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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Texting or calling?

Marlene Bishop, 67, retired church potluck seating consultant

Allegedly deciding at 104 Courtesy Court, Paducah, KY

Calling. If someone cares enough to hear my voice, I can spare five minutes. Besides, half the arguments I have witnessed began because somebody interpreted a period at the end of a text as emotional warfare.

Gordon Tully, 43, professional instruction manual translator

Allegedly replying from 8 Read Receipt Lane, Missoula, MT

Texting. Telephones assume I am prepared for conversation at any random moment. I object to that level of optimism.

Rita Hollis, 52, neighborhood rumor verification officer

Allegedly confirming details at 55 Busy Signal Drive, Wilmington, NC

Calling. You can learn more from six seconds of hesitation than six paragraphs of carefully edited texting. Human beings leak the truth through awkward silences.

"If you build it, you can sell it on Etsy."

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Rush Limbaugh Accuses Dixie Chicks of Lip Synching

philmaggitti Dixie Chicks 20 years

Conservative talk-show diva Rush Limbaugh has accused the Dixie Chicks of lip-synching “every last one of their ridiculous songs” on their Accidents and Accusations tour,… Read More

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Paul McCartney in Custody Fight over Heather Mills’ Breasts

Biff Scuzzy 20 years

LONDON – The divorce battle between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills has apparently taken a turn for the strange. According to a document filed in… Read More

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Jackass: Number 2 Sparks Muslim Leader’s Outrage

Biff Scuzzy 20 years

WEST CHESTER, Penna. – After viewing Jackass: Number Two, the chief cleric of the Mosque of the Sacred Jihad called on Muslims in West Chester and… Read More

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Whitney Houston Tired of Being Bobby Brown’s Meal Ticket

Biff Scuzzy 20 years

ATLANTA, Georgia – Crack-addled, damn-near-toothless Whitney Houston has filed for divorce from her free-loading, booty-chasing, boorish lout of a husband, Bobby Brown. A publicist for… Read More

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Katie Couric Sign-off Contest Finalists Announced

Chip Hilton 20 years

Katie Couric, the first solo evening news anchor ever to undergo a colonoscopy on live television, admitted on her initial broadcast Tuesday that she was… Read More

Semi-realistic cosmic highway of glowing zodiac wheel with twelve modern vehicles racing under star-lit constellations — hero art for Zodiac Karma Guide 2025.

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President Bush Sues Dixie Chicks over Hail to the Chief

philmaggitti Dixie Chicks 20 years

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting on information gained from cell phone surveillance, President Bush filed suit in a Washington, D.C., court yesterday to stop the Dixie… Read More

Cartoon-style illustration for offbeat horoscopes: a neon-bright zodiac carousel with a bull on roller skates, a crab in sunglasses, a lion wearing a paper crown, and other zodiac creatures circling a glowing kaleidoscopic sun against a midnight-blue starburst sky.

Offbeat horoscopes ride a neon zodiac carousel.

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Johnny Depp Gets Keith Richards for Monkey Role in Next Pirates

Chip Hilton 20 years

LOS ANGELES – Johnny Depp realized a longtime dream when Keith Richards agreed to play Depp’s monkey in the third installment of Pirates of the Caribbean.… Read More

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JonBenet Ramsey Death a Suicide, Said Late Mother

Biff Scuzzy 20 years

MARIETTA, Ga. – The death of former beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey has been called a suicide by her mother, Patsy, who died of ovarian cancer… Read More