What's So Funny?
Russell Gayer, author speaker
Category: humor
Oh, Deer!
I’m not one to complain about federal employees, but how hard could it be to put letters in the right mailbox? The name and address is printed right there on the front. It seems easy enough when they’re marked Current Resident, Any Street, USA.… Continue Reading “Oh, Deer!”
Jack Be Klutzy
How many of you are familiar with the radio spot, “Cars for the Blind?” In their ad, a spokesperson asks listeners to consider donating unwanted cars, trucks, buses, mini-vans, and stretch limousines to the blind. They’ll even take motorboats, yachts, and cruise ships if… Continue Reading “Jack Be Klutzy”
Within the Lines
If you’re a school-age child, there’s a brief window of time each year known as summer vacation. Some view it as temporary parole, but in my case more apt terminology would have been Work Release Program. My dad began the countdown a month before… Continue Reading “Within the Lines”
Dumb as a Rock
Yesterday, I went to the store with the intention of buying three specific items. I took a list. This is a tool people my age use when they can’t remember what they had for breakfast. Just for the record, I had sausage, or ham,… Continue Reading “Dumb as a Rock”
Road Trip
To those of us living in the northern hemisphere, today marks the summer solstice—the longest day of the year. I know what you’re thinking. The longest day in history occurred when you and your spouse got into a fight on that cross-country road trip.… Continue Reading “Road Trip”
Greenhouse Gases
How many of you read the obituaries? Connie thinks I have a morbid curiosity because I like to know who’s still among the living and who’s not. Sometimes you find out fascinating things about total strangers. So far, none of them have bequeathed me… Continue Reading “Greenhouse Gases”
Too Many Cooks
Nothing causes more moaning and gnashing of teeth at our house than when the internet goes down. We live in a rural area and are dependent upon a wireless signal from a nearby tower. These interruptions in service always happen at the most inopportune… Continue Reading “Too Many Cooks”
Toast
How many of you have started a diet and quit? Go ahead. Hold you hand up. Noboby’s gonna slap your chubby little fingers. You’re not the first to give in to the lust for food. It happens to all of us. When I was… Continue Reading “Toast”
The Wait
Online shopping. If you own a computer or cellphone it’s bound to happen sooner or later. You’re lounging in your underwear when curiosity gets the best of you. “I’ll look one of those up, just to see how much they are,” you say, quite… Continue Reading “The Wait”
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What's So Funny? 