In front of a New Hampshire restaurant:“Now serving l= ive lobsters”   On a New Jersey restaurant menu:“Blackened bluefi= sh”   In a Maine restaurant:“Open seven days a week and weekends.&#= 8221;   On a long-established New Mexico dry cleaning store:“Thirty-eig= ht years on the same spot” =  = In…

[Overheard]   Husband: "I am SO sorry that I forgot Valen= tine’s Day.  I know you must be hurt and angry with such a fool like m= e.  What can I do for you to forgive me?"   Wife: "I have alr= eady dealt with it"   Husband: "What did…

[A week ago, we ment= ioned some questions that needed more thought for a good answer.  Adde= d ideas have slowly dribbled in. I’m thinking about them. Now you wil= l, too.] >> Do blind Eskimos have seeing-eye dog sleds? >> If you thro= w a cat out of a…

[Although we no longer celebrate President Abraham Lincoln&#= 8217;s birthday with a day off school – are you old enough to remembe= r how exciting it was to get Lincoln’s AND Washington’s birthda= ys off? – we can celebrate the history of our sixteenth President with an e= xciting quiz)…

A young boy and girl were enjoying a pleasant afternoon playing= outside in their neighborhood together. The boy showed the girl his collec= tion of beautiful, unique marbles. In turn, the girl showed the boy the han= dful of wrapped candy that she had just gotten for her birthday.=  …

[Hang in there if you hear these computer words and don&#821= 7;t know their meaning. Help is on the way to your cabin in the North Woods= =2E]   Modem:         What you did to= the hay fields last summer.   Dot Matrix:    Farmer Matrix’s = wife.   Infrared:      Where the…

[Dictionary to help you understand computer function and pro= gramming if you’re spending the winter in a cabin up Nort of Wisconsi= n. You’re welcome.].   Log On:      &nbsp= ; Makin’ the wood stove hotter. &nbs= p; Log Off:     &nbsp= ; Don’t add wood.   Monitor:       Keep an eye= on the wood…

[Got two new pair of blue jeans for Christmas since my old one= s were holier than I am. Caused my mind to wander on that subject and see i= f I’d written about jeans previously. This was from March 10, 1997, during the first year of the grif net…

[It is EASY to answer just the MOVIE from w= hich these quotations became famous. But MUCH HARDER to give either the CHA= RACTER or ACTOR who said the words in that movie.  Correct answer must= be BOTH movie and either the character or the actor who said those words.…

[Thousands of “ponderable” jokes have circulated ov= er the years, but I’ve saved these questions to cogitate on when stuc= k at the railroad crossing]   >>If the mantis is always praying, what religio= n is it?  [note: it probably varies because they’re all in sects= ]   >= >Why…

[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire our blog readers to greater achievement and aspirations] &#8220= ;Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-fo= ur-hour days.”~ Zig Ziglar   “The man who moves a mountain beg= ins by…

Alric S. proposed, “I suggested to the National Park Serv= ice that we release clay pigeons back into the wild. That idea was immediat= ely shot down.”   Shirley V. lamented, “My friend says when she looks i= n a mirror, she envisions her body as a temple. I look…

[Each month we start with bad puns, bad wordplays, bad jokes, a= nd bad luck.  Here is Part 2 (February) as 2024 marches inexorably on.= Read at your own peril – what is seen cannot be unseen.]=   What was the biggest p= roblem when the church relocated? They neede=…