Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Good morning crew,


"Joe, I was just wondering what kind of kilt you use. I started going to the Ren Faires last year with my girlfriend and we have a blast. She has a complete outfit. So far I only have a shirt. I really don't want to get pants because I'm always hot and have been considering a kilt. But some of them seem really thick and might be just as hot. Any recomendations? Thanks, and I love the daily jokes!" -Lee

Thanks for the note, Lee. I bought that kilt 6 or 7 years ago, but from my recollection they were made by a small company that sells most of its merchandise at places like Ren Faires and online. In other words, you are not going to find them at your more popular retailers. But despite the fact that they are heavy wool (you can find them in different fabrics) they are still cooler than jeans!


"Do you ever ride the motorcycle while wearing the kilt?" -Linda

Linda, I sold the motorcycle before I got married. It'll be gone two years in November. But thanks for rubbing salt in the wound.


Hello Joe: Absinthe was banned in the US during the 1920s, probably because it contained alcohol. It remained banned until a few years ago. The manager at the liquor store who sells it told me it would cause me to go insane if I drank it. I don't know if he was serious or not. One view is that absinthe was very popular with artists during the 1800s. Supposedly, van Gogh was under its influence when he cut his ear. Supposedly, Ernest Hemmingway drank a lot of this when he wrote his novels. I wonder how any of you felt after drinking this stuff. -J T

From what I understand the original stuff had some psychoactive elements to it. The stuff you can get in the U.S. now has no such properties. What it does have is a very strong licorice flavor and a kick like a mule. The only extraordinary effect I noticed was an uncontrollable shiver as it went down...and an overwhelming desire to get that taste out of my mouth!

Hope that helps.

Laugh it up,

Joe

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"A lot of guys go to Comic-Con dressed as super heroes. Comic-Con is a great place to go if you want to see what all your favorite super heroes would look like if they stopped working out and ate only ice cream." -Craig Ferguson

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"Two hundred cows recently died in a field in Wisconsin. Nobody knows the cause of death, but they suspect boredom." -Conan O'Brien

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"The temperature got up to a 100 here in New York City. And now doctors are warning people about something called 'heat rage.' It's a real thing, where people to overreact when it gets too hot. It's similar to those other conditions in New York: cold rage, lukewarm rage, and just regular old rage." -Jimmy Fallon

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The teacher in an adult Sabbath class asked a woman to read about the Israelites wandering in the desert.

"The Lord heard you when you wailed, 'If only we had meat to eat!'" she began. "Now the Lord will give you meat. You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, or ten or twenty days, but for a month - until you loathe it."

When the woman finished she paused, looked up and said, "Hey, isn't that the Atkins diet?"


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During a bank robbery the police chief told the sergeant to cover all exits so the robbers could not get away.

Later the sergeant reports to the chief. "Sorry Sir, but they got away."

The chief very angry says, "I told you to cover all of the exits!"

"I did," replied the sergeant, "but they got away through the entrance."