GREETING CARDS UNSUCCESSFULLY MARKETED BY HALLMARK
- Happy Vasectomy! Hope you feel zippy! 'Cause when I
got one... I got real snippy.
- I heard you had herpes...and I feel terrible...I'd say "Get
well soon"...but I know it's incurable.
- My tire was thumping....I thought it was flat....when I
looked at the tire....I found your cat... Sorry!
- You had your bladder removed and you're on the mends....
here's a bouquet of flowers and a box of Depends.
- You've announced that you're gay, and won't that be a
laugh, when they find out you're one... of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- So your daughter's a hooker, and it spoiled your day...
look at the bright side, she's a really good lay.
- Heard your wife left you... How upset you must be...Don't
fret about your wife though... She's moving in with me.
- Your computer is dead... and it was so alive... you
shouldn't have installed... Win'95.
- You totalled your car... and can't remember why... maybe
it was... that case of Bud Dry
- So you lost your job... It's one of those hardships in
life... Next time, work harder... and stay away from the boss's wife.
Firm Grasp of the Obvious Department
From the Notebook pages of The New Republic 1995:
- Study Finds Sex, Pregnancy Link Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 1995
- Whatever Their motives, Moms Who Kill Kids still Shock Us Holland Sentinal, date unknown.
- Survey Finds Dirtier Subways After Cleaning Jobs Were Cut The New York Times, November 22
- Larger Kangaroos Leap Farther, Researchers Find The Los Angeles Times, November 2
- 'Light' meals are lower in fat, calories Huntington Herald-Dispatch, November 30
- Alcohol ads promote drinking The Hartford Courant, November 18
- Malls try to attract shoppers The Baltimore Sun, October 22
- Official: Only rain will cure drought The Herald-News, Westpost, Massachusetts
- Teen-age girls often have babies fathered by men The Sunday Oregonian, September 24
- Low Wages Said Key to Poverty Newsday, July 11
- Man shoots neighbor with machete The Miami Herald, July 3
- Tomatoes come in big, little, medium sizes The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 30
- Dirty-Air Cities Far Deadlier Than Clean Ones, Study Shows The New York Times, March 10
- Man Run Over by Freight Train Dies The Los Angeles Times, March 2
- Scientists see quakes in L.A. future The Oregonian, January 28
- Wachtler tells graduates that life in jail is demeaning The Buffalo News, February 26
- Free Advice: Bundle up when out in the cold Lexington Herald-Leader, January 26
- Prosecution paints O.J. as a wife-killer Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, January 25
- Economist uses theory to explain economy Collinsville Herald-Journal, February 8
- Bible church's focus is the Bible Saint Augustine Record, Florida, December 3, 1994
- Clinton pledges restraint in use of nuclear weapons Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 6
- Discoveries: Older blacks have edge in longevity The Chicago Tribune, March 5
- Court Rules Boxer Shorts Are Indeed Underwear Journal of Commerce, April 20
- Biting nails can be sign of tenseness in a person The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, New York, May 2
- Lack of brains hinders research The Columbus Dispatch, April 16
- How we feel about ourselves is the core of self-esteem, says author Louise Hart
Boulder, Colorado, Sunday Camera, February 5
- Fish lurk in streams
Rochester, New York, Democrat & Chronicle, January 29