Comments on: Oh, that witty weasel

By: BillT

BillT — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:35:33 +0000

Best line from the old Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Thanksgiving sketch was Tommy’s Squanto impression: “Many moons ago, white man cross big lake in great canoe with white wings. Look for yellow iron. Indian not have yellow iron, instead give white man tobacco. Rot lungs. Heeeeeeeee!”

By: Can't hark my cry

Can't hark my cry — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:39:11 +0000

OK, just ignore that final sentence fragment. Rats.

By: Can't hark my cry

Can't hark my cry — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:37:56 +0000

Back when I was a wee poet, before I’d heard o’ Barth, we referred to it as “Sot-Weed”

Well, Barth stole the title from the original Ebenezer Cooke. And the term “sot weed” is OLD–shows up in Grose’s A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, first published in 1785. But when I try to figure out why (OK, I could GUESS why, but that’s not definitive) “sot weed”. . .I can find nothing. Harumph!
[sigh. I’ve forgotten how to do quotes in the elegant

By: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard

The Dread Pirate Neck Beard — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:09:29 +0000

Back when I was a wee poet, before I’d heard o’ Barth, we referred to it as “Sot-Weed”. Make of that what you will.

By: mommer

mommer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:08:01 +0000

Dumb kid jokes. My person favorite is,

why does a cow wear a bell? Because it’s horns don’t work.

A real knee slapper.

Used to have some great songs but they were too racially insensitive or just too risque (read filthy).

By: David Gillies

David Gillies — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:36 +0000

Yes, UB, it was very unpleasant. I lost half a stone in three days. I still have the bruise from the canula where they stuffed a gallon of blood expanders in me. Now I have to eat like a trencherman for the next couple of weeks and try to put the weight back on.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:37 +0000

Is your refrigerator running—oh man that was the first one I learned. And because I knew it would get a laugh, but in complete innocence I asked my grandmother (who lived with us) what word started with an F and ended in a K?

Can you spell blanch? How about firetruck?

By: Pupster

Pupster — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:18:20 +0000

Good luck on the driving test Stoaty.

By: Jakeman

Jakeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:24:10 +0000

Hey Weasey, is your refrigerator running?

By: Uncle Badger

Uncle Badger — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:25:06 +0000

Gastroenteritis, eh?

My sympathies and best wishes for a speedy recovery…. Nasty, very nasty.