By government edict, Air New Zealand is weighing passengers before they board airplanes. The country’s civil aviation agency is collecting data on average passenger weights (see story here). It will be used to figure out “weight load and distribution for planes.” “We weigh everyt[...]
Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category
Why Republicans insist on work requirements
“Kevin McCarthy Says Lifting Debt Ceiling Must Also Lift Lazy Guy Off Couch,” a Huffington Post headline says here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 19th, 2023 - 9:30 pm § in Humor
Ladies, this is why there’s a shortage of men (video)
https://youtube.com/shorts/U3wmukYUSlU?feature=share Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Ginni Thomas satire
From the New Yorker (here): NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Capping several quarters of robust profit growth, Ginni Thomas has announced that she will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Investors are expected to snap up shares in Thomas, who is believed to be the first spouse of a Supreme Co[...]
May 1st, 2023 - 3:59 am § in Humor
Is it “art” if someone eats it?
It was a banana duct-taped to a wall (see photo at left). And it’s no more. “The student told the museum he ate it because he was hungry,” CNN reported (in a story here). If I duct-tape a banana to a wall, it’s a banana (and potentially food). If Italian artist Maurizio Catte[...]
The Oxford comma
There has long been a raging civil war among grammarians and stylebook writers over it, and it’s in Seattle’s local news today (Friday, March 31, 2023) because the county council just voted unanimously to approve its use in official documents, or its stylebook, or whatever (see tweet wit[...]
March 21st, 2023 - 8:19 pm § in Humor, Law and Courts
Is this trademark infringement?
Or product disparagement? Or parody protected by the First Amendment? One thing for sure: Any question for the Supreme Court is a good law school test question. (Spoiler hint: The Court’s current majority has heavily favored free speech in other cases, but judging from recent rulings, they may[...]
Don’t let this happen to you! (video)
If you’re planning a visit to the zoo, leave your car home and use public transportation. The video below shows why. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]