How to Tell When it’s Going to be a Rotten Day

  • You put your bra on backwards and it fits better
  • You call Suicide Prevention and they put you on hold
  • You see a “60 Minutes” news team waiting in your office
  • Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles
  • Your son tells you he wishes Anita Bryant would mind her own business
  • You want to put on the clothes you wore home from the party last night and there aren’t any
  • Your turn on the news and they’re showing emergency routes out of the city
  • Your twin forgot your birthday
  • You wake up and discover your waterbed broke and then you realize that you don’t have a waterbed
  • Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stuck as you follow a group of Hell’s Angels on the freeway
  • Your wife wakes up feeling amorous and you have a headache
  • Your boss tells you not to bother taking off your coat
  • The bird singing outside your window is a buzzard
  • You wake up and your braces are locked together
  • You walk to work and find your dress is stuck in the back of your pantyhose
  • You call your answering service and they tell you it’s none of your business
  • Your income tax check bounces
  • Your blind date turns out to be your ex
  • Your pet rock snaps at you
  • Your wife says “Good Morning, Bill” and your name is George
  • You put both contact lenses in the same eye

Signs That Ronald McDonald is Growing Up

  • No longer signs paychecks in crayon.
  • That new “Mr. Happy Meal.”
  • Distinctive odor of bourbon and stale cigars at personal appearances.
  • Two words: sagging buns.
  • Replacing floppy red shoes with floppy black wingtips.
  • Now offering “Happy Hour” Meals.
  • No longer asks women if they want to see his McNuggets.
  • Instead of size 46 shoe, now takes a size 62.
  • Gin has replaced make-up as his nose-reddener.
  • That telltale bottle of Clairol Fire Engine Red #4 in his shower.
  • Seen with Jack-in-the-Box at strip clubs stuffing fries down g-strings.
  • Three kids injured in unfortunate stubble incident.
  • Has a McBeergut.

Rejected Motel 6 Slogans

  • We’re working on that smell thing, too.
  • Because you deserve better than the backseat of some car.
  • As seen on “COPS”
  • If We’d Known You Were Staying All Night, We’d Have Changed the Sheets
  • Not just for nooners anymore.
  • We left off the 9, but you know it’s there.
  • You rented the room, now buy the video.
  • Sure, you could stay someplace nicer, but then you wouldn’t have money left over for a hooker.
  • We’ll leave the Lysol for ya!
  • Hey, we’re not the Ritz, but just try bringing your secretary there on *your* salary, pal!
  • We don’t make the adultery. We make the adultery *better*
  • It’s Hookerriffic!
  • Official Lodging of the 2002 Florida Marlins
  • Blurring the line between stains and avant garde sheet art since 1962!
  • Cheap and Easy-Just Like Your Mother
  • We put the “Ho” in “Motel”

Rejected Matzoh Flavors

  • Peanut Butter Matzoh
  • Chicken-Fried Steak Matzoh
  • Gefilte Fish Matzoh
  • Apple-Cinnamon Matzoh
  • Cookies and Cream Matzoh
  • Spearmint Matzoh
  • Sun-Dried Tomato Matzoh
  • Marshmallow Matzoh
  • Licorice Matzoh
  • Root Beer Matzoh
  • Liver Matzoh
  • Anchovy Matzoh
  • Bubble-Gum Matzoh
  • Chorizo Matzoh
  • Menudo Matzoh
  • Bacon Matzoh

Signs Your Psychic Is a Phony

  • Keeps shaking black “crystal ball,” then saying, “Ask again later.”
  • Tells you you’re going to die but doesn’t exactly know when or how.
  • Every time you draw the Death card, she yells “Go Fish!”
  • Looks suspiciously like that guy who fixed your muffler last week.
  • Brunswick insignia on “crystal ball.”
  • His idea of an “out of body experience” involves whipped cream and women’s clothing.
  • Instead of a Oujia board, has a Wedgie board.
  • During seance, shouts in voice of Wolfman Jack, “Milli Vanilli will be back!”
  • His spoon bending requires two pliers.
  • Sign in window: “As Seen on ’60 Minutes'”
  • During card-reading, asks if you want to “hit” or “stand”.
  • Insists that your astrological sign is “The Armadillo.”
  • Psychics Magazine rates her just below fortune cookies, just above your mom.
  • Repeatedly attempts to read your palm with his genitalia.
  • Shakes her crystal ball, then predicts a large snowstorm.
  • Easily fooled by ‘Can of Snakes’ gag.
  • Lakers in 4.
  • “Ethereal Aroma of the Kindred Spirits” effect during seance only occurs after a chili-dog lunch.
  • Just keeps saying in his Mr. T voice, “My prediction: Pain!”

You’re Addicted to Your PDA When…

  • You’ve caught yourself tapping buttons on your computer screen.
  • When you pick up a pen or pencil you immediately notice how thick it feels.
  • When using pen and paper, you have to force yourself to move your hand across the page as you write.
  • Your regular handwriting includes Graffiti characters (and you don’t notice until someone else points it out).
  • When asked for your business card you pull out your Palm.
  • You and your dog are the only ones in your family who can hear your Palm’s alarm.
  • A color screen seems like overkill.
  • You own a pen that won’t write on paper.
  • Your idea of an emergency kit includes a paper clip.
  • You’ve used your Palm as a flashlight.

Overheard in 2999…

  • “Thank you for calling Dell. All operators are currently helping other customers. You have been on hold for approximately… one… thousand… years….”
  • “Senator Thurmond, your wife is on line 3.”
  • “Another Christmas like this, and Amazon.com just may turn a profit!”
  • “Chris White, you have been defrosted to stand judgment for the recently discovered document known as ‘The Rejected Hurricane Name List’.”
  • “I found it on the Galactinet — I think it’s a picture of how humans used to reproduce.”
  • “Hi, I’m Dick Clark, here to count you down into the new millennium!”
  • “I did *not* have cybersex with that netbot.”
  • “Okay, I’ll go over it one more time: It doesn’t really start until January 1, *3001* because…”
  • “Middle East peace talks have been put on hold once again…”
  • “25,000 zelgers, same as on Mars.”
  • “We at NASA cannot be discouraged by this recent failure, and we are fully confident that our next manned mission to Mars will be a complete success.”
  • “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Islam…”

Offensive Wedding Behavior

  • Show up with a baby and claim he belongs to the newlyweds.
  • Cover yourself with glue to improve your chances of catching the bouquet.
  • Offer to show people pictures of the bride having sex with a dog.
  • Tell people that you knew the bride before the sexchange operation.
  • Tell the bride that the only reason you can look at her is that you used to be a proctologist.
  • Instead of a standard gift, give the newlyweds a gift certificate for a drug rehab clinic.
  • As you move down the receiving line, spit on each person.
  • Ask the bride’s mother to give you a hand job.
  • Give the bride some Bianca, and tell her it kills the taste of sperm.
  • Propose a toast to the bride’s nose job.
  • Steal the cards from the wedding gifts so no one can tell who they came from.
  • Walk up to various guests and demand to see their invitations.
  • After the bride throws her garter, start people chanting, “Throw your bra, throw your bra…”
  • Tell everyone that the groom had to be given Quaaludes to keep him from backing out.
  • Tell the rabbi that there’s no money to pay him, and ask if he’ll settle for stupping the bride.
  • Assure the bride’s mother that the groom is “hung like a horse.”
  • Return a bra which the bride left in your car.
  • If there’s a hunchback at a Jewish wedding tell him that he has to wear one yarmulke on his head and another on his hump.
  • When the bride is coming down the aisle, push the organist out of the way and start playing, “The Lady is a Tramp.”

Books We Are Not Likely To See

St. Martin’s Press had to pull a biography of US President George W. Bush off the shelves recently when they learned that the book’s
author is an ex-convict who served time in prison for ordering the fire-bombing of his boss’ car. Here now are some others that we are not likely to see:

  • “The Yiddish Guide to Loving Your Neighbor” — Pat Buchanan
  • “Get Out of Your Car and Walk to Work!” — Stephen King
  • “Creating A Sound Future: Building a Lasting, Profitable Career in the Music Industry” — Andrew Ridgeley
  • “Winners Never Quite” — Dan Quayle
  • “Spiritual Enlightenment Through Poverty and Humility” — L. Ron Hubbard
  • “For Better or Worse: A Guide to Keeping Your Wedding Vows” — Newt Gingrich
  • “The Feminist Mystique” — Monica Lewinsky
  • “The Buyers’ Guide to Experimental Aircraft” — John Denver
  • “How to Find Just about Anybody Anywhere” — O.J. Simpson
  • “What Up? Communicating With the Youth of Today” — Strom Thurmond
  • “Mind Your Own Business! A Guide for Small Business Owners” –Linda Tripp
  • “Black Like Me” — Michael Jackson

Product Warnings

  • Found on Axius Sno-Off Automobile Windshield cover:
    CAUTION: Never drive with the cover on your windshield.
  • Found a box of Tampax Tampons:
    Remove used tampon before inserting a new one.
  • Found on a box of Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts:
    WARNING: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated
  • Found on the instruction sheet of a Conair Pro Style 1600 hair dryer:
    WARNING: Do not use in shower. Never use while sleeping.
  • Found on Bat Man The Animated Series Armor Set Halloween costume box:
    PARENT: Please exercise caution, mask and chest plate are not protective; cape does not enable wearer to fly.
  • Found in a television set’s owner’s manual:
    Do not pour liquids into your television set.
  • Found on the handle of a hammer:
    CAUTION: Do not use this hammer to strike any solid object
  • Found on a butane lighter:
    WARNING: Flame may cause fire