A year ago, when we first explored the idea of a humor column at Bankrate, the U.S. economy had just (swoosh!) slipped on the banana peel of the market meltdown, staggered dazed (wha? huh?) into the swinging door of the housing bust and (splat!) taken the cream pie of soaring job loss full in the face.
Hilarious? Maybe if you were the Marquis de Sade. Not so much if you'd just taken on a Read more...
Two women of a certain age are chatting over tea one morning.
"You know, dear," says one coyly, "the gentleman I've been seeing told me last night that I'm beautiful with my new dentures."
"Get rid of him," the other says. "You can find someone with better eyesight."
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A wealthy banker falls in love with a young woman he knows very little about. His lawyers, fearful that their client may have fallen for someone who is going to scam him out of all of his money, hire a private detective to check up on her.
A week later, the detective reports back. "That young woman is a virtuous person," he says. "She conducts herself beautifully and is very Read more...
Two men were at a bar and one said, " Hey, I had my IQ checked and it was 175."
The other responded, "That's a coincidence! So is mine. What do you do for a living?"
" I'm a physicist," was the reply.
Again came, "That's a coincidence! So am I."
This was overheard at a nearby table. The two men there compared IQ's at 160 and were Read more...
Bob is walking down the street when he spots an old friend, Ray, whom he hasn't seen in ages.
"I'm doing great now" says Ray. "I just got this new hearing aid and it's fantastic. The sound is so clear, even in noisy places like restaurants. It's made a world of difference."
"Is that so?" responds Bob. "What kind is it?"
Ray looks at his Read more...
Gaston & Pierre were close friends all their lives. One day Gaston announced that he was going to marry, and of course Pierre would be best man.
Anyone from Louisiana knows that a Cajun wedding usually takes place early on a Saturday morning then every one goes to a lavish reception that usually lasts till Sunday night -- lots of music and plenty of booze!
On Sunday morning Gaston Read more...
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking.
"Last night we went out to a new restaurant ," said one of the men. "It was really great. I would recommend it very highly."
"What is the name of the restaurant?" the second man asked.
The first Read more...
Couldn’t They Donate Their Money Instead?
There is no doubt the economy is hurting, but you would never know it judging by the record number of Presidential ads you see on television.
That thought was brought home for me last night as my college-aged daughter and I watched the Yankees-Red Sox game instead of the Democratic convention.
(It is not that we are a-political. We both already know who we are going to vote for. And Shannon (a passionate Sox fan) and I (someone who has rooted for the Yankees since I discovered baseball when I was seven back in 1961) have a standing date—complete with pizza and trash talking—whenever the two teams play.)
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XENIA, Ohio - August 13, 2008 -- Mr. Unstable is now Mr. Unemployed.
The Burger King employee who took a soapy bath in a utility sink at work and then posted a video of it online doesn't work at Burger King anymore.
Timothy Tackett, who was fired, says he regrets the bath because a couple of other people also lost their jobs -- the co-worker who did the taping and the shift Read more...
