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"It is the right hemisphere that understands the emotional or the humorous aspect of a narrative; it is also better able to appreciate irony and sarcasm – all that is not explicit but radically alters meaning. . . . There is a large literature showing that the right hemisphere is crucial for appreciation of cartoons, jokes and humour of every kind." Iain McGilchrist, The Matter with Things

Worse Than Its Bite

> The Bruintjes family says a city inspector was barking up the wrong tree when he handed them an euro80 (US$97) bill for the Dutch dog tax. > The family insists it does not have a dog - only a barking doorbell. > It was the second year in

They're Crushing My Beds

> A hotel in Germany has started charging its guests by the pound for an overnight stay, according to a Local 6 News report. > The hotel owner in the town of Norden, Juergen Heckrodt, said he was continually getting overweight guests, so he decided to make them step on

Leno

I voted for Bush twice, but Leno slayed me with this one: "Mexican President Vicente Fox announced that they have discovered oil under the Gulf of Mexico. In a related story, President Bush accused Mexico of having weapons of mass destruction."

Just Kidding!

> Two masked robbers tried to hold up a cashless credit union bank at gunpoint in California. > They burst into the 'bank' at Benicia with weapons drawn and shouted at employees to hand over the money, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. . . . > The robbers apparently had no

"Another One-Finger Catch!"

> The Tennessee Titans general manager trumpeted his new free-agent acquisition, wide receiver David Givens, as a remarkable talent with “more Super Bowl rings than he's got fingers for”! > Givens has two rings. Link [http://suicideofthewest.com/?p=194].

The Bird Can be Profitable

Can you flip off a public worker, get citationed, and then sue under the 14th amendment and win? Apparently so [http://post-gazette.com/pg/06073/669903.stm].

Cocky Counterfeiter . . . But Not Too Bright

Fire up the ethnic joke machines: > The counterfeit money looked good, but there was one flaw. There's no such thing as a one billion dollar bill. > U.S. Customs agents in California said on Tuesday they had found 250 bogus billion dollar bills while investigating a

Misc. Leno

From last Friday night: > I read some sour grapes about the Oscars today. It seems a writer for "Brokeback Mountain” told the Los Angeles times that he thinks "Crash” only won because it was set in Los Angeles where academy voters live and can identify with it

Misc. Leno

I'll give Leno's monologue from Monday night the final say in the Brokeback affair: > Real shocker last night was that "Crash” upset "Brokeback Mountain” to win best picture. They were not happy in West Hollywood. They were looting pottery barns, flipping over Volvos,

Cutting Edge

As we increase our mind-numb attitude toward death, maybe some day the farmer will be considered a pioneer among morticians: > A German farmer confessed to feeding the corpse of an elderly family friend to his pigs and then stealing from his bank account, police said on Monday. > Police