FATHERLY BITS O’WISDOM ON: LOVE…
May 6th, 2013Love is grand!! Divorce is a hundred grand. From my dad, of course…
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A SET OF TUBES…?
January 9th, 2013Carlinisms…* Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
NO PROBLEM, IF YOU REMEMBER TO HANG IT UP…
January 4th, 2013Carlinisms…* Why do we wash bath towels? Aren’t we clean when we use them? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
ABBR. IS ONLY FOUR LETTERS, SEE…?
January 3rd, 2013Carlinisms…* How come abbreviated is such a long word? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
A CULTURAL FEAR OF VALETS…?
December 14th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
ANGER, FRUSTRATION, A DESPERATE HOPE…?
December 13th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
THROW IN A SINGLET, THEN WHAT…?
December 12th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why is bra singular and panties plural? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
OR MORE ABLE TO SEE AROUND THE BOX…
December 11th, 2012Carlinisms…* If you are cross-eyed And have dyslexia, can you read all right? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
BECAUSE LUST IS NOT LOVE, SILLY…
December 10th, 2012Carlinisms…* If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
IN EACH OTHERS CHEAP SEATS, OF COURSE…
December 9th, 2012Carlinisms…* If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
STOP LOOKING BEHIND THE DAMN CURTAIN…
December 8th, 2012Carlinisms…* If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
CLEARLY NOT AS HOOKED AS ADVERTISED…
December 7th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why is phonics not spelled the way it sounds? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
HOW OFTEN DO YOU LOOK, BUT NOT SEE…?
December 6th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
BECAUSE SOMETIMES A GUY IS JUST A GUY…
December 5th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
THERE’S ALWAYS THE SPANISH INQUISITION…
December 4th, 2012Carlinisms…* Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
WHERE CONTRACTING WHOLE WORDS GETS YOU…
December 3rd, 2012Carlinisms…* Why is it called after dark when it really is after light”? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
I’M CONFUSED… ANY SUGGESTIONS…?
December 2nd, 2012Carlinisms…* Why are they called stands when they are made for sitting? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
WHY GO THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE…?
December 1st, 2012Carlinisms…* Why do we sing Take me out to the ball game when we are already there? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
BECAUSE TUG JOHNSON INVENTED THEM…?
November 30th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why do tug boats push their barges? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
FIGURATIVE VS. LITERAL…?
November 29th, 2012Carlinisms…* Why does fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? From my dad, of course… *I associate this kind of word play with the brilliant comedy of George Carlin…
