Jumping Jottings Humor, courtesy Porcupine Press? UP Humor Magazine With all the new technology regarding fertility, a 65-year-old woman gave birth to a baby. When she was discharged from the hospital and went home, her relatives came to visit. ‘May we see the baby?? one asked. ‘Not yet . . . Soon,? said the 65-year-old […]
Japan surrendered to the U.S. August 14, 1945 (August 15 to those of us in the Far East at the time). Japanese forces in China surrendered September 8. September 1, we left the Philippines for Yokohama with a load of Marine occupation forces. By then I’d been in the Navy less than 13 months. I […]
Finding words at the end of words fills voids Roger Miller and Roy Clark have made millions of dollars (pennies?) with a couple songs. Miller’s is, ‘The Last Word in Lonesome is Me.? Clark sings, ‘The Last word in Jesus is Us.? If you travelers with restless children (are there any other kind?) are looking […]
Maybe it’s an aging thing, but I find myself getting upset more easily and more often lately. I can’t blame the winter, ’cause we haven’t had any. It isn’t envy of my friends who have sought warmer climes, ’cause I’d rather believe they have chosen to abandon me. It could be the ridiculously long political […]
It’s not like me to save any tale. Actually, I haven’t totally saved this one, it’s just that I haven’t put it in print. I’ve told it several times. In 1979 we hired Stuart McTeer to sell advertising for our newspaper, The Clarkston News. Stu had a long history of work with Detroit newspapers. In […]
I don’t mean to brag (Yes, I do!), but I was the champion speller of the eighth grade in Bancroft. The year, 1938. Yes, I’ll admit the competition wasn’t great, since there were only 12 in that grade, including me. What irks me to this day is when it came time to select the Bancroft […]
Got ‘The World’s Best Clean Jokes? book for Christmas. Hope you haven’t heard these. ? What do you have if you’ve got 20 rabbits all in a row and they all back up one step? A receding hare line. ? If at first you don’t succeed, stay away from sky diving. – Milton Berle ? […]
Men just don’t know what to do when they get sick. All men! Some men? Me! In the first place, men never get sick. Men are men, therefore immune from physical and psychological shortcomings. Thus, there is no reason for us to even try to remember what our mothers did for us when they thought […]
Jottings will return after the new year . . . until then, be safe, be merry, be loving.
Enjoyed the contrast in Class D football teams in the State playoffs last month. Crystal Falls Forest Park vs New Lothrop. CFFP is over 11 hours drive from Ford Field in Detroit. They spent first night in Mt. Pleasant. I believe they have 95 in high school, with less than 20 suited for the game. […]