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Highlights of 1894 In 1894 Rudyard Kipling wrote a collection of short stories called The Jungle Book. Actually, 1894 was a big year for innovation. Coca cola was served for the first time in bottles. It was green and didn’t sell well. Consequently, the bottlers decided to add caramel coloring. If you want to hear …
Very quotable “What can be said? When one is unique, one knows it.” This is a quote from Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s novel Black Coffee. I somehow feel very close to this quote. Although I’m not the egomaniac Poirot is. Then again, I look better than a short fat bald man with a huge …
Continue reading *My Life as ‘Talent’: Bizarre Confessions of a Proud, Paid Loser
A strange truth I went into my bank the other day. Now there’s an interesting announcement. It would probably be more believable if I said, “I only saw four dragons yesterday, instead of five” Be honest, how many of you actually go to the bank? You, the lady in the back, I know you’re lying. …
Continue reading The Bizarre Truth About Banking in a Cashless Society
Questions Here’s a great ponderable question which no one besides the gutsy Mr. Ohh! has ever dared to ask: How pretty does one have to be to stop traffic? Of course this brings up an even greater question: How stupid does one have to be to walk out into moving traffic without looking? If you …
Continue reading Information Overload: Tales of Daily Life, Driving and Beauty
Have you ever? Have you ever done something that turned out nothing like you wanted? Of course you have. I don’t even know why I asked the question. Everyone has a deep dark oops, which they don’t tell anybody for years. When it eventually comes out, they have to spend several hours explaining, and hundreds …
Continue reading From Joke to Chaos: The Day My Comedy Act Went Horribly, Hilariously Wrong
Stop the maddness This madness has gone on long enough! It’s got to stop, and Mr. Ohh! is just the man warped enough to stop it. This week I got my annual green milkshake in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t know how you celebrate, and frankly I don’t really care. You do whatever …
Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day Flavor Showdown: Beyond Green Beverages
Dear friends, I was wondering… No, that’s a bit too formal. How about; Listen up minions I have a command… Nah, this greeting might be offensive to some folks. Let’s try; Howdy folks, I has me a question… Nope, the cowboy thing went out in the nineties. Wow, those writing teachers are correct. The first …
An old beginning “In the high and far off time, oh best beloved, the elephant had no trunk. He had only a blackish bulgy nose, as big as a boot, which he could wriggle about from side to side. But he couldn’t pick up things with it.” These are the opening lines to The Elephant’s …
Continue reading Finding Creativity in Chaos: A Writer’s Journey
Researching Research I’ve done extensive research on this, and I can state categorically that I hate doing research!!! What I know, I learn from observing stuff. For example; I know you should never take food away from a rabbit. This might sound a bit strange, but if you value your fingers, never ever do this. …
Continue reading Information Overload: When The Bizarre Thuth Is Too Much
. I just can't find it Several years ago, I had a job. Actually, I still have one. But only because, I lost the job I’m referring to. I really lost it. To this day I don’t know where they put it. You see, I was doing everything they wanted. Then one day I went …
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