Month: August 2021

WEDNESDAYish

Start with some irony…

Who's being forced to learn a new language? It's always with the scenarios with these people...
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Today is the birthday, in 1945, of Barbara Harris, lead singer with The Toys. Note that the melody for this song is Minuet in G Major by J. S. Bach.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies

It’s TUESDAY, everyone

*** I found this pun comment with three questions on a pun site.***


With the recent admonition to post only puns, I have a few questions for clarification.1) Do math jokes count?2) Are religious jokes kosher?3) What’s the deal with card game jokes?


***And then the comments started.***


Are jokes about unibrows frowned upon?
Are jokes about hunting fair game?
Are mortician jokes DOA?
Redhead jokes must be handled gingerly.
Is joking about crustaceans, just being shellfish?
Is there a bar on lawyer jokes?
I didn’t hear if deaf jokes are ok.
Are space jokes too far out there?
Someone threw a monkey wrench on mechanic jokes.
Apparently history jokes got old.
Anal jokes are funny butt only in the end.
Sex jokes are funny morning, nooner, and night.
Career jokes take a lot of time and work.
Jokes about beds put me to sleep.
Math puns could cause division.
UTI jokes are piss-poor.
Crucifixion jokes make me cross!
Bird jokes go over my head.
What about bed jokes if they’re made up?
Military jokes should pass muster.
Do butcher jokes make the cut?

Two friends, an Italian boy, and a Jewish boy come of age at the same time. The Italian boy’s father presents him with a brand-new pistol. On the other side of town, at his Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish boy receives a beautiful gold watch.

The next day in school, the two boys are showing each other what they got. It turns out that each boy likes the other’s present better, and so they trade.

That night, when the Italian boy is at home, his father sees him looking at the watch.“Where did you getta thatta watch?” asks the man.The boy explains that he and Sammy had traded.

The father blows his top.“Whatta you? Stupidda boy? Whatsa matta you? Somma day, you maybe gonna getta married. Then maybe somma day you gonna comma home and finda you wife inna bed with another man. Whatta you gonna do then? Looka atta you watch and ask, ‘How longa you gonna be?’”

Another ‘one hit wonder’ today. This garage band from Bay City and Saginaw, Michigan based their name on an image from the 1957 Japanese science fiction movie ‘The Mysterians’. The band members were children of migrant farmers who settled in Michigan and the lead singer was Rudy Martinez. This song became a number one hit in 1966

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies

Clouds and MONDAY

Getting ready for our festival…

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Elephants!

Today is the birthday, in 1958, of Madonna Louise Ciccone who performed under the name ‘Madonna’. She was one of the most influential pop stars of the eighties. In addition to her many number one hits (she is the best-selling female recording artist of all time as well as the highest grossing solo touring artist of all time. She appeared in a number of films and her record label was one of the most successful artist-run labels.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies

Beethoven again

This is a nice flash mob presentation of the Ode to Joy at the IDS Crystal Court in Minneapolis.

Posted by Tom in classical, Music

FRIDAY…the 13th

Happy Friday!

This day in 1965, Jefferson Airplane made their live debut at The Matrix in San Francisco. Here they are at Woodstock two years later.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies