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Staying On The Funny Side - Of Commercials

Dec 14th, 2008 | By Kelly Swanson | Category: The Funny Side

Have you seen the commercial for the kid’s allergy medication? Two women are sitting in a park on a play date when one child runs up, sneezes, and both women, like gun slingers, pull out their emergency mommy medication.



Staying on The Funny Side of Thanksgiving

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Kelly Swanson | Category: The Funny Side

I just read an ad that said you can get your entire Thanksgiving dinner in a bag, complete with turkey, mashed potatoes, and an overly critical mother-in-law.



Staying on the Funny Side - Of Sparky the Cat

Oct 22nd, 2008 | By Kelly Swanson | Category: The Funny Side

The vet said Sparky died of natural causes. Aunt Fern said it was probably something he ate. Mildred said that cat had been electrocuted, caught on fire, painted pink, and dressed up as a camel for the Buncam Baptist Christmas pageant- that if that didn’t add up to nine lives, nothing did. Personally, I think [...]



Staying on the Funny Side - Of Kitchen Gadgets

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Kelly Swanson | Category: The Funny Side

I’m a sucker for those “As Seen On TV” kitchen gadgets. Show me a woman in a dated hairdo and a pantsuit, waving her hand over a seventy-five-piece plastic monogrammed food packaging and storage system, and my pulse starts to race.



Staying On The Funny Side Of Imperfections

Sep 21st, 2008 | By Kelly Swanson | Category: The Funny Side

“That’s it. I’ve had it,” I dramatically announced to my husband as we sat in bed reading. He rolled his eyes, no doubt wondering if this was going to be a repeat of last night’s tirade when I’d had enough of telemarketers. Or the night before when I’d had enough of toys that required tools [...]



Staying On The Funny Side - Of Mail Order Catalogs

Sep 5th, 2008 | By Kelly Swanson | Category: The Funny Side

I ordered these new stilettos in the mail because the model looked great wearing them and I was convinced they were the very thing I needed to complete me. Well, that and sheer shawl with the beaded butterflies. The stilettos, just like the model, were everything I wasn’t. They even sounded cool - stilettos. I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I figured with a name like that they must come with a dark exotic man holding a platter of margaritas.