Statuesque Humor

Hey, somebody get this pigeon off my head. An otherwise distinguished sculpture in Padua, Italy. But, alas, a pigeon awaits every statue.

A Warning to All My Friends Who Are Hooked on Coffee

This could be you.

Oliver Squirrel

Cause to Worry

True story:

We have a CD that had matured today so my wife called some banks to get their rates. One of her calls included this interchange:

Peggy: "Do you have an 18-month CD?"

Person at Bank: "No, but we have one for a year and a half."

Should we be worried about our banks?

Be Careful of Those Border Zones

I've Stayed in Some Strange Hotels

I Am Not Eating Here

Do Not Drive Your Burning Car Here

Beijing

Maybe This Is Why I Can't Catch Any Fish

The Economy

Headline Bloopers

Every time I do a writing seminar I share from my huge file of bloopers. Most of these I have gleaned firsthand. A few have come from other sources. I picked up these priceless gems from another writer last year. All were headlines actually in print.

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Prostitutes Appeal to Pope

Red Tape Holds up New Bridges

Collegians Are Turning to Vegetables

Miners Refuse to Work After Death

Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax

Obesity Study Seeks Larger Test Group

Bird Talk

Table for Two?

Bird Talk

What are they thinking?

Encounter With a Muscovy Duck

I had this encounter as I was photographing ducks at the local lake. This muscovy took issue with it. (A story in five frames. Read the caption below each picture.)


La la la la la ...



(Hmm. What's this guy doing?)



You lookin' at somethin', buddy?



Shove off!



(Guess I told him.)