Overheard today, while waiting to buy lettuce and a loaf of bread: Cashier: “Do you think they have the 4th of July in England?” Customer: “No, I think it’s just here.” Cashier: “Y’mean they just go from 3 to 5 and skip over the 4?” Customer: “No, they have the 4, too. They just don’t make it [...]
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Not everbody’s got the dry humor gene
Posted in holidays, humor, tagged holidays, huh?, humor on July 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Valentine’s Day, Babes
Posted in holidays, political figures, sex, tagged blogging, holidays, politics, sex on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Deliciously Yours, Your Pro-Family Hotties in Congress Last year’s greeting: Happy Valentine’ Day to my readers :)
My favorite Thanksgiving video!
Posted in holidays, irony, media, politics, sarah palin, tea party, tagged politics, sarah palin, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2010 | 42 Comments »
In case you’ve forgotten the context, here’s a description courtesy of Political Humor Blog: Sarah Palin appeared at a Wasilla turkey farm to engage in the time-honored practice of pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving. Everything went fine, until she gave an interview afterward. That’s when a worker in the background shoved a couple of turkeys neck-first [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day to my readers :)
Posted in christianity, holidays, humor, media, tagged blogging, christianity, holidays, huh?, humor, inspirational, religion, religious word play, skepticism on February 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A Valentine From Jesus (turn on speakers for full effect) For more Valentine’s Day sacrilege, go to Jesus, Will You Be My Valentine?
Keeping the F in WTF
Posted in christianity, church and business, church and state, education, evangelism, history, holidays, irony, media, political figures, politics, religion, religious leaders, tagged american family association, christianity, christmas, evangelism, happy holidays, holidays, home depot, huh?, Humanism, humor, irony, jesus, memes, politics, religion, religious word play, separation of church and state on December 23, 2009 | 17 Comments »
What I don’t understand is why these same people bully I mean invite non-Christan businesses to use the Christ in Christmas to sell products. Home Depot can sell yard tools for Christ; Petsmart can sell cat litter for Christ; but, I’m barred from using the word Christmas in a non-religious way, lest I sully it.
Adorning Jesus in jingle bells
Posted in bible, christianity, christmas, church and business, church and state, education, evangelism, fundamentalism, history, holidays, irony, media, religion, religious leaders, tagged american family association, christmas, evangelism, fundamentalism, holidays, home depot, irony, politics, religious word play on December 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
And then, boys and girls, Jesus rode into Bethlehem on a reindeer with it’s nose so bright. The crowds lined the street, fanning him with tinsled pine branches, shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Santa.” I’ve mentioned, here and there, that we recently watched a program about the history of Christmas. Among the [...]
Home Depot Caves to Bully Christianism
Posted in christianity, christmas, church and business, church and state, evangelism, fundamentalism, holidays, homosexuality, media, political figures, politics, religion, religious leaders, tagged bigotry, christmas, fundamentalism, home depot, religious word play on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
‘Tis the season to be a Christian Bigot. No, I’m not talking about the presidential election or the “Yes on 8″ Crusade here in California. Apparently, though we’re still days from Halloween, it’s never too early to start the “Waah, waah, waah. We’re Christians and Jesus is the Reason for the Season and Don’t you [...]
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