September 30, 2010
The Fake Cow and the Cobra Being made of synthetic leather, the fake cow found it difficult to demonstrate sincerity. So one day when her friend, the cobra, loomed up from the basket and said, “Are my beady eyes really scary?”, the fake cow knew cobra was merely fishing for a compliment. “Oh, yeah, really […]
September 29, 2010
When the future anthropologist’s mother emphatically declared, “You shall not study early west African cultures,” the young girl simply replied, “Ah, shan’t I?”
September 28, 2010
Pick up lines are rarely able to cross the barrier between species. The following examples, highly successful in the proper animal context, turn out to be nearly 100% failures when attempted by humans. “Wow! You’re the fattest sow I’ve ever seen!” has a 94% success rate among swine. In contrast, human success with the same […]
September 27, 2010
The loon’s walking stick has been with him since the president with all the birds was in office. On many a camping trip, it often prepared meals and even drove the car when the loon was feeling particularly addled. It also does quite an impressive imitation of an otter taking a bath with Goldie Hawn. […]
September 26, 2010
action – tossing the first vole of spring onto a trampoline. purpose – tactic used by Belgian farmers to interpret the wishes of Otto, the rain god.
September 25, 2010
I can go on a beach and stand perfectly upright, touching nothing but the soles of my feet to the ground for four minutes, with my hands held high above my head, and at the end of that time there will be sand in my pockets, on the back of my neck, around my belt […]
September 24, 2010
“You just can’t order me back to life, dear.”
September 23, 2010
At track practice, when told by his coach to run hard through the finish line, the loon took a plane to St. Petersburg and ran to Helsinki.
September 21, 2010
proud target poses contemplating fulfillment the arrow in flight