Tag: Humor

Stuff that makes me laugh

3 Modern Things I Have Never Done

3 Inexplicable Things

…which most other people seem to have done:

  • Used a car’s embedded navigation system.  (Okay, I did try — once — to use the Tiguan’s navsys, but gave up after three tries and resorted to the phone instead.  To be fair, the VW system was very clunky — 2013 era — so maybe it has improved since then, but now I just use the awful Waze app to venture to Parts Unknown because I became familiar with it during the Uber Years.  And New Wife’s 2015 Fiat 500 has no such thing on its spartan dashboard.)
  • Bought anything from TEMU.  (A lot of Millennials and Gen Z kids seem to love this Amazon-like thing, but that Chinese factory-direct-to-user model… I trust it not.  Plus long delivery times, especially when compared to Amazon, and from what I gather, returns are almost impossible — “not worth the hassle” seems to be a common statement, and with that renowned Chinese build quality?  Pass.)
  • Bought or used any Apple product.  (My purchase of an Apple IIe computer back in 1982 doesn’t count, because it was the only PC available at the time, and I only used it for 6 months before dumping it for an IBM PC.  But the modern Apple products like MacBook and iPhone?  Not one.)

Feel free to add your list of “never used or bought”, in Comments.

News Roundup

Bad News

Let’s splash out on some primo news bits:


...my guess is that he’s a 2nd Lieutenant, because only a 2nd Looey can have so slight a grasp of strategy.


...for once, I got nothing.

In Business News:


...they don’t make the tax rules, they just play by them.


...let’s hope he tries this in Europe, because it’s not gonna work in Asia.
#GenZWorkforce #Unions ...then again:


...but:


...what was that I said about unions?


...and:

...and also:

…


...only 3-4 months?  Talk about optimism.


...how would he be any different from every other NYfC mayor since Giuliani?


...I dunno, but if the Brits had used their radar in WWII in the same way that the Fibbies use theirs today, everyone Over There would now be speaking German.


…
#CanadaHasCulture #WhoKnew


...see, I’m so old that to me a “brat summer” has always involved this key ingredient:

And as we dive into the murky waters of 

 

 


...boy, denim sure has changed since my teen years.
#DailyMailEditors #FailAsUsual

 

News Roundup

Bad News

…which is probably the best word to describe this first news item:


...”how am I going to replace half my staffers now?”


...I would have thought the CIA would be too busy planning to do that back here after November.


...keyword:  Irish.

From the Hearts Of Stone Department:


...okay, quit that unseemly giggling.


...”that’s a strange noise.”

In news from The Great Cultural Assimilation Project©:


...like everywhere else.


...”wait, you mean we can no longer just get rid of our problem by shipping them over to you?”


From the Department of Education:


...but but but that’s just Show & Tell in Sex Ed.  Also, keyword:  Florida.

And in Medical News:


...principal among them:  pics of Lizzo, Hillary Clinton or Gemma Collins.


...you mean that salad tongs aren’t approved?


...when demand exceeds supply.


...all of which can be summed up with:

From the trenches of the Sex Wars:


...repeat after me:  “Sex, sandwiches and silence.”  And if we can have only one, then:  silence.

Now for unbridled but unlinked 

…hate to say it, Tarty, but yer just not that important, compared to Hillary Clinton.


...well, we haven’t seen Phil’s little girl for a while, so why not?

And that’s all the news fit to (un-)cover.