Category Archives: Humour

Things meant to be funny.

Moko & Loupe London screening

The inimitable Tim Vincent-Smith and the incogitable Quinn Comendant star in … here’s the trailer: To be screened in London for one night only! With live music from s i n k and special guests Alabaster DePlume and Timothy Victor’s Folk Orchestra. MOKO & LOUPE LONDON SCREENING Saturday 30 … Continue reading

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Bookstore Kitchen Quips

What’s the difference between a bagel and a Robbe-Grillet novel? Once you’ve finished a bagel, the hole in the middle’s gone! What’s the difference between a hot dog and a Burroughs novel? If you cut up a hot dog, it … Continue reading

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Gag Dyad: art theft / foot fetishism

Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. However, after planning the crime, breaking in, evading security, getting out, and escaping with the goods, he was captured only two blocks away when his … Continue reading

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Contemplations of the Rat

Lab rats contemplating alternately Fermi’s Paradox and the Pauli Exclusion Principle (click images to enlarge) Fermi’s Paradox: Given the vast size and age of the universe (the sheer number of stars, amount of matter, and how long it’s all been … Continue reading

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Quanta of Humour (à la CERN)

1. Q: What did the up quark say to the down quark after the charm quark dumped her? A: Awh honey, you just gotta muon! 2. Q: What did the strange quark say to the W boson? A: Fishfish wibble … Continue reading

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Party Small Talk

“Could I possibly trouble you for another cigarette?” “Sure. You need all the elements?” “Um … am I in my element? In my — hm, let me see …” “Nono, do you need all the elements? Filters and papers and … Continue reading

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Let’s Have a Christopher Hitchens Christmas

A festive video for your holiday delight why not? written and directed by Hannah Marie Marcus performed by The Holiday Recording Party House Band (Hannah Marie Marcus, voice, keys; Meg Reichardt, guitar; Kurt Hoffman, clarinet; Paul Watson, trumpet; Ray Parker, … Continue reading

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At Home in the Prison of Song

This is a news story, but of the kind the world lets fall every now and then, that read like parables of indeterminable meaning. Here’s the story. A bird — a parakeet — is found perching on the shoulder of … Continue reading

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Conversations between jumbled farmers and various Cockney types

Conversation between an artichoke farmer and a Cockney serial killer: — Artichoke? — Nah! I find it ’ard t’ let the liyul blighers breave. Conversation between a Japanese soy bean farmer and a jilted Cockney bruiser: — Edamame? — I … Continue reading

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Dante’s Virgil

written by Crow Jane So Virgil and Justin Bieber walk into a bar. Virgil says Give us a couple of lagers. Bartender gives ’em some, there’s a monkey sitting at the end of the bar. Virgil says What’s that damn … Continue reading

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