Q: Why is six afraid of seven? A: Because seven ate nine.
Přečíst celý »Jamie Kaler: Learned in My Car
I learned in my car that I could not have children. It was the day that I locked my keys in my car with the engine running.
Přečíst celý »Susan Norfleet: Mother’s Advice
I have a friend that’s a nurse, and she said sometimes women will put on a full face of makeup before they go under for an operation. This doesn’t seem right to me. My mother told me only two things to remember when I was growing up. She said, ‘One: …
Přečíst celý »James Hannah: Songs for Parents
Mothers, y’all get songs dedicated to you. Y’all got a song by The Intruders, ‘I’ll Always Love My Mama’… You got the song by The Spinners, ‘Sadie.’ Y’all remember that one? Fathers, what do we get? ‘Papa Was a Rolling Stone.’
Přečíst celý »Susan Norfleet: Looking Bookish
I’m kind of weird about my glasses because my mother told me I looked bookish. We’re from the South, and apparently, if you’re a woman, you shouldn’t look like you can read.
Přečíst celý »Jacob Sirof: New Year’s Baby
We had our first two years ago — on New Year’s Eve. That’s a rockin’ birthday. Kind of f**ks any New Year’s plans I might have had for the rest of my life, but whatever, kids can be selfish.
Přečíst celý »Sundra Croonquist: Like Me
You do comedy when you’re like me. When you’re Swedish and black, and you look like a Puerco Rican, and you mom’s a Jehovah’s Witness, who loves country western music, sends your black and white ass to an Irish Catholic school — you’ve got some problems, right guys?
Přečíst celý »Jacob Sirof: Long Talk About Having Kids
My wife and I had a long talk recently. We decided we don’t want to have any kids, and then we decided we probably should have had that talk before we had one.
Přečíst celý »Jack Whitehall: Looking Down on Us
If my dad could see me up here now he’d be very impressed. But you know, I’m sure wherever my dad is now, he would be looking down on us. He’s not dead just very condescending.
Přečíst celý »Sully McCullough: If This Were Junior High…
I got the perfect body for an eighth grader. Yeah, if this were junior high, I’d be the man, y’all. Damn near be the bully, alright? Be that crazy dude over by the monkey bars: ‘Man, Sully’s crazy — he drank three chocolate milks today.’
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