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Our blog poet, SomeDam Poet, returns at last to his/her place of eminence, writing wonderful doggerel and great poetry for our pleasure and enlightenment.

 

This one was written in response to Betsy DeVos’s claim that some schools may need guns to protect students from grizzly bears, so it may be necessary to get rid of gun-free school zones:

 

“A nation at risk”

 

The number one problem in schools
Is grizzly-bears breaking the rules
Attacking the teachers
And hacking the bleachers
And leaving their grizzly bear stools

 

 

I watched Alec Baldwin last night on “Saturday Night Live” and roared. He is a doppelgänger for Trump. He has the hair, the mannerisms, the mouth that looks like a tiny hole, the whole Trump impersonation. And the lines! The script is very, very funny!

 

Andy Borowitz, a humorist for the New Yorker, says that Trump got some bad news. 

 

According to the nation’s intelligence agencies, his Twitter account was hacked–by a four-year-old impersonating the president-elect.

Humorist Andy Borowitz reports that Trump’s first choice for the Supreme Court is not available, because of health issues. 

You have probably read that the best-known singers in the country have refused to perform at the Trump inauguration ceremonies. The Rockettes will perform, probably at an Inaugural Ball since the swearing-in platform is not large enough to hold a large troupe of high-kicking dancers. One Rockette said she didn’t want to dance at the event, but the owner of the troupe said she would dance or lose her job. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has signed on to sing, but at least one of its members has dropped out for reasons of conscience.

 

But Andy Borowitz reports that the Trump team has finally enlisted an internationally known performer to sing at the Inauguration. He is not internationally known as a singer, but he is an A list celebrity.

 

Borowitz also reported on an honor that Trump received even before the swearing-in ceremonies.

 

 

I think you will enjoy this British video about an attempted carjacking.

A time for fun on Thanksgiving Day.

 

When Rubik’s Cube first was produced, I quickly realized it was not my thing.

 

But it turns out that solving it is child’s play.

 

Here is a seven-year-old boy in Brazil solving it in 27 seconds, using only one hand.

 

 

 

Saturday Night Live opened last night with a segment about Donald Trump’s tweeting. Donald Trump tweeted that SNL was awful. Sad!

 

Watch. It is funny.

I heard from Michael T. Desing, who is a high school teacher of ELA. When he wrote, he told me he was preparing a portfolio for submission to the National Board for Teacher Certification. But in the meanwhile, he said, he decided he needed to express himself by publishing a daily comic strip showing life from a teacher’s point of view.

Please take a look at his work and enjoy.

teachingted.com

PS: Michael, sorry it took so long to respond!

Fred Smith, Assessment expert and occasional humorist, invites you to write your own logo for a T-shirt for the Inauguration.

 

Here are his ideas:

 

“Trying to keep it light. My idea would be to design and sell tee-shirts prior to the inauguration.

 

A lox-colored shirt with the Donald’s other worldly visage above the words: “I’m wearing salmon for Mammon.”

 

A shirt that simply says “You’re Hired!!!” with a photo of Trump and Giuliani shaking hands.

 

A tipsy-looking Kellyanne Conway in a red bare-shouldered gown declaring: “You’re just sore ’cause he didn’t grab you!”

 

Trump pictured alongside Xi Jinping tweeting about how much he respects General Tso.

 

Do you think there’s a market for this? Please add to the collection.”