the Middle East, since the end of World War II. And now, here’s the promised HYPERLINK. The administrators of some websites I had visited have asked me for credentials. A reasonable enough request, I suppose. To honor such requests, I’ve replied with the following directions. One need only pull up the Google search engine, and then insert with quotes and all this phrase “A. Alexander Stella” in the search field. After clicking on the Google Search button, your monitor screen will be filled references attached to my name. warm regards Bogey p.s – I almost forgot to include this bit of information. The administrator for the http://www.theworriedshrimp.com website took me up on my offer to display my copyrighted and historically corrected version of the Confederate Battle Banner. So, here’s another link for your edification: http://www.theworriedshrimp.com/ToonReviews.html When I was in the service, my ship’s captain was obsessed with “belt and suspenders”. Maybe, he had a point. And so, here’s the U.R.L undergirding the above hyperlink: http://www.bcvoice.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=2

By: Harry Tuttle

Harry Tuttle — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:51:12 +0000

My Wild Irish Ireland: Oh, Kathy. Oh, Kathy, My wild Erin lassie You’re not just an island to me, With your sparkling green eyes And skin alabaster You’ve stolen my heart, you see. Kathy, Kathy My soprano lassie I’ll adore you Till the end of time. Oh Kathy who squeaks With the voice of an angel I don’t think you’re so big of bone. I’d like to come over and roll in your clover And kiss your blarney stone. Kathy, Kathy You make me daffy I will love you Till the end of time Oh Kathy, compact and Delicious young Kathy ‘Tis only for you that I pine. I’ll make all of your enemies die for their sins And love you till movie sign!

By: Rv. Agnos

Rv. Agnos — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:35:22 +0000

On the opposite topic of Political Humour, I highly recommend Terry Gross’s interview with Mort Saul (the ur-Political Humorist) on Fresh Air (NPR) today. Besides exposing the underappreciated genius of Saul (and the underappreciated ignorance of Terry Gross, who quite clearly can’t figure out how Saul can be friendly with people he disagrees with politically), it is refreshing to hear reasoned arguments (by a leftist) that in fact Al Franken is objectively less funny than Al Haig. (This is not a set up. Saul has some great jokes by Al Haig and co.) http://freshair.npr.org/