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The Disappearance of Common Sense (As Told by Warning Labels)
There was a time when products trusted us to use them correctly. A ladder did not need to remind us not to stand on the very top rung. A candle did not feel compelled to clarify that fire, historically speaking, is hot. Shampoo did not warn us that it was not to be consumed as a breakfast smoothie.
By The Pompous Post11 days ago in Humor
Plain Pasta, Part 2
I met Kira at the entrance of the 12-story building where the Italian rented his apartment and went up to the sixth floor. The building itself was notable — one of the few high-rises in central Bishkek built from an individual design rather than a standard Soviet brutalist blueprint. For those of us raised in cramped five-story blocks and Khrushchev-era apartments for the proletariat, it was intriguing just to see the inside. “At least for that reason, the evening won’t be wasted,” I decided.
By Lana V Lynx12 days ago in Humor
Easter Memory from 1977: The Saga of Yakety Jack
Yakety Jack the chocolate Easter bunny On Good Friday, 1977 the man I would later marry gave me a chocolate rabbit for Easter. His name, Yakety Jack, was on the box he came in and the packaging looked like a telephone booth.
By Cheryl E Preston13 days ago in Humor
The woman who controls the weather. Top Story - February 2026.
This morning, just like any other morning, I was sitting drinking my tea. Frankly, I was a bit annoyed thinking about a recent incident with someone I don’t even know. Then, I suddenly read on my mug:
By Susan Fourtané 13 days ago in Humor
The Lie of Rich Corinthian Leather (And Other Things We Believed Because a Man With an Accent Said Them)
There was a time when a man could look into a camera, gently stroke a car seat, and convince an entire nation that luxury had a birthplace. That place was Corinth… Or so we were told.
By The Pompous Post14 days ago in Humor
Keep Practicing
BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP! ~Keep practicing! Well one day you just might be a, um..a writer? It truly means so much to me to have such heartfelt insights from the side-lines from unknown sources. Sorcerers? Smiley face! Gots to smile! Let's see what ole Rock can do about this.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)19 days ago in Humor
The Golden Truth
If you’ve been following my life, you know it’s a riveting saga of watching grass grow and organizing my sock drawer by thread count. Because my reality is so staggeringly uneventful, I tend to overthink the things most people ignore. While the rest of the world is worried about the economy or space travel, I sat down, stared at my phone, and asked the hard-hitting question: "Why are smileys yellow?"
By Richard Weber19 days ago in Humor
