Category Archives: Just plain funny

I got a dog story a lot like this one…

Here’s the Thing:
When I was young we had a dog named “Dog”. My brother wanted a standard dog name and my sister wanted a creative name. I just started calling him Dog and it stuck. Dog was a good dog.
My story: We had a dog named “Puppy.” When Puppy had a puppy, Puppy became [...]

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More Random Things to take your mind off the economy

What could be grosser than the plunging stock market? Well:
I once served a man a piece of banana cream pie with a cockroach in it. When asked about it, I told him it was a pecan.
I love the taste of Pepto Bismol. Kaoepectate is pretty good, too.

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Random Things about parenting

In honor of my dad coming home from the hospital today, here are some Best Random Things related to parenting:

I talk to my nine month old non-stop. When we go shopping I ask him questions about what he thinks of what we’re going to buy, or if I should buy one thing or another. People [...]

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So why shouldn’t women leave the seats *up*?

(Semi) seriously. Why is is always the toilet seat thing always a dump on guys? Well, here’s a guy who has been totally housebroken:

I always put the toilet seat down. Always. I think it’s because I’ve been conditioned by all the women in my family. All three million of them.

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Is this a joke or not? Chances are it’s the truth…

Experts say that people are at least as honest online as they are in the putatively real world. So Your Thingmeister is inclined to take this as face value:
I eat bugs. When I was little I would catch them in jars, shake them till they died and then rip them apart into sections, and [...]

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This one probably won’t seem funny if you aren’t a journalist

But if you are: Genius.
Unlike every other journalist at Time magazine, I instinctively thought we shouldn’t go to work on September 11, 2001. But I was on the thank-you-for-your-work e-mail anyway.

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My 25 Random Things

Since I’m posting bits from so many others for y’all to applaud or sneer at, I figure it’s only fair to put my own 25 up on the virtual dartboard:
1) When I was a little kid the only thing I ever wanted to be when I grew up was an astronaut. That never really changed.
2) [...]

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Today’s Best Random Things: Just Plain Funny

Sometimes the humor is on purpose. Sometimes not so much. Here are a few of the funniest Random Things I’ve found so far:
OK, so I found a cartoon mouse attractive WHEN I WAS A KID. Tell me you haven’t done anything embarassing!
Crap. Another one that I shouldn’t make public comes to mind. Oh [...]

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