Signs You Chose the Wrong Airline

  • “If there’s a mechanical engineer on board, or even someone who’s mechanically inclined, please report immediately to the cockpit.”
  • Four states and a seatmate’s life story later, you realize the plane is not on I-95 just to taxi to the runway.
  • The complimentary beverage is Zima laced with horse tranquilizer.
  • “…and a special welcome to the Association of Parents with Colicky Triplets!”
  • Relaxing music for take off is Buddy Holly’s Greatest Hits.
  • Phish Air’s complimentary bong hits are soured by overwhelming stench of patchouli oil, sweat and nine-year-old Birkenstocks.
  • The pilot for your trans-Atlantic crossing? Captain Nemo.
  • “And we’d like to welcome all our friends from the Islamic Jihad soccer team…”
  • “We only have one peanut, so just suck on it for a minute and then pass it back.”
  • During her pre-flight demonstration, the flight attendant accidentally inflates her colostomy bag.
  • “In case of a water landing, that tubby guy in seat 19F will double as a flotation device.”
  • After a flock of birds slams into your window, and an attack of vertigo, you begin to think “North By Northwest Airlines” was a bad choice.
  • “Our in-flight movie this evening will be camcorder footage from my daughter Ashley’s Little League game last night.”
  • The pre-flight safety video shows a pair of lips, an ass, and the word “Goodbye” printed in twelve different languages.

You Know You’ve Joined a Cheap New HMO When…

  • Your annual breast exam is conducted at Hooters.
  • The only proctologist in the plan is “Gus” from Roto-Rooter.
  • The only item listed under Preventive Care coverage is “An apple a day.”
  • Your “primary care physician” is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month.
  • “The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges” is not a typo.
  • The only expense covered 100% is embalming.
  • With your last HMO, your Prozac didn’t come in different colors with little “M”s on them.
  • You ask for Viagra; you get a Popsicle stick and duct tape.
  • Exam room has a tip jar.
  • You swear you saw salad tongs and a crab fork on the instrument tray just before the anesthesia kicked in.
  • The company logo features a hand squeezing a bleeding turnip.
  • Tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicle.
  • Chief Surgeon graduated from University of Benihana.
  • Directions to your doctor’s office include, “take a left when you enter the trailer park,”
  • 24-hour pre-authorization line is 1-800-GUD-LUCK.
  • Enema? The lavatory faucet swivels to face upward.

Signs You Hired the Wrong Contractor

  • Suspicious increase in number of 1-900-DRILLBIT calls charged to your line.
  • Uses “The Clapper” to turn power saw on and off.
  • Paints the living room with 15,000 bottles of White-Out.
  • Shows up with nothing but a strategically placed power drill and a butt crack the size of the Grand Canyon.
  • Flaming pentacle and mutilated goats in your basement.
  • Comes to work with a Bob Vila lunchbox, complete with crazy straw for the thermos.
  • Left hand: sledgehammer. Right hand: Colt 45 Malt Liquor.
  • On the day the insulation is to be put down, shows up wearing Pink Panther costume.
  • Mike Wallace from “60 Minutes” drops by with camera crew.
  • While painting: “One for the wall, one for me, one for the wall,…”
  • Keeps asking you to “adjust my tool, if y’know what I mean.”
  • His see-through teddy shows that he’s confused Victorian style with Victoria’s Secret.
  • Insists on spackling with his genitalia instead of with a trowel.
  • Runs out of shingles and starts using baloney slices.
  • Insists on trying out the new bedroom… with his entire stable of girlfriends.
  • Spends hours in your bathroom, flushing the toilet and saying, “Well I’ll be goldarned!”

Things You Don’t Want To Hear in a Department Store

  • “You want to use the fitting room or try this on at my place?”
  • “Check it out — this one’s good for hiding body parts.”
  • “You know how we can offer such low prices? We buy direct from Wal-Mart!”
  • “Try our new scent — it makes you smell just like Regis.”
  • “Last night after work I got lucky on this couch.”
  • “Can I take a picture of your feet for my web site?”
  • “I live in a dark, greasy space under the escalator.”
  • “For today only, you can pay for your purchases with hugs”
  • “Have you seen a chimp in boys’ overalls?”
  • “If you’re interested, I sell the same junk out of my van, half-price”