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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

Wednesday

Received in an Email These insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words: A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether

Joke

Joke. A man is at a cocktail party. An angel appears and reveals to the crowd that the man had recently risked his life to save a little girl. The angel announced to the man in front of everybody: "You may choose one: Greatest wisdom, greatest wealth, or greatest

Some Good Late Night Lines

Conan: 'President Obama gave a nationally televised speech about Libya. The speech was titled, “No, I wasn't born there.'" Kimmel: "President Obama escalated the war in Afghanistan, he sent the Navy in to shoot at pirates in the Indian Ocean, and now he'

. . . And then the fight started

Received in an Email One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift... The next year, I didn't buy her a gift. When she asked me why, I replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you

Thursday

Thursday Miscellany I guess we have an Arab Miss America, which is fine with me, but this line from the Detroit Free Press puzzles me: "she is the first open Arab American to win Miss USA [http://www.freep.com/article/20100519/NEWS06/100519068/1001/rss01]." Are there

Wednesday

Received in an Email A Harley biker is riding by the zoo in Washington, DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the

Thursday

Received in an Email A young Texan grew up wanting to be a law man. He grew up big, 6' 2'', strong as a longhorn and fast as a mustang. He could shoot a bottle cap tossed in the air at 40 paces. When he finally became

Monday Moanin'

Monsters in Austen "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." It's one of the most-famous opening lines in English literature. But I might like this more: “It is a truth

BYCU

Redneck Stuff I thought I'd heard every redneck joke under the sun, then last week while I was in Alaska, a friend sent a batch of new ones. Since some of them revolve around drinking, and I'm busier than a Kennedy in a cat house, I&

GKC to Mosques

Prayerful Imbibers, Rejoice! While I was editor of Gilbert Magazine, I often heard this topic bantered about: Was G.K. Chesterton a saint? I always thought to myself, "I don't know, but man, the guy liked to toss back the wine, as well as an assortment of