Tag: funny

Turkey-shaped butter = holiday joy

My mom bought a turkey butter sculpture for Thanksgiving and she made the mistake of letting it soften before trying to remove it from the package.

We ended up with a headless turkey at our table which seemed rather appropriate and had me bent over laughing.

Lesson learned: take those butter sculptures from their packages when they are still cold!

Breaking Cat News is a funny comic.

“Breaking Cat News” is one of our newer comics featured in the Oregonian. The guy in charge of picking the comics was initially excited because Georgia Dunn uses watercolors to make her comic.  My intial reaction was along the lines of “we shall see.”  But it’s quite funny, the cats reporting the cat news.  In the time since I’ve been reading it, the “man” and “woman” have added a baby to the household.   In this panel, the cats are reporting that the “baby” has become a “toddler”

Wait for it…

A comic and a confusing ad from the paper

There have been a lot of essays and musings this summer about the Mental Load women carry.  I think this comic nicely encompasses the scenario.  For me, the Mental Load is right up there on the list of reasons I will never have a wedding.  Also, it’s nice to have a term for something I feel acutely.

Also.  Justin Klump!  Did you send them the wrong photo?  It’s the most logical explanation for what’s going on here.  Why would your promo photo not show your whole face?

Be sure to coordinate your shirts before the photo shoot

This is an article by the Pecks, who are our local home-and-yard columnists.  They were replacing the counter top to their island with their help of their neighbor.

I was amused at their uniformity in clothing.  Apparently, everyone got the black-and-white flannel memo.

A citizen responds

As part of a US Department of Justice settlement, my company is conducting a survey of the Portland Police and their community relations.

We sent a postcard giving residents the option of filling out the survey online.  That was followed up by a paper copy of the survey, complete with postage-paid return envelope.

This respondent wasn’t having any part of our postage-paid return envelope.  They supplied their own.  The return address moniker amused me.