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          Eons ago, a lot of jokes in this country dealt with The Other, people who were outside the norm, who had different clothing, different ways, and different language.  This became known as “ethnic humor”, and is now largely considered passe, if not downright evil.  I don’t have much interest in debating the question: someContinue reading “He Is Us”

     Postcard cartoonists in days of yore held strong opinions, or anyway expressed strong opinions, about clothes.  They were cartoonists, after all, and whether clothes make the man or vice versa, they found clothes a very easy way to establish character.  The way a character was clothed told you what the cartoonist wanted you toContinue reading “Funny Business Casual”

     Now, this is the third time in a row I am going to begin this column by opointing out that it is summer and, as Lewis Carroll decreed, what I tell you three times is true.  It seems appropriate, then, in this time of vacations and warm leisure, to present a collection of oldContinue reading “Jest Having Fun”

     Well, we are thoroughly into summer now (I saw my first Back-to-School Sale ads) so perhaps you feel this is the wrong time to discuss romance in the long grass.  But hey (this is the last time I’ll make that joke on this outing.  Promise.)  But grass grows more months of the year thanContinue reading “You Give Me Fever”