A rather lame joke, I know..
Question: Do you know where Japanese tourists always end up every morning in America? Answer: Ohio
Category Archives: Funny Stuff
The presidential parody
Someone once said that politics is a big joke. But perhaps the biggest joke of all is when George Bush gets elected to a second term. Judging by how things are going at press time, it looks like we’re all going to have a good laugh. Whether the US Presidential election is an exercise in… Read More »
A movie that blows hot, then cold
Windstruck, the pseudo-sequel to the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl, starts off brightly enough, even though the opening scene has the female lead character, Yeo Kyung-jin (played by the effervescent Jun Ji-hyun), on the verge of a headlong plunge to meet her maker (or should it be her lover?). This scene sets the stage (and… Read More »
To be honest with you
Old habits die hard. Even more so is the habit of flogging marketing buzzwords at the drop of a hat.In a recent worldwide survey of 5,000 people in more than 70 countries by The Plain English Campaign, an independent group “fighting for crystal-clear language and against jargon, gobbledygook and other confusing language”, phrases like “at… Read More »
From an article in FEAR, oops, FEER
Lee Kuan Yew: Measure of the manA STORY MADE THE ROUNDS in Singapore a few years back that went like this: Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew returned from a private visit to India with a small bolt of silk of extraordinary design. He consulted his tailor immediately, who assured him there was just enough fabric… Read More »
Re: Merry Christmas
This year, after a decade-long harassment, Santa Claus finally responded to my emails. Apparently, Santa has been experiencing problems with his Exchange server due to a rash of virus infections.I’m not sure if that meant the slightly bloated man-in-red had been taken down by flu or something, as I imagined someone in those freezing conditions… Read More »