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Everyday Humor (part 3)
Not quite everyday humor . . . but very funny. “Dammit George, you picked up while I was doing the Internet!” Type of joke: Feeling superior? (That is, it’s funny for the reason we laugh when someone...
View ArticleGary Shteyngart is a Very Funny Guy
I heard Gary Shteyngart (latest book Super Sad True Love Story) at the Beijing Bookworm. No better job of authorial self-promotion have I seen. He was born in Leningrad in 1972, he grew up hearing...
View ArticleQueen Late
When a Chinese friend of mine was in first grade, she was habitually late for school. Usually about ten minutes. Her mom took her to school on a bike. One day she was 20 minutes late. The door was...
View ArticleHarry Shearer Used My Joke
I haven’t seen This is Spinal Tap but I am a big fan of Harry Shearer’s Le Show, a weekly podcast. For the last few months, one segment has been about the misuse of so: People use it to start sentences...
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