I shared a shuttle ride today with a linguist heading to Turkey to study Tuva throat singers. (No joke!) I was reminded of this joke: Two linguists were walking down the street. Which one was the expert in contextually-indicated deixis and anaphoric refere

What happened in...

It was just a bunch of soldiers looking for Pokemons.

Blondes, Pearly...

Three blondes died together in an automobile accident on Easter Sunday. As...

We went shopping...

We're expecting 20 people at our house and my husband wanted to find the...

What do rehab and...

Cold turkey

CMV: If a Muslim...

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Helpdesk #3

These are stories from help desks around the country. At 3:37 a.m. on a...

So, my parents...

A boy is hearing his parents argue. His mom calls his dad a son of a bitch!...

I've been...

...so I decided to quit cold turkey.

I shot my first...

Scared the shit out of everyone in the frozen food section though.

The swearing parrot.

Did you hear about guy who had a parrot who swore continually. Finally, the...