The stomping ground of professional and amateur entertainers alike, Twitter has become a place to hone your comedy chops. Here a ...read more
Heavy snow had buried my van in our driveway. My husband dug around the wheels, rocked the van back and forth, and finally pushe ...read more
Today I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t seen in years. She raved about how I hadn’t aged a bit, and I was all set to tha ...read more
I visited my daughter bearing gifts: summer squash from my garden.
“What should I do with it?” she asked.
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A shopper at my in-law’s clothing store couldn’t understand why she had to pay so much for her purchase.
“I g ...read more
Relationships with fathers could fill a thousand psychiatrist handbooks. It also gives Twitter jokesters a chance to vent freely ...read more
Overheard in a museum’s dinosaur exhibit recently: a confused woman complaining to her friend, “How could they possibly know ...read more
The air-conditioning in my high school civics class was less than ideal. Everyone who sat in the back would freeze, while everyo ...read more
In an age when smartphones can force us to seem dumber, Twitter has become the favourite forum to vent frustrations:
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It’s time for those in stable relationships to feel a little smug. Twitter account @FirstDateHell recounts the horrors of the ...read more
Overheard on an airplane, a mother to a disgruntled teen:
“Well, honey, maybe you can talk to the airline and they ...read more
Four of us were playing a board games with cards that asked various questions, and players were to choose which one of them each ...read more
My daughter said something to me that I didn’t think was very polite. I told her she needed to say it again in a nicer way – ...read more
Whether you're cracking wise about animals, or pretending to BE one, Twitter is the place to let your creativity run wild:
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Shortly after my grandmother passed away, I took my daughter to her gravesite, which was located beside a row of pine trees. “ ...read more
