tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post361832671912584020..comments2023-05-06T05:13:13.094-04:00Comments on "The Awkward Silence...": V is for ViolaJerry Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596023102825944180noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-30425141297832589862011-07-26T11:54:59.934-04:002011-07-26T11:54:59.934-04:00Argh, how did that show up out of order. (Presuma...Argh, how did that show up out of order. (Presumably because I typed it out of order, but I'll take any excuse to post again.)<br /><br />gowerpo: The Rev. Spooner's favorite energy bar.dr jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250472951135780136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-59505481174715213602011-07-26T11:53:28.843-04:002011-07-26T11:53:28.843-04:00Jerry, you've got to finish this series, for a...Jerry, you've got to finish this series, for at least two reasons:<br /><br />(1) Sue Grafton is about to catch (back) up with you. Yes, of course she had a big head start, but she only does one letter per *year* (or slightly less).<br /><br />enarger: piece of darkroom equipment that can't make pictures of ions, eopards, eotards, iars, or azars.<br /><br />(2) I need to stay in practice thinking up definitions for the word verifications.<br /><br />(Of course (2) only requires that I keep posting inane comments like this one.)dr jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250472951135780136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-43512837251488356852011-06-09T20:41:22.426-04:002011-06-09T20:41:22.426-04:00BTW, the link doesn't work, apparently because...BTW, the link doesn't work, apparently because the URL starts with http://jerryalazar.blogspot.com/2011/05/, and then has the real URL in parentheses.<br /><br />"palibu" -- where the late Marvin Mitchelson went to the beach.dr jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250472951135780136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-7101395426466705952011-06-09T20:39:06.462-04:002011-06-09T20:39:06.462-04:00Before WNYC/NPR figured out that they could fill w...Before WNYC/NPR figured out that they could fill what Steve Post used to call "The Useless Minute of the Air" with more funding credits, and before Steve Post got too sick to host a radio show, he would sometimes fill the first minute of his show (8:00 to 8:01 AM, weekdays) by telling a joke. These included a series of violist jokes, of which the following is the only one I remember.<br /><br />Q. You're lost in the woods, and you come upon Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, a good violist, and a bad violist. Which one do you ask for directions?<br /><br />A. The bad violist. The other three are figments of your imagination.<br /><br />Word verification: "metrita" -- (a) What Paul McCartney did when the "lovely" meter maid's shift was over; (b) a certain Flushing baseball team's latest experiment at second base.dr jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250472951135780136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-63916350063337558462011-05-20T14:50:01.261-04:002011-05-20T14:50:01.261-04:00"Who do Hawaiians make fun of?"
New Eng..."Who do Hawaiians make fun of?"<br /><br />New Englanders. <br /><br />Word verification: "haval": when you have a monopoly on negilahs.jmeltzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178486632456695608noreply@blogger.com