I hope you did not fear, when this blog took the holiday off last week, that we were out of old jokes. We have not yet reached that catastrophe. We have a few tales of other people’s catastrophes to try out on you first. As always, in case you catastrophically cannot remember the punchlineContinue reading “Your Granddad’s Dad Jokes”
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The Best Medicine
And here we are at the last Monday in the first half of the year. We can look over the months of January through June and consider the joys of six more months of the joys of….okay, be that way. Maybe I should have waited for the last Tuesday of June. In anyContinue reading “The Best Medicine”
Office Supply
Here it is Monday, and I’m thinking of Tuesdays. For reasons I could no doubt Google but would prefer to make up myself, Tuesdays are the traditional days for elections. Many states are holding their primaries this month, a secondary sort of election. All of which makes a convenient lead-up to today’s Old JokeContinue reading “Office Supply”
Children’s Corner
We gave you a Monday off for Memorial Day, which we hope you enjoyed traditionally, at the graveyard and the grill. But now we must get back to excerpts from this Old Joke Quiz Book, in which you supply the punchlines to these vintage japes. We are starting to run out of the originalContinue reading “Children’s Corner”
Eyes On Your Own Paper
Hello and welcome to Monday Morning again. I assume, even in this bizarre decade of this wild new century that there are still a few million people for whom Monday is about to make a major shift. For it is May, and people are reaching the end of a school year. In recognition ofContinue reading “Eyes On Your Own Paper”
Matrimonday
Ah, a Monday in the middle of May: what could be more…alliterative. (Okay, a Saturday in the center of September. WILL you stop footnoting my introductions?) What subject would be more suitable for the latest Old Joke Quiz than Marriage? (You’d prefer Sex on a Saturday in the Center of September? Well, so wouldContinue reading “Matrimonday”
On the Road Some More
A recent expert on the subject discussed the use of postcards by our ancestors as documentary proof of travel. Your postcard of Dundee, Iowa, postmarked in Dundee, showed you had actually visited that metropolis. It was a signal to your relatives of your rich experience. I hope that doesn’t make you think I’veContinue reading “On the Road Some More”
Takin’ What They’re Givin’
I hear unemployment rates are down and businesses are dropping their Cobvid restrictions about having to work from home, so more people than ever are now joyfully springing from their beds on Monday morning to head off to work on a Monday morning. Hooray for not having to loaf around at home in pajamasContinue reading “Takin’ What They’re Givin’”
Eat, Drink, and Be Harried
Ah, Monday: the dawn of a new week, a time for new beginnings, new challenges, new opportunities! And old jokes. We pick up the quiz with another section on Food Jokes, though I think this might also be Diner Jokes or Wait Staff Jokes. Just don’t tell these to your waiter or waitress. Continue reading “Eat, Drink, and Be Harried”
Moldy Miscellany
And here we are again, on another Monday, preparing to face the week. What is the one thing you need to be fully prepared? A good breakfast? Aspirin? A few red jellybeans? No, what we need is another old joke quiz? (If you knew the answer already, you are ready for both theContinue reading “Moldy Miscellany”
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