satire
April 1, 2009
- This is a hoot. An added bonus is that Kafka was the first person to ever write about airplanes for a newspaper. He and his friend, Max Brod, attended an air show in Brescia, Italy on 11 September 1909. Kafka wrote an article about it for the Prague daily, Bohemia . A second bonus (for me) is that this is from The ...
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March 26, 2009
- Well, John, as the Brits put it, what's getting up your nose today?Today, without a doubt it's advertising. Not any one campaign, but the whole industry. Don't get me wrong -- it makes me very happy that in advertising there are well-paying, expense-account-padded jobs into which many failed poets, novelists and artists can move to pay their mortgages.But have you noticed how over the past ...
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March 3, 2009
- Michael Steele the head of the Republican National Committee declared that he and not Rush Limbaugh is the de facto head of the Republican Party. Then three days later, he apologized to Mr. Limbaugh for calling him an entertainer, who at times has been ugly and divisive. This is akin to Howard Dean apologizing to Keith Olberman. This would be funny if it were performed on stage, but in real ...
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March 2, 2009
- Pat Guppy recently took centre stage in a production of the musical 'The Sound of Music' at the Sea View Musicarium. The performance was organised by The 'Orrible Old Crooners, a musical society for the over seventies that meets in Albert Murphy's front room every first Tuesday in the month. Pat Guppy amazed music critics by performing the parts of Maria, Sister Margaretta, and a group of ...
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February 26, 2009
- The following is the Boy Scout Oath, Law, Motto and Slogan:Scout Oath (or Promise)On my honor I will do my bestTo do my duty to God and my countryand to obey the Scout Law;To help other people at all times;To keep myself physically strong,mentally awake, and morally straight. Scout LawTRUSTWORTHY A Scout tells the truth. He keeps his promises. Honesty is part of his code of conduct. ...
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February 25, 2009
- After twenty-six monogamous years together, it seems my beautiful wife and I are happily past the point of buying gifts for each other. She won’t wear jewelry anyway. And she won’t trust me to buy her clothes. And I have a penchant for losing rings and wearing shorts and tee shirts. So what’s the point? What it’s come down to now is that at gift-giving time, if we’re even so inclined, ...
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February 17, 2009
- The first of a selection of poems by Benjamin Arnold Guppy, recently discovered buried in a biscuit tin in the back garden of Floss Littleworth. To be auctioned at Sotheby's soon.'Do Not Refuse Me'I knew the moment that we met,At the church hall jumble sale,That I had to have you for my own,Though you smelled like moldy kale.Your contours sleek and silky-smooth,Your bottom firm and flat,Has ...
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February 13, 2009
- From The Gullet(Barton VT) Captain Quint, captain of the fishing boat Orca, presumed to have been swallowed by a Great White Shark somewhere off the shores of Amity Island—as portrayed in the movie JAWS—has miraculously resurfaced alive and well. Last night, Quint was identified as a crew foreman, operating the steam-driven tamper and ordering around a crew of five, laying asphalt on the ...
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February 9, 2009
- Report for The Sea View Mercurial, by Bob Hackitt.Pat Guppy, well-known local doer of charitable works and widow of Benjamin Arnold Guppy, may face charges of assault, according to local sources, following an attack upon Mrs Floss Littleworth, also a senior citizen of Sea View. The alleged attack took place on the morning of November 5th, this year, when Mrs Littleworth arrived at the graveside ...
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February 4, 2009
- This week during the Sunday news circuit Sen. Jim DeMint noted that the plan that the Republican caucus has proposed is an “American Plan”. Host Chris Wallace asked him, if only tax cuts could lift the American people out of the financial crisis of which we are faced. His answer was that all the economists that he spoke with advised that the best way to stimulate the economy was to put ...
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