The Funny Side

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.



10 Ways to Tell the Honeymoon is Over

Nov 1st, 2008 | By Carl Megill | Category: The Funny Side

Before, he would call you cute nicknames like, “Honeybun” or “Sweetcheeks.” Now, it’s, “Hey, you!” (Note: After ten years of marriage, he drops the “you.”)



What is Wrong With the Presidential Campaigns?

Oct 28th, 2008 | By Carl Megill | Category: The Funny Side

The candidates are actually talking about themselves and not about their opponents. They are telling the American public what they intend to do, if elected. They are talking like they have an actual platform. What is going on with that?



Staying on the Funny Side - Of Sparky the Cat

Oct 22nd, 2008 | By Kelly Swanson | Category: Latest Articles, 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.



Did You Catch the Emmy Awards?

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Carl Megill | Category: The Funny Side

Did you happen to catch the 60th Annual Emmy Awards the other night? We all learned something that night. We learned that having five reality show hosts as emcees for the Emmys is about as entertaining as an obituary page. Let’s fact it, Jeff Probst is to comedy as Don Rickles is to compliments. The [...]



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.



Disco Alert

Aug 25th, 2008 | By Carl Megill | Category: The Funny Side

I don’t mean to alarm anyone and I certainly don’t mean to be an extremist, (Okay, the article on the destruction of mankind as we know it may have been borderline) but there is a rumor that, if true, could cause extreme havoc in the community and the release of thousands of people taking to [...]



Spirituality, Religion And Cotton

Aug 7th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: The Funny Side

I grew up in a small rural area in North East Arkansas where the only things that seemed to grow were cotton and churches. Some seasons it seemed that no matter how hard you worked, (and there is nothing about cotton that is not work), Mother Nature just refused to smile on you and all [...]