Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for October 09, 2024

the barista overcharged for that coffee

E’gyped ’im

When asked where he got them, he kept mum.

It can get pretty hot in those things…

Capris? What is that? That shoe? Those pants? Or that coffee?

I’m going to have to report this. You can’t put those hieroglyphs in a family comic!

From NAR

If They Disagree They’re In De Nile

I’m cabin crew for an airline and our plane has landed in Cairo, Egypt. We’ve disembarked and my colleagues and I are in the airport terminal waiting for our shuttle to the crew hotel.

I see a couple of passengers from my flight walking up to the taxi lane:

Passenger: Pointing at a sign. “Oh, look! They’re still using hieroglyphics!”

Passenger’s Wife: “Darling, that’s a no smoking sign and a picture of a taxi.”

Tape shortage in 4 BC

Proof that the pyramids were built by aliens.

They had Starbucks.

I think the hieroglyphics need a few stink lines.

Egypt shins.

Mummys wear socks?

Absolutely love it! Thanks for the laugh.

I think in Ancient Egypt’s time (when I was a kid) they were called pedal pushers.

I worked in a medical school at one time, and a mummy arrived for dissection. I was present when they began the unwrapping. The smell is distinct, and the person is well preserved. I was given about a foot of wrapping. I kept it for years, until someone I know who home schools was teaching the kids about ancient Egypt. I donated it to them. While working, I was able to see the mummy regularly as the dissection continued. It was very interesting. I didn’t see anyone in capris, but who knows? That was just one mummy.

Mummy Tyler Moore wore them first on television.

Nah, he just got a bum wrap

Pedal pusher pants back in the day

Bill Cypher is missing his top hat

Simplified hieroglyphics.