The Internet Before Christmas

The Internet Before Christmas (circa 1990) - With apologies to Clement Moore's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" - how the Internet has changed Christmas traditions
The Internet Before Christmas (circa 1990) – With apologies to Clement Moore’s “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” – how the Internet has changed Christmas traditions ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the netsNot a mouse was stirring, not even the pets.The floppies were stacked by the modem with...
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Boyfriend and girlfriend jokes

Boyfriend and girlfriend jokes - not too many years ago, the idea of a male or female clown would have been anathema - but now, it's quite common. So, here are a collection of boyfriend and girlfriend jokes suitable for the way clowns think and interact
Boyfriend and girlfriend jokes – not too many years ago, the idea of a male or female clown would have been anathema – but now, it’s quite common. So, here are a collection of boyfriend and girlfriend jokes suitable for the way clowns think and interact
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Abbott and Costello meet Microsoft Windows

Abbott and Costello meet Microsoft Windows
Abbott and Costello meet Microsoft Windows – Bud Abbott and Lou Costello became famous for their well-known “Who’s on First?” routine — if they were alive today, the routine might focus on Microsoft Windows instead ….
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Funny quotes from Blackadder the Third

Funny quotes from Blackadder the Third, the third BBC TV series starring Rowan Atkinson of “Mr. Bean” fame as the cowardly, scheming Blackadder, also starring Hugh Laurie (of “House”) Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson): I have come up with a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call...
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50 people swindled!

50 people swindled! Look out for that newsboy … A newsboy was standing on the corner with a stack of papers, yelling, “Read all about it. Fifty people swindled! Fifty people swindled!”
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Returning the lost purse

Returning the lost purse – Surely the honest young man deserves a reward … A lady lost her handbag in the bustle of Christmas shopping. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, “Hmmm . . . that’s funny....
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Microsoft Buys Christmas

Microsoft Buys Christmas
Microsoft Buys Christmas – So, what would happen if Microsoft were to attempt to purchase the Christmas holiday? NORTH POLE (API) – MICROSOFT announced an agreement with Santa Claus Industries to acquire Christmas at a press conference held via satellite from Santa’s summer estate somewhere in the southern...
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