What is Flush Twice?
Flush Twice has been around since May of 2003. It started out as a JOTD (Joke of the Day) website. New jokes were published every weekday. Over the years, good jokes were increasingly hard to come by, and eventually they got so rare that I just stopped trying to publish them.
Since 2004 there has also been an eponymous comic. I still occasionally publish a new one on Saturdays. It’s also rare anymore, but sometimes it happens.
Here lately I’ve been posting a “Link of the Day”. For the time being, I will be featuring a new website from my enormous collection of bookmarked websites every weekday. None of it is solicited promotions, and no one is paying me to feature their site. These are just websites that at one time I thought were interesting enough to add to my bookmarks folder.
I highly encourage using some kind of ad blocking extension before clicking on any of these links. You’ll also hear me say this phrase a lot about these posts: “They can’t all be winners.” But it’s better than just leaving the site abandoned.
The jokes were generously provided by friends and visitors such as yourself. I want to express my eternal thanks to everyone over the years who helped contribute to the collection.
So what is it that makes a joke funny?
It all boils down to a sudden shift in perception. The story starts you thinking one way, then the punchline turns that thinking on its ear. The art of the joke is to craft a short story that isn’t overly contrived, then deliver a punchline that suddenly shifts your perception about the story you were being told.
Many of the jokes on this site are offensive, and I make no apologies for it. Offensive jokes work by making the reader uncomfortable through the use of a taboo subject thus enhancing the underlying humor. Without the offensive element, the joke would simply not be as funny.
(Just thought you might like to know.)
I so know what you mean about being unable to capture the picture in your head.
I don’t know whether to regret that most humans lack that ability, or breathe a sigh of relief.
I’m going with “breathe a sigh of relief”. Even if most people could do it, it’s my dumb luck I’d be among the schmucks who still couldn’t.
Sure, I complain that I’m not as far along as I’d like, but because I’ve stuck with it, it’s a fair bit further along than many others have gotten.
Holy shit… I just realized something… It’s mid-January. That’s this comic’s anniversary… Um… 2017-2004 = 13 years! FlushTwice.com itself will be 14 years old as of May 16th! Woohoo! We’re older than Facebook! It’s like being an internet antique!
Seriously… How much longer will the internet as we know it exist? I should be able to easily live another 40 to 50 years. Will I still be telling jokes and making comics in 2067? Assuming I’m still around, what would Flush Twice even look like that far in the future?
Pax,
-f2x