humor

"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "

An Angel in the Ointment
At 9:57 AM on a Tuesday, The Angel With The Bag Full Of Cash entered the last car of the 2 Uptown. Dispatch had told him that he’d look like the target, but they hadn’t told him what he would look like.
By Josh Workman5 years ago in Humans
Detectives, Jesus, and Jay Z
The two detectives practically raced to the patrol car, not because of an emergency, but because Detective Lisa Chavez was in the middle of a crazy story. Detective Johnson was transferred two months after it all went down. They tried to buckle up quickly but the excitement was causing the affair to last several seconds.
By Donnalisa Madrigal5 years ago in Humans
A Case of Paper
Marlo Rinetti thought about money all the time. She thought about all the things she wanted to do, she thought about all the things she might do, but most of all, she thought about things that lay in the quandary of her imagination, just beyond her reach.
By Amy Chiu5 years ago in Humans
Novice
In my defense, it was my first time in Vegas. It was probably the heady atmosphere of bright lights, expensive perfumes, and crackling anticipation that made me accept when a casino employee invited me to take the last chair in a card game. But by the time I was holding a handful of cards, eyeing a pile of colored plastic discs in front of me, and realizing we were not playing Slapjack, it was too late to extricate myself.
By Candice Bellows5 years ago in Humans
Do Cancers Suck?
Astrologically speaking, I know nothing about the stars. As a 27-year-old, I recently took a job at a grocery store deli for $9 an hour. In my heart, I knew it was temporary. The manager quickly let me know that one of the reasons she hired me was because I’m a Taurus and apparently that means I don’t like change. She thought I was going to stick around for a long time. Again, I was getting paid $9 an hour.
By Luke Haddad5 years ago in Humans
The Face in the Frame
I’ve never liked the phrase “ignorance is bliss”. It subscribes to a kitschy acceptance of stupidity, a devil’s bargain where knowledge is sacrificed for happiness. But I write now as a disciple of obtuseness, an ardent convert for who the scales have fallen, allowing me to appreciate the majesty of ignorance.
By PN5 years ago in Humans
COVID's Little Luck
Wash, rinse, repeat. Phone, wallet, keys. Where’s your mask? What’s your temp? Did you sanitize? GIVE ME A BREAK! Rule of threes.
By Sandra Heng5 years ago in Humans
Mad Madeline
I look exactly like the genie from Aladdin. I’m blue, I’ve got a beard and I live in a lamp. The only difference is I’m not as funny as the genie from Aladdin. I’m also not flamboyant enough to break into song. But to make up for my poor sense of humour and lack of energy, I suppose I can cook pretty well.
By Dean Blake5 years ago in Humans
Fake Friends in the Yacht Club
Sunshine on the open sea. Then a parade of yachts, roaring over the horizon. These are billionaires, members of the local yacht club. Then there is Jimmy. Jimmy is not a billionaire. Only today, he’s assistant captain of a yacht, shadowing a member named Richard. The club had teamed up with a local game show to award a prize to a lucky winner. Jimmy had won. Now he gets to spend the day with them. It meant more to him than the average Joe. He dreamed of driving sports cars, of flying in private jets, of being part of a yacht club. Only, his reality was different. He takes public transit, struggles to pay rent, and works as a food prep in a pizza restaurant. At least I’m not a dishwasher, Jimmy always told himself.
By Nevin Louie5 years ago in Humans
Appathy
Okay. Nothing. It’ll do nothing. “What?” ‘What?’ ? Did I say that out loud? “Did you say something?” I did. “Nothing. I said nothing.”
By Zebulun Ashcroft5 years ago in Humans
Murder of the Tenant
The number pad next to the garage door has a tenant. There had been a small spider crawling across number nine. He was kind of cute. Spiders can be really helpful, even indoors. This guy was outdoors and he was really tiny. Still, I was hoping for mosquito control. That was two days ago.
By Donna Marie5 years ago in Humans
noodle soup
Jane's seclusion had begun before the world dilemma. A series of defeating events created a profound change in her perspective, so profound that she left both job and boyfriend and moved back in with her mother. Six months after gracing her mother's front porch, she was still there. Wedged as usual into the corner of the sofa she observed herself reaching for her go to meal, a sleeve of Maria's biscuits propped up by the lamp.
By Dana Anton5 years ago in Humans