Archive for the ‘Humor Columns & Humorous Essays’ Category
Friday, March 16th, 2007
Taxing Times
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My husband Mark and I usually prepare our joint tax returns jointly. Being good citizens, we begin early in February with tax planning discussions like this:
Mark: We really should start doing our taxes next Saturday.
Me: You’re absolutely right. I’ll pick up Quicksand’s ShirkoTax this week.
By late March we’ve made impressive progress:
Mark: We really should start doing our taxes next Saturday.
Me: You’re absolutely right. I’ll pick up Quicksand’s ShirkoTax this week.
Our tax planning culminates promptly on April 14 when Mark boots up the computer, loads ShirkoTax, and does whatever it is one does with tax software. … (Taxing Times is continued here.)
Tags: Husband Wife Humor, Income Tax Humor, Money Satire, Tax Humor
Posted in Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Marriage Humor, Money & Finance Humor, Tax & IRS Satire | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Tags: Husband Wife Relationship Humor, Marriage Satire, Mountain Climbing, Outdoor Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Fashion Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Leisure Time Humor, Marriage Humor, Outdoors Humor, Recreation & Fun Humor, Relationship Humor, Sports Humor, Travel Humor, Vacation Humor | 12 Comments »
Monday, February 5th, 2007
Tags: Battle of the Sexes, Gift Humor, Holiday Fun, Men and Women, Relationship Satire, Romance Humor, Valentine Day's Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Holiday Humor, How-To Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Relationship Humor, Self-Help Humor, Shopping Humor, Social Satire | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Tags: Funny Contracts, Holiday Fun, Holiday Gifts, Husband Wife Humor, New Year's Resolutions Humor
Posted in Addiction Humor, Battle of the Sexes, Health & Medical Humor, Holiday Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Marriage Humor, Satirical Contracts, Social Satire | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Tags: Gender Differences Humor, Husband Humor, Shopping Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Behavior & Personality, Family & Relatives Humor, Feminist Satire, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Marriage Humor, Money & Finance Humor, Relationship Humor, Shopping Humor | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Tags: Christmas Gift Humor, Funny Contracts, Gift Giving, Holiday Fun, Holiday Gifts, Husband Wife Humor
Posted in Family & Relatives Humor, Holiday Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor, Satirical Contracts, Shopping Humor | 10 Comments »
Monday, November 13th, 2006
Tags: Funny Self-Help, Health Satire, Humorous How-To, Insomnia Humor
Posted in Health & Medical Humor, How-To Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Mental Health Humor, Self-Help Humor, Sleep & Insomnia Humor | 15 Comments »
Monday, November 6th, 2006
Tags: Christmas Party Humor, Funny Contracts, Holiday Fun, Husband Wife Humor, Office Holiday Parties
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Business Humor, Holiday Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor, Satirical Contracts, Social Satire, Workplace & Career Humor | 21 Comments »
Monday, October 30th, 2006
Tags: Efficiency Humor, Household Chores, Multitasking, Self-Help Satire, Self-Improvement, Time Humor, Time Management, Time Pressure
Posted in Family & Relatives Humor, Health & Medical Humor, How-To Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Mental Health Humor, Multitasking Humor, Self-Help Humor, Social Satire, Time Humor | 14 Comments »
Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Tags: Basement, Cellar, Exterminators, Femi-Nazi Humor, Feminism Humor, Home Ownership, Husband Wife Humor, Rush Limbaugh, Squirrel Humor, Trapping Animals
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Battle of the Sexes, Family & Relatives Humor, Feminist Satire, House & Home Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor | 15 Comments »
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Tags: Clothes Shopping, Clothing Humor, Comfortable Clothing, Department Stores, Mother Humor, Parental Humor, Style Humor, Underwear Humor, Victoria's Secret
Posted in Family & Relatives Humor, Fashion Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Mothers & Fathers Humor, Relationship Humor, Shopping Humor | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Tags: Automobile Humor, Car Alarms, Country Living, Husband Humor, Modern Life, Technology Humor, Vacation House, Weekend Home
Posted in Car & Driving Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor, Social Satire, Technology Humor, Vacation Humor | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 25th, 2006
Tags: Finances, Health Satire, Humorous How-To, Magazines, Media, Self-Help
Posted in Health & Medical Humor, How-To Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Media Humor, Mental Health Humor, Money & Finance Humor, Self-Help Humor, Social Satire | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 18th, 2006
Tags: Children Humor, Clarinet Humor, Education & School Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Funny Contracts, Music Humor & Verse, Music Lessons, Musical Instruments Humor, Parenting Humor
Posted in Children Humor, Education & School Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Mothers & Fathers Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Satirical Contracts | 13 Comments »
Thursday, September 14th, 2006
Tags: Battle of Sexes, Holiday Humor, Hotel Humor, Humorous How-To, Husband Wife Humor, Marriage Humor, Travel Humor, Vacation Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Family & Relatives Humor, Holiday Humor, How-To Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Leisure Time Humor, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor, Travel Humor, Vacation Humor | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Leisure Time Humor, Marriage Humor, Outdoors Humor, Recreation & Fun Humor, Relationship Humor, Travel Humor, Vacation Humor | 9 Comments »
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
Tags: Business, Career Humor, Employment, Finance, Interviews, Labor Day Humor, Money, Office, Unemployment Humor, Work, Workplace
Posted in Business Humor, Holiday Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Money & Finance Humor, Social Satire, Workplace & Career Humor | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
Tags: Absent-minded Husbands, Auto Humor, Automobile Humor, Bad Drivers, Car & Driving Humor, Driving Humor, Husband Humor, Marriage Humor Tow Truck Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Car & Driving Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Marriage Humor, Relationship Humor | 5 Comments »
Friday, August 25th, 2006
Tags: Ball Games, Funny Contracts, Husband Humor, Law Humor, Leisure Time Humor, Opera Humor, Spare Time, Wife Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Family & Relatives Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Leisure Time Humor, Marriage Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Recreation & Fun Humor, Relationship Humor, Satirical Contracts, Sports Humor, Time Humor | 5 Comments »
