Just looked at the weekly newsletter from the Columbia Rotary Club, and it included the above among the “highlights” from last week’s meeting, with the caption, “Brad Warthen delivers the Health and Happiness Report.”
I’m pretty sure I know what’s happening in that picture. I’m saying, “What’s the matter with you people? This stuff is funny!“
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After the stress over the debt limit a bit of comic relief is in order.
I thought that was you explaining how much of a tax increase you thought would be good for the rest of us.
No, that’s me saying, “Hey, don’t boo ME; I got these from Doug Ross!”
Brad — next time you need some guaranteed humor, you can always rely on Groucho Marx (“Humor is reason gone mad”), or any of the other Yids.
I came across a used copy of
“The Joys of Yiddish.” With almost every word and definition, there is a joke or a very short story to help you understand and remember the word. Great stuff for wordsmiths and comedians!
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=The+Joys+of+Yiddish&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=5552355245408015143&sa=X&ei=TEc3Tpr5KIb2gAeN5cC3Ag&ved=0CH8Q8wIwDA#
Just got back from the U.K. I searched for a good volume of dry British humor for you to fall back on in a pinch, but nothing turned up. At least not with all the pre-requisites. But if I ever run across something that has your name on it, I’ll let you know. But then, you probably already looked last spring . . . .