Friday, November 27, 2009

Just and fair, the noble vole--it bites at anything you stick in its hole. 
[from the French]

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Jello in your socks at morn will coax away the hardest corn.
[from "Shamans of Sheboygin: A Cheese-State Compendium of Folk Remedies",  Ethel's House Press, 1972]

Monday, November 23, 2009

Time is a river of cheese fondue and we are the croutons.
[from the sayings of the 5th-century Roman poet, Ovoid]

Friday, November 20, 2009

Start your day with an enormous poop, and you can jump through any hoop!

[Catchphrase for 40s radio pitchman, Ranger Regular, maker of Ranger Regular's Rocket Fiber Supplements]

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Taco, burrito, cheese enchilada...If he's eaten all three, he's probably your father.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Give a man a twinkie and he'll snack for a few minutes, teach a man how to build a well-concealed underground shelter stocked with thousands of twinkies and he'll survive the coming zombie attacks. -- [overheard on a bus in Tulsa]

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

There are no stupid questions--only stupid birds.

Friday, June 12, 2009

The nose is a lot plainer on the end of somebody else's face.

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Toast with butter--start to stutter; toast with jam--sleep with Pam.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Once fooled, no big deal; thrice fooled, start to squeal.

[from The Wisdom of Pigs, by Farmer Dave]

Thursday, July 31, 2008

The sailor will return home faster if the sea is angry, but fastest if it is really really tiny, like the size of that lake over in Mossberg Park, behind the swingset.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Sing like a chimpmunk in public long enough and you're bound to get punched by one.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

It is not always certain whether we are the chimps or the bananas.

Monday, December 18, 2006

The rest of your life will feel like a syndication of that one cancelled TV show about the dentist and the talking bear.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Smile, and the Mona Lisa will smile back, but in a kind of creepy way.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

For every first oboe player there is a second oboe player with blood in his eyes.
[from the Italian]

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Never correct the pronunciation of someone you have a crush on.

Friday, December 08, 2006

The ice age had ice, the bronze age had bronze, but those of us of a certain age had cheetos and the Fonz.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

The quickest way out of a hangover is through the restroom.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Why choose to fly too close to the sun when you can sink too low into a morass of narcotics and porn?
[from the Latin]