With so many disturbing and/or depressing headlines, scrolling the news on my phone has long been a toxic activity for me.
And its gotten significantly more so in 2025.
I know I should stop, but I haven’t.
On the lighter side of things, sometimes a headline in my feed will get a reaction out of me, not so much because of the subject matter, but just by the way it is worded.
Here are a few examples that popped up today, September 27, along with my reaction.
The Headline:
The Response
The bigger story here would seem to be the fact that the skull was talking at all.
The Headline:
The Response:
It begs the question- Will they continue the research as they found it, or will they approach it from an entirely different angle?
The Headline:
The Response:
Like, forever? That has to be exhausting.
The Headline:
The Response:
…by putting on a jacket over it?
The Headline:
First Response:
It just appeared? No one knows how it got there?
Second Response:
Do not order the Portobello sandwich at the café.
The Headline:
The Response:
Too late.
The Headline:
The Response:
Mysterious because it would suggest that we’re all a bunch of angels down here.
The Headline:
The Response:
What a coincidence. I too am resisting climate change by getting fatter.
The headline:
The Response:
The things people throw away in dumpsters.
The Headline:
The Response:
Seriously? All we had to do was wash it and wax it regularly. It wasn’t much to ask.
The Headline:
The Response:
WHAT? The answer is no longer “42”? I’m shook.
The Headline:
The Response:
Wow. That football coach really got around after high school.
The Headline:
The Response:
Duh. Because they were inside a book.
The Headline:
The Response:
Stop walking.
The Headline:
The Response:
Oh, believe me, it’s been forgotten.
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The one about the Amazon reminded me of running into a guy I hadn’t seen in a while. I said, “How are you?” and he said, “Fatter.”
Humor is a great defense against the evils of the world. Thanks for doing your part (and making me laugh).
Not surprised the polar bears have taken over a research station. They’re on the front line of climate change so need to pick up the slack from the humans and take charge.
Thanks to De La Soul I always thought 3 was the magic number. Is the new magic number 4?
Eleven is the magic number.
(There is a music-related pun here.)
I didn’t get the pun. A little help please?
Nobody truly retires, so Ealing London’s The Magic Numbers might simply be on Fiona Apple time. Track one from their debut album, s/t, was called “Mornings Eleven”. AllMusic seems to like everything. But they gave s/t only two-and-a-half stars. Well, they’re not Pitchfork, who decided from the outset to throw Matt Pond PA under a bus.
Look up clips for the movie Spinal Tap, rollerboogie
Ah, that 11. Didn’t make the connection
You made me laugh! Good work 🙂
Glad to hear it, Link!