Category Archives: Humour
How Many Wives?
Dialogue excerpt between US tank corpsman ‘Waco’ Hoyt (Bruce Bennett) and Sudanese Sgt. Maj. Tambul (Rex Ingram) in Columbia Pictures’ classic 1943 war flick, Sahara, featuring Humphrey Bogart as American tank commander Sgt. Joe Gunn. Directed by Zoltan Korda… • … Continue reading
Cover Letter #847
Re: Advertised Editor/Copywriter Job Dear HR, I enjoy adapting client-provided copy and I am fully prepared to pad, slash, amplify, contour, warp, finesse or mechanically debone any such text which does disservice to the honour of said client’s own brand. … Continue reading
Riddle 31
Old widow Peabody was mortified when, in making an adjustment to the time on her precious grandfather clock, she inadvertently snapped the minute hand in two. A friend recommended an antique shop that carried all the parts for the same … Continue reading
Our Shortest Interview Yet
Intrepid imahd.ca contributor Viz Bartolemy caught up with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad outside a movie theatre in downtown Tehran as he left a private screening of the Hollywood mega-blockbuster, Avatar… Continue reading
Copenhagen: A climate of desperation and disbelief
The UN’s Copenhagen summit on climate change is about to get underway, but rather than rationally discuss the prospects for achieving a meaningful agreement on sustainable development, we’ve decided to take a more playful tack… Continue reading
Inner Beauty
an itty-bitty nifty little ditty Continue reading
The Search for a Cure Continues
LIFE: Ubiquitous, chronic ailment of which very little is actually known. Doctors generally advise that it be allowed to run its course, even though death is expected in 100% of cases. While scientists agree that more research is the answer, billions … Continue reading
Threat Level Revised to ‘Hot Paisley’
Please be advised that a recent spike in the conflict propensity index has triggered an elevation of the current Global Threat Level… Continue reading
Hello? This is Us.
Below is the plaque installed on the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 space probes launched in 1972 and 1973, respectively. It is intended to be an introduction to other intelligent life in the our galaxy — should it eventually be collected by some deep space traveler… Continue reading
Coalition of the Blade
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is shown presenting the same gift (a sword) to various allied heads of state. Does he steal them back afterwards or does he have a whole closet full of them? Continue reading
