Tag Archives: Food for Thought

The Brush with Life

Posted on October 28, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

There was a woman who spent her life picking four leaf clovers and wondering when things were going to turn her way. She’s now in the hospital with a severe case of poison ivy. “For crying out loud, if … Continue reading →

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Servants

Posted on October 21, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

An aristocrat and his wife had just left a regal ball and were riding in their carriage home when one of the wheels broke loose and they tumbled into a ravine. When next they woke, they found themselves in a low … Continue reading →

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Learn to Like

Posted on October 14, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

As a woman with a lit cigarette drooping from the side of her mouth tried to shovel down, without gagging, a vodka martini, rye and bourbon with tomato juice, which her friend had just handed to her, she shouted, … Continue reading →

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Boom, Boom

Posted on October 11, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

Brutal honesty should be delivered with a boomerang. Roger McManus

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No different from the Road Behind

Posted on October 7, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

There was a man and his two friends who walked along a road. The man wore old pants that were so comfortable that he didn’t want to change them, regardless of their holes and frayed edges. His two companions, … Continue reading →

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A Fool’s Audience

Posted on October 6, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

The fool was surrounded by happy faces … and that was too bad … unless it happened to be his public execution (In reference to the fool similarly referred to as a jackass and not one that can’t help himself). Roger McManus

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Just the Facts

Posted on September 29, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

If a well-dressed man says he just came across a hungry cheetah in the woods … he lied. If a dismembered man in ragged clothes says he came across s hungry cheetah in the woods … he’s probably telling … Continue reading →

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Clearer View

Posted on September 28, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

A wife and her husband stood in front of their bathroom mirror, applying all the toiletries to either create a face or mold a do, and all the while complaining: “My hair won’t stay put,” or “I can’t get … Continue reading →

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Cents-ibility

Posted on September 23, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

A short, heavy-browed man was up on a stool, holding a light bulb, and trying his hardest to turn the light fixture, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t turn the socket and the ceiling to get … Continue reading →

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During Rainy Days

Posted on September 21, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

Fair weather friends are easier to come by than the truest of companions, so instead of casting them off for who they are … first give them an umbrella … but if and when they don’t take it … then kick … Continue reading →