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Never Talk About Religion or Politics... Unless Your Name Is Mud
Don’t chew with your mouth open. Don’t ask a woman when she’s due unless you can actually see the baby emerging. And never, under any circumstances, discuss religion or politics at a social gathering.
By The Pompous Post4 days ago in Humor
From Ancient Spirits to Sexy Traffic Cones: What the Hell Happened to Halloween?
Halloween is approaching, so Americans are preparing to spend considerable sums dressing up as things they wouldn’t normally let into their homes. Skeletons appear on lawns, plastic spiders are attached to perfectly good furniture, and somewhere, a grown man is practicing walking in an inflatable dinosaur costume while his wife seriously reconsiders the choices that brought them together.
By The Pompous Post6 days ago in Humor
My Brain Remembers 1983, but Advertising Has Forgotten the Truth
Two things about modern civilization concern me. First, the human brain has apparently decided that information from 1983 deserves permanent storage, while anything useful today can be discarded without warning. Second, advertising has become so detached from reality that I wouldn’t be surprised to see a company market a cardboard box as a luxury residential experience.
By The Pompous Post10 days ago in Humor
A Very Silly Show
I was very lucky this past week. And I thought that I would cry. * One of the things about working in a city where you are not totally bilingual is that you have to be creative with your choice of work. Teaching ESL has been much like a roller coaster, with not just the highs and lows, but also plenty of lulls where you wait for the other seats to fill up so that you can get going and actually enjoy the ride. This year, I have been lucky enough to see the vehicle start up again, taking me through three schools, several new contracts, and a little bit of money to put away for a rainy day.
By Kendall Defoe 11 days ago in Humor
I Just Wanted a Sandwich, a Photograph, and a Birthday Card...
There was a time when doing simple things was actually simple. You could walk into a restaurant, order a sandwich, eat it, and leave. Taking a family photograph didn’t require appointing a committee, and buying someone a birthday card didn’t mean spending twenty minutes evaluating the emotional credentials of a stranger employed by a greeting card company.
By The Pompous Post14 days ago in Humor
Congratulations... You Have Successfully Existed!
There was a time in American history when receiving a trophy meant you had accomplished something. You won a championship. You finished first. You defeated a worthy opponent. You spent six months practicing a skill until you became demonstrably better at it than the other people attempting the same thing.
By The Pompous Post16 days ago in Humor
At Some Point, Somebody Has to Say That's Enough
Pharmaceutical advertising used to be relatively straightforward. A pleasant-looking man or woman would stand beside a lake, while a reassuring voice said something like: “Some patients may experience mild headache or dry mouth.”...
By The Pompous Post20 days ago in Humor
I Was Just Trying to Make Coffee
Saturday morning began with a simple objective... Coffee. That's it. I wasn't remodeling the kitchen. I wasn't installing solar panels. I wasn't attempting to teach myself conversational Mandarin before lunch. I just wanted some coffee. This should have required approximately four minutes and almost no critical thinking. Unfortunately, I own a house.
By The Pompous Post24 days ago in Humor
A.I. for Dummies
For generations, humanity dreamed of artificial intelligence. Scientists imagined machines that could accelerate medical discoveries. Engineers envisioned computers solving problems so complex that ordinary human beings could barely formulate the questions. Futurists predicted intelligent systems that might help unlock the mysteries of physics, explore distant worlds, and expand the boundaries of human knowledge.
By The Pompous Post28 days ago in Humor
What The Puck?
Introduction Another wonderful share from The Enchanted Booklet on Facebook, which I think deserves a tale. The music is "Confusion" by New Order. When I bought the 12" single, neither the record store guy nor I could work out what it was from the cover. I was looking for "Blue Monday". The title was on the actual record.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 29 days ago in Humor
SEinfeld was never funny
Seinfeld is truly not funny and his show was and is not funny either. What the show actually is is for all intents and purposes completely cringe worthy. Jerry Seinfeld is not funny himself and that means truly one of the most unfunny comedians ever Good God almighty Jerry Seinfeld must have signed a deal with the Devil. I have actually watched his show “Seinfeld” and never once did I laugh till it hurt when actually what I discovered is nothing but offensive to cultures,races, religions, the disabled, and everything else that comes with it. The only thing that they did get right about this show is that “its a show about nothing” yes, a show where there is absolutely nothing funny.
By Revista Miko:XCI about a month ago in Humor
The Man Who Was Almost on Carson
Marty Blevins has spent thirty-eight years in comedy, or thirty-six, depending on whether you count the insurance years he claims were spent “developing material.” He calls himself a veteran of the late-night circuit, a pioneer of observational humor, and a performer whose career was once personally affected by the Amazing Kreskin. The Pompous Post dispatched field correspondent Gerald P. Whitcomb to interview Marty ahead of his set at the Chuckle Bucket, a comedy club sandwiched between a tire store and a building that used to be a tire store.
By The Pompous Postabout a month ago in Humor