Stupid Cupid
Cupid's doctor looked at him and sighed. He advised the little cherub -- who, truth be told, was no longer so little -- alright, in all honesty, he was fast…
Crime on Everybody’s Mind
The Scarborough Sniffer has been caught! [What an embarrasingly sensationalist lead! We apologize profusely to those of you who picked up this newspaper expecting a more serious look at the…
The Mind of the Beholder
The Economist rushed to the front door of his sumptuous home and threw it open to smell the sweet odor of *ECONOMIC RECOVERY*... ...only to find a middle-aged man in…
More Impertinent Questions
Was the recent airstrike against Iraq just a bit of nostalgia on the part of an outgoing President? One of the raids was called a "spanking;" if the United States…
Transnational Corporate Gangsta Rock
"Mister Trey, welcome, welcome. Have a seat. May I call you Ice? Haw! You know, my children have your independent album -- they listen to it all the time. Can't…
Hockey Night in Gavle
"Welcome to the Gayle Sondergaard Stadium in Gavle, Sweden, where the final game of the world junior hockey championship between Canada and Czechoslovakia is about to get underway..." "That's right,…
But the Cupboard Was Bare…
It was a very merry Christmas. Old Mother Hubbard gathered her 17 children around her. Actually, the children couldn't help being around her since they all lived in the one…
To Di For
You know what I admire most about the late Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales? I admire the way she refused the Nobel Prize for Medicine, even though he research…
The Chess Mess
Deep Blue's recent thumping of chess master Gary Kasparov has left a lot of people worrying that the last thing which makes human beings unique in the world -- intelligence…
At Whose Service?
"May I help you?" "Yes. I'd like to buy some socks, please." "Could you repeat your request?" "Sure. I need some socks." "I'm afraid I'm still not registering your order…
Constititutional Crisis? What Constitutional Crisis?
Here at Les Pages Aux Folles, LTD we pride ourselves on taking advantage of the latest information technologies to bring you the finest possible comedy product. With this in mind,…
Understanding EconoSpeak
One of the difficulties ordinary people have understanding economics is that it has a language all its own which they find impenetrable. To break through the clutter of econospeak, twelfth…