Sometimes you have to laugh.
One way to keep your mental health in this Era of Trump is to laugh at the absurdities.
A Medford neighbor, Gerald Murphy, has a lighthearted approach to Trump. He writes little satirical pieces that are misunderstood as real, which gets him kicked off of social media platforms. Murphy laughs it off. He is a retired high school English teacher. He has written dozens of plays and musicals with productions in over 40 countries, mostly in schools, churches, and community theaters.
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| Murphy, at his granddaughter's high school graduation |
The presidential debate and its aftermath produced some humor, if one has the right mindset. Murphy sent me these, hoping I would get the jokes:
My wife is mad at me -- again.
"You promised to make a plan to stop drinking so much ten years ago, but you still drink like a fish," she said.
"Give me a break," I told her.
"Well, what's the plan?" she said.
She was pretty pissed so I had to come up with something.
"All right," I said, "I don't have a plan yet, but I got this great concept."
And this one:
Friday night football turned out dismally for the Medford High School Black Tornadoes. A sports reporter was on hand to interview the coach.
Reporter: "Tough game, coach. The final score was 36 to 0! How do you explain the loss?"
Coach: "I wouldn’t count this as a loss. Our boys can hold their heads up high. They did remarkably well, considering the officiating."
Reporter: "Bad refs?"
Coach: "Cheating refs. Definitely. Before the game started, we saw their coach hand the refs a bundle of money. Then the ref gave him a copy of our playbook."
Reporter: "So, you had no chance?"
Coach: "I believe we still could have crushed them except for the way they drugged our quarterback’s Gatorade."
Reporter: "I guess that explains the four fumbles and three interceptions."
Coach: "Right. But we still would have won if they didn’t have that bozo changing the scoreboard. We scored seven touchdowns, but not one showed up."
Reporter: "But I was there--"
Coach: "You were up in the stands. It was a different game here on the sidelines."
Reporter: "And you won’t accept that you guys lost?"
Coach: "No, no, no! Only losers accept a loss. I say we won. And when the truth comes out about all their shenanigans, we’ll be on our way to a perfect season! Our tenth perfect season in a row!"
Reporter: "But you were two and six last year!"
Coach: "Where’s the reporter for another paper? We can’t trust your fake news reporting. This is the last time you’ll ever interview me!"
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8 comments:
Speaking of post-debate jokes, Trump’s lies about pet-eating migrants provided a lot of fodder for late-night comedians. Unfortunately, it also unleashed a shitstorm of hate and threats of violence against Haitian refugees in Springfield. The damage Trump has inflicted on our country is no joke. On the other hand, I can’t think of anyone more deserving of mockery and ridicule, other than the idiots and whack jobs who have elevated him from a common criminal to a candidate for our nation’s highest office.
I’m trying to think who this coach reminds me of.
During the debate, Trump made it disgustingly clear why, by his own admission, he needs to flush the toilet 15 times.
I don't follow sports if any kind, except my 12 year old grandsons, but in my wildest dreams, I cannot picture Coach Governor Walz spouting crap like what issues from his less than worthy opponents mouths.
The ABC News debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris failed to move the needle in the presidential election, ABC admitted Sunday.
ABC’s own poll of 3,276 adults, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates with fieldwork by Ipsos, showed Harris failed to achieve any benefit beyond her base.
The Stoopid is strong in the Cult. I'm disappointed, but not surprised.
Half the electorate wants a lying, cheating, stealing rapist to be president. If only they were capable of giving us a glimpse into their point of view, I’ll bet we could learn a lot about black holes.
Let us hope as hard as we can the the percentage of true believers is far less than half. I've put little faith in any Polling results since 2016, and I'm still thinking it's more like 35 %< which is till concerning.
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