Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts

Monday, April 12, 2010

A Sense of Humor

It's an invaluable trait and a great thing that I have one. Why? Well, because sometime during the night the furnace here in the main house decided to stop working!



I got up and thought it was a bit too chilly. So I went about messing with the thermostat...no heat regardless of how high I turned it up. Then I went down to the furnace. It was running but no heat. I unplugged it, waited a while, plugged it back in and still nothing. Then I thought it must be the igniter. Not having one I called the furnace guys (they've been dealing with the furnaces in both houses here for 30 years from initial installation to constant monitoring). They laughed when I told them that now it was the main house furnace and sent they Pat out to fix it. Sure enough the igniter had a crack in it. Got that replaced and it's all good now.

So, that's enough furnace nuttiness for me. Our home in Illinois still has no heat since a whole new furnace needs to be put in there. Tom has to find the time to take a day off to be there for that to get done and it's not easy for a lawyer to take a day off. Oh well, as long as it's replaced before I drive back there sometime in October!

The furnace in the guest house will be replaced this summer after we do some architectural work and also replace the roof.

So, anyway, a sense of humor is essential. Not only to living so far away from everything but in just dealing with everyday situations regardless. It's better to laugh and shake your head than run around screaming with your hair on fire...although sometimes that's also good for your mental health!



So , I'm NOT doing any moving today and have decided to just spend the day outside with the dogs enjoying the peace.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

I Laughed So Hard I Cried

Seriously! You know how you get silly emails and basically just hit delete? Well, I got one today that had me laughing so hard I could barely read it. OMG! So I thought I'd post it here. Yes, I have an ill sense of humor. hehehe



ONLY A MAN WOULD ATTEMPT THIS

Just try reading this without laughing till you cry!!!

Pocket Tazer Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Tazer for their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse- sized tazer. The effects of the tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....??

WAY TOO COOL!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.

AWESOME!!!

Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised.. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, 'no possible way!' What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best.. .?

I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, 'don't do it dipshit,' reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . . . . . . .

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. . WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . . . WHAT THE HELL!!!

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, and then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs? The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room.

Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a tazer, one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor.. A three second burst would be considered conservative?

IT HURT LIKE HELL!!!

A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling.

Apparently I pooped on myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my nuts and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return!

P.S. My wife, can't stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it!
If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!


Geezez H. flippin' cripes! LMAO! I needed a laugh since I'm STILL waiting for my long distance to be activated today.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thanksgiving

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone. I'm busy making pies, stuffing, cranberry sauce...all the homemade goodies. Crazy since there's only 3 of us! OK OK, I'll include the dogs (2) and cats (3). If you get time off for this holiday enjoy the time with ones you love. Find something to be thankful for even if life is throwing you lemons at the moment.


And now for some Thanksgiving humor:

How pumpkin pies are really made!





Make sure you know where that turkey is lurking:



I lo-o-o-o-ve pumpkin pie. Enjoy yours!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Clueless

OK, here's a story about a clueless man. My husband is an attorney. Last week he was in a meeting with the executive board and he felt something weird near his neck---a bump in his shirt. He thought maybe he left a dryer sheet in his shirt. So he gets up and goes into his office. He reaches down the back of his shirt, right below his neck and pulls out this:







BAHAHAHAHAHA, a flippin' cat toy! Oh. My. God!!! Good thing he didn't pull that out in the meeting. Can you imagine the looks he would have gotten? How the hell do you get dressed and not feel this thing? BAHAHAHAHA, he cracks me up...so clueless.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Off With Their...

...Um, whatevers. Yes, today the two fur bearing demons pictured below were neutered. They survived and are now in the process of finding every cat toy and beating them around the house.

Bacchus the beastly







Symba the psycho








Thank God. Once they hit puberty and the testosterone started flowing they became the household sex offenders. No animal was safe...including the poor hapless dogs. It was running, jumping, performing lewd movements, and meow howling! Hahaha. Oh my, hopefully they'll settle down in a week or so. Teenagers! I tell ya!