The Unintentional Comedy Meter
Written for The Arizoner in October 2003.
Today I want to write about the Unintentional Comedy Meter. Unintentional Comedy is just what you think it is – funny stuff that happens that nobody intended to be funny, but it’s funny nonetheless. The Unintentional Comedy Meter measures how funny that stuff is. For example, man slips on banana peel. That’s low on the meter. But if I’m playing trivial pursuit and the guy next to me absentmindedly reads the question “What color is the ring around Uranus?†that ranks high on the meter – really high.
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Eulogizing the Prank Call, or Why Caller-ID Has Ruined Childhood
I wrote this in May 2002 for the Arizoner. If you grew up on the Jerky Boys, and emulated them on a regular basis, this one will hit home with you.
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Boy Scout Cookies
I wrote this article for “The Arizoner” newsletter in April 2002. I think I wrote three articles for the newsletter. I’ll try and post them all here.
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A Mormon President of the United States?
The thought is being entertianed by no less than the publisher of The Weekly Standard.
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Genuflection
I wrote this poem in March 2002. It won some award or was recognized, or something. I can’t remember what right now, but I submitted it to some contest.
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