Calling the Cops

A domestic disturbance was in progress. There was yelling, banging and crashing, and blood curdling screams so loud that it woke the neighbors across the street.

One of the neighbors was standing out on her front lawn with her cell phone. The man next door to her approached and said, “I just got ahold of the cops. They’re on their way now.”

Looking down the street she could see the lights on the police cruisers coming towards them. The woman looked at her phone and tapped the button to end her call.

“I’ve been on hold with 9-1-1 for the past 10 minutes,” remarked the woman “How the hell did you get ahold of the police so fast?”

“Easy,” said the man. “I called Dunkin’ Donuts.”

The Murder Trial

It was a high profile criminal trial in a small town. Jeb Junior was brutally killed in his own barn. The man accused of killing him was on trial for the murder, and the prosecutor finally got him up on the witness stand.

“Did you kill Jeb Junior on the night of April 23rd?” asked the prosecutor point blank.

“No, I did not,” replied the defendant with his eyes looking down.

Suspecting that the witness was lying, the prosecutor asked, “Do you know what the penalties are for perjury?”

“Yes, I do,” said the defendant. “And they’re a hell of a lot better than the penalties for murder.”

Highway Weaving

The highway patrol pulled alongside a car speeding down the freeway.

Glancing over at it, the officer was astounded to see that the woman at the wheel was actually knitting!

The cop cranked down his window and yelled, “PULL OVER!”

“NO,” the woman yelled back, “IT’S A PAIR OF SOCKS!”

The Farm Field Trip

David went on a field trip with his class to a working farm. When he got home his mother asked him if he had a good time.

“Boy did I!” exclaimed David. “It was great! We saw sheep, horses, goats, chickens, and fuckers!”

David’s mother was a bit startled by that last one, but judging by David’s obliviousness, she decided to remain calm and ask him about it. “I know what the sheep and the rest are, but what is a fucker?”

“Oh, they’re the animals that give us milk,” said David matter of factly.

“But who said they were called fuckers?”

“Our teacher,” explained David. “Well actually she called them ‘effers’, but we all knew what she meant.”

I am Weasel

A weasel walks into a bar and takes a seat. The bartender is astonished.

“In all my years of tending this bar, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a weasel come in here,” the bartender says. “So, what’ll you have?”

“Pop,” goes the weasel.

Sunday, July 15, 2018


Going Right Around the Bend

Recently there was a news item than came up in my feed about a Puerto Rican t-shirt. Perhaps you heard about it, or maybe not. In case you didn’t know, Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory. The people who live there are natural born U.S. citizens. It has been considered for statehood on numerous occasions. They have their own flag like any other state or commonwealth, and it looks just about as patriotically American as 4th of July bunting.

With all that going for it, apparently some idiot thought that a woman wearing a t-shirt with the Puerto Rican flag on it was somehow offensively un-American. The video footage was cringe inducing. It was so outrageous that I almost thought it had to be some kind of setup. I mean, no one could be that stupid, could they? But it turns out this really did happen. I’m still wondering what precipitated this altercation. Was this just some rando looking for brown people to harass? Who does that shit?

I was sitting in the break room at work across from “Steve” (obviously not his real name) when I first saw this article on my phone. Now don’t get me wrong: I like Steve, and we get along fairly well. Like most of the people where I work, Steve is a redneck, and boastfully proud of it. He’s pretty much a bad caricature of “Duck Dynasty”, and would probably happily agree with that assessment. Steve’s a nice guy, but…

Anyway, a regrettable human characteristic I possess is to make conversation with people. I mentioned the article I was reading to Steve. The video had just gone viral, and the “national discussion” hadn’t yet taken hold. I don’t know what kind of response I was expecting, but he immediately started muttering about those “damn liberals”.

I thought maybe he misunderstood the premise, so I said, “It’s not about liberals, it’s about a woman wearing a t-shirt with the Puerto Rican flag on it.”

This sent him careening on a rant about people not respecting the history of the Confederate flag, and, “If people did any research at all, they’d know that…” then he trailed into some incomprehensible mutterings about black people designing the confederate flag. I can’t make this shit up.

Of course at that point I glanced at the clock and said, “Looks like my break time’s over.”

So what’s my point? Apparently my whole life has become one long gas lit non sequitur. The world has gone mad, and I’m trapped inside this insane asylum with people who can no longer pass a Turing test. I might as well start drinking again and have conversations with my Magic 8-Ball.

Pax,

-f2x

The Devil’s Drink

Marvin was enjoying a beer in the outdoor seating area at his local tavern when a Nun suddenly appeared at his table and started decrying the evils of drink.

“You should be ashamed of yourself!” she chastised. “Drinking is a Sin! Alcohol is the devil’s drink!”

“How would you know, Sister?” asked Marvin sceptically.

“Mother Superior told me so,” came the nun’s resolute reply.

“But have you ever had a drink yourself?” pressed Marvin. “How can you be sure that what you are saying is right?”

“Don’t be ridiculous,” scoffed the nun. “Of course I have never taken alcohol myself.”

“Then let me buy you a drink,” offered Marvin. “If you still believe afterwards that it is evil, I will give up drink for life.”

“How could I, a Nun, sit outside this public house drinking?!”

“I’ll get the barman to put it in a teacup for you, then no one will know.”

The Nun reluctantly agreed, so Marvin went inside to the bar and ordered, “Another beer for me, and a triple vodka on the rocks,” then he lowered his voice and said to the barman, “and could you put the vodka in a teacup?”

“Oh no!” howled the barman. “Is that blasted nun back again?”

Baseball in the Beyond

The devil called up St. Peter and said, “Let’s have a baseball game. My people against your people.”

St. Peter checked his roster and said, “Sure, but you’re gonna lose. I’ve got all the hall of famers up here.”

“Maybe so,” replied the devil, “but I’ve got all the umpires!”