Recent Comments

1. 5 days ago on Deep Dark Fears

   This is way too true to be funny for anyone who has experienced this surgery. A sneeze was their worst nightmare.

2. 8 days ago on Sarah's Scribbles

   Too cryptic for me

3. 9 days ago on The Barn

   Just in case someone isn’t familiar with those songs, ‘If I Had A Hammer’ was written in 1949 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in support of the Progressive movement. It was first recorded by the Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. It became a Billboard #10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to #3 when recorded by Trini Lopez in 1963.

   “Second verse same as the first” was a lyric from the 1965 song ’I’m Henry VIII I Am’ by the British group Herman’s Hermits.

4. 13 days ago on Eek!

   For younger readers who may not get this, it is a spoof of the 1973 movie ‘The Exorcist’ in which the young girl, Regan, is possessed by a demon.

5. 17 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   Everyone who wrote comments about the need for the string to be tight inadvertently revealed themselves to be quite advanced in age. I doubt any kids have done this in the past 40-50 years. And yes, I made one of those devices a LONG time ago.

6. 17 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   This took way too much explaining to be funny

7. 18 days ago on B.C.

   Yogi Berra summed it up best: “It’s getting late earlier these days.”

8. 23 days ago on Sarah's Scribbles

   Him looks more like a HER. And I wonder why she prefers Halloween to Christmas. All in all, this doesn’t make much sense to me.

9. 23 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   Indeed! A real milestone in comic strip history!

   As was the case with most kids back then, I loved reading the Sunday morning comics and Peanuts was often the first one…. and the best!

10. about 1 month ago on The Born Loser

    Henny likely told several variations of the joke but the one most cited is:

    The Doctor called Mrs. Cohen saying, “Mrs. Cohen, your check came back.” Mrs. Cohen answered, “So did my arthritis!”