Satire
Letter to Noah: we want our Tasmanian Tigers back
You do remember the Tasmanian Tiger, don't you, Noah? A shy, marsupial dog-like animal about three feet tall and five feet long,
with light brown fur and dark stripes across its lower back? Tail like a kangaroo, powerful jaws?
It hunted and ate mainly small marsupials such as bandicoots and small kangaroos.
I expect that habit caused you a few sleepless nights on your ark for those 40 days and 40 nights, eh? MORE...
Humour
Whiff of nostalgia
In 500BC, the world's first municipal dump was opened in Athens, Greece. That might not mean much to you but it does to me because I've been to our local tip twice in the past three days and I've gone from perspiration to inspiration.
When I read about the Greek venture in 500BC, my first reaction was: "Wow, what foresight! Were they cleaning up the city for the Olympics?"
My second reaction was: " I wonder if they know the price of entry has gone up?" MORE ...
Satire
Tour operator declares war
Retired British SAS officer Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe has made a bold foray into the adventure vacation market.
He is offering three-week war-zone packages. MORE ..
Humour
Keeping the whiskers at bay
My son announced yesterday that it was time he started shaving.
Kids grow up so quick these days, don't they?
He only turned five last week. MORE ...
Funny fiction
Living next door to Rembrandt
If only Dutch artist Willie van Dork had listened to reason, he could have been just as famous as Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. He had a lot in common with Rembrandt and some learned observers early in his career thought he was technically a better painter. MORE...