Articles on Humor - page 14

Most Toilets Flush in E-Flat: Chewing the Fat on a Useless Fact


Concerning the useless fact “Most toilets flush in E-Flat,” let no one take offense. I'll only ramble, tongue in cheek, through the inter-relationships of concepts, words, musical notes,...
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The American Umpire. Conducting The American Empire In A Way That’s As Fair As The Calls In Yankee Stadium.


We were sitting here trying, as usual, to figure out how today’s America, saddled with the burdens of inadvertent empire, could conduct itself in the world so Americans are happy about how...
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Poll In Iraq Proves It’s Hard To Be Grateful When You’re Being Blown Up


One would think that the number of American lives that have been sacrificed or maimed and the enormity of American treasure that has been expended in Iraq would elicit some degree of...
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Riddles That Make You Smile


Most riddles are a form of lateral-thinking puzzle. To get them, you have to move laterally in your mind, away from the expected line of thought. This is especially true of funny riddles....
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Selling Like Hotcakes? Tickle My...


Though certainly not as cuddly or kid-friendly as the latest version of that giggling monster, you know -- the one with the bulging eyes and red fur -- a new T-shirt is none the less...
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Diverse New Life Found In Pacific; Set To Take Over If Humans Blow It


Recently, scientists discovered 52 new species in the Pacific off Indonesia.

Elated, Mark Erdmann, a U. S. scientist who led surveys there this year, stated, “We feel very...
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New York Is The Safest Big City; Now, That’s Scary.


New York has just been ranked as the safest of America’s ten biggest cities in 2005, where, according to the FBI, about one crime was reported for every 37 people. This is the second year...
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Iranian Woman Is First Female Space Tourist; Agrees To Wear Spacesuit


Just when we thought all Iranian women were contentedly hiding behind their veils, what do we read but one not only made it to America but just made it into space?

The daring...
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Chavez Bedevils Pres; Rangel To The Rescue


At least, Washington can agree to come together to defend one of its own. The politcos did just that in response to Hugo Chavez calling President Bush “the devil” in a speech at the...
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The Invention Of Land; An Eyewitness Account - Part Two of The Invention of Everything


Continuing Readers: Please, page down past the brief introductory note.

New Readers: If you missed Part One, "The Invention of Sex," you’ll find it elsewhere on this site...
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