Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
You accidentally poke your toothbrush into your eye. ♣ You find the prize that was in your cereal box, partially chewed, partially unwrapped and in your stool. ♣ On your way to work, the radio station you always listen to changes format from rock and roll to an all haunted house sound effects station. ♣ […]
Read More How You Know it’s Going to be a Bad DayThis is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write; but, that’s mostly because I’m typing with my nose. I’ve had a lifetime of watching Shoebills as they frolicked about my summer house in Nubia. I’ve raised four of them from fertilized eggs and backed over two others with my car. What follows is everything […]
Read More The Unsettling Submersion of the Shoe BillHippos are the third largest land mammals. Zoologists think they’d be second if they just “tried a little harder”… ♣ There are two living species of hippo. The common hippo and the pygmy hippopotamus. Zoologists originally thought there was only one species until they realized the pygmy hippo wasn’t a far-away common hippo. ♣ Hippopotamus […]
Read More Great Big Hippo FactsCorporal’s puppies from the last litter were just entering high school. One day, he came home from work, took a long drink from the toilet and then went into the kitchen, where his daughter Daisy was pondering her homework. “What’ya doing?”, Corporal asked, sniffing the trash can a little. His daughter rolled her eyes and […]
Read More The Dog Who Taught MathDear Owner: I am sorry I bit your niece. I should’ve taken her grabbing my eyeball as good fun, because, if I look at it dispassionately, it was funny on several levels. Unfortunately, having my eye grabbed and pulled on is one of my “buttons”. I hope your niece is okay; but, I have to […]
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Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 