Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for January 15, 2025

Rerun Fun

(I have started to notice my dad’s jokes are repetitive, so I deliver the punch line before he can.)

Dad: “If you heard it before, why don’t you stop me?”

Me: “It’s like finding a rerun on TV, Dad. You don’t realize it’s a rerun until you’ve seen most of it; by then, you might as well finish it.”

Dad: “Huh, so I’m a rerun?”

Me: “Sometimes reruns are fun, though.”

All too often. Sigh.

I think the opposite has been true for me. Too often.

Yeah but it’s not really worth it to be an azz-hole, you never feel good about it afterward.

I have more often been the brunt of axxhole ‘swordplay’. I greatly envy those who make a quick riposte to such people. Several friends I’ve known had a naturally skillful sharp tongue that, quick as a flash, would figurately whip out to slice axxhole jerks apart into several diagonal through cuts that then slid to the floor in a bleeding quivering heap.

Never mind, and keep wiping!

My mother used to say that the only thing some people understand is a good butt whipping!

Everytime a telemarketer calls