If you've listened in to Grace Talk Soup in the last few weeks, you'll know that my co host, editor and dear friend, Carla Ives, is going through a tough time right now. Her husband was diagnosed with cancer and it's already been a long haul for her family. Ray, just went in for a proceedure that will tell them how far the cancer has spread and then they will be deciding on a treatment. Carla has a fabulous sense of humor and a very active imagination. She wrote one hilarious blog post about her feelings and I thought it would make a perfect Friday Funny for Communication FUNdamentals. It is hysterical but it is also a testament to how...
You are my DUSTiny! By JoJo Tabares Oh sweet DUSTiny of life at last you found me! Yes my Swiffer is the one that made it so... Everybody sing! If you are like me, you have spent the last 22 years of your marriage shaking the dust off your... everything-all the while, understanding that... Resistance is futile! Those dust particles are SERIOUS and they are especially fond of shiny black surfaces. You know, like the TV, VCR, DVD player, cable box, microwave oven, toaster, stovetop, oven door, coffee maker, dishwasher, and those little light fixtures with the tiny crevices were no dust rag has gone before! It is our DUSTiny to dust because it's a never ending process. I think...
I have two Friday Funny videos for you this week! I saw this first one when it was posted on Twitter. It explains a very simple math problem that they say explains the Bail Out! ROFL
This next one is Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in a similar math explanation but in the old Abbott and Costello style. Note the last frame where Lou hangs his hat on the chalk board. ;D
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Do you ever wonder if FIMM has infiltrated the marketing world? Have you noticed recently how many newsletters, sales ads, cable TV commercials and products have gone out without benefit of a good editor? There's a funny that's been making the internet rounds for years which shows you the power of the human mind to grasp the meaning of the written word even though certain letters are missing. "Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae...
