Monthly Archives: May 2018

Happy Words

Alabama Law, 1839: “An Act to Suppress the Evil Practice of Carrying Weapons Secretly” Adverteasement For Staying Powder: “Taters, Maters, Boodang Pudd’n, Black Strap ‘Lasses” (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Happy Words

Better heathen I. Find your niche and scratch it. Chainsaw of life. Sucker the needy. (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Idle Doggerel

When a man named Bakker Meets his Makker He’ll get ice cream and cakke In the Lord’s Accre. (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Happy Words

Me neither. You too? Go ahead, make my tea. “If you can’t be funny, be interesting.” (Harold Ross) Your what? (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Signage

Been Rode: Ain’t –> <– Done Poppy: Seed –> <– Cock For: Given –> <– Bidden Away: This –> <– That Do: Nothings –> <– Gooders (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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“Hoss”

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Written in the 70s — the gamey

the gamey (dreamy) variety surrendered The sphincters and para-sphincters [***]; no good asking why he had not stuck it; he hadn’t and that was… kept on being… that. What it was was sexual weakness, he snorted. You just couldn’t hang … Continue reading

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Social Math — UK

This is a vulgar problem, but posed for the common good. Sir Alistair Chichester’s butler Wadsworth filches petty change from his master’s shooting jacket upon a return from the foxes. It has been established herein-prior that Gerry Rattigan, the proprietor … Continue reading

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The Carper

“Less than one in three Americans support U.S. pullout from Iran deal” (Reuters headline). “FEWER than one in three…” would be better. “Less” qualifies something you don’t normally count: “less sewage.” “Few” qualifies something you CAN count: “fewer turds.” (Copyright … Continue reading

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“Woman With Rifle”

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