Category Archives: Comedy

I got a brand new bicycle; I got a cool new bike! Went to Walmart to buy it and I got a lime green bike. My bicycle has a basket rack and shiny lovely wheels. I went riding on my … Continue reading →

There is a large and slowly growing puddle of liquid by the drinks fountain in our office kitchen, and I’m enjoying watching my colleagues pretending it’s not there. The first person to acknowledge it will have to do the decent … Continue reading →

While the adults were discussing whatever it is they discuss during our family Easter gathering, my gaze was transfixed on my six-year-old cousin as he repeatedly spat into a cup, reacting to each freshly discovered act of salival exodus with … Continue reading →

I’ve caught my dog with many things in her mouth. A book I was reading, for example. A paintbrush with wet paint on it. My hat. My gloves. A box of Ziploc bags. Several individual Ziploc bags from the burst … Continue reading →

Once during my halcyon days as a grocery clerk, a gentleman signed a credit card receipt sloppily. “What are you, a doctor?” I cleverly quipped, before discovering he actually was. After he walked away, humiliated, I shared the note with … Continue reading →

I was walking through Leicester Square. It was an average day, with hordes of tourists and bumpkins wandering in circles, half-chewed McDonalds and Pepsi dribbling from their open mouths as they gazed at the big movie posters. This week, the … Continue reading →

If you look carefully, there’s always a silver lining when things are down. Take your puppy hurting its foot, for example. There’s the trauma of seeing it hobble around the garden, the frustration of it not being able to tell … Continue reading →

I once had roommates who failed to differentiate between pranks and criminal destruction of property. One evening as I slept, they “pranked” me by breaking off my bedroom doorknob, then left for work without fixing it. With my phone in … Continue reading →

We have a team meeting scheduled for 8am every Friday. Our hyper active ADD boss goes on and on about something of his choice – most recently my failing business – for an hour. This morning I was admiring a … Continue reading →

When I was about 9 years old I came down with the flu. My day consisted of visiting the bathroom multiple times a day when my insides felt like they were on fire. One evening, in a fierce panic, I … Continue reading →