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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.

A man working late in a cozy, cluttered home office filled with books and warm lighting.

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DJ Fired for Playing New Dixie Chicks CD at Home

philmaggitti 21 years

A disc jockey at WPWT was fired after he had been caught listening to an advance copy of the Dixie Chicks’ new album, Taking the Long… Read More

Hans flunks obedience, the famous tow rope that struck fear and terror and a certain loathing into his heart.

You what?

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Mary Kay Letourneau Wedding Skipped by Queen

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LONDON / SEATTLE — Buckingham Palace issued a brief, politely chilly statement yesterday clarifying that Queen Elizabeth II did not attend the highly publicized wedding… Read More

Arizona’s Desiccated Empress

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Condoleezza Rice Entertains Troops In Iraq

Biff Scuzzy 21 years

Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq today, surprising U.S. service members with a full-blown morale show that revealed a rarely deployed side of… Read More

Illustration for satirical browser history horoscopes showing an open laptop with cosmic smoke, floating emojis, receipts, and question marks rising into space

The cloud never forgets, and it does gossip

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American Idol Judge Paula Abdul Has Rare Condition

philmaggitti 21 years

or the better part of twenty-five years, longtime television personality Paula Abdul has battled what her team describes as a “rare and spectacularly uncooperative energy-management… Read More

"Is it real or is it AI generated?"

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Pug Bus Site Suffers Temporary Outage, Panic Ensues, Snacks Consumed

philmaggitti cultural commentary 21 years

Postcards from the Pug Bus, one of the nation’s leading purveyors of handcrafted nonsense, was temporarily out of service Tuesday afternoon after what officials described… Read More

Cartoon cannabis leaf smoking a joint, 4:20

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Zellweger & Chesney Wedding Odds Have Vegas Bookmakers Wincing

philmaggitti 21 years

According to multiple oddsmakers in Las Vegas, wagering around the Renee Zellweger–Kenny Chesney marriage has opened with an eight-month over-under, and early bettors are leaning… Read More

A man with a mustache sitting at a café table with a cup of coffee.

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Runaway Bride Toast Reported Missing; Authorities Baffled

philmaggitti 21 years

STILLWATER, N.J. — A slice of Wonder Bread etched with the likeness of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is missing under mysterious, possibly crumby circumstances. Its… Read More

Black and white portrait of a young man with short hair.

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Rolling Stones Tour of Museums Announced

philmaggitti 21 years

The latest Rolling Stones Tour is expected to be announced at a press conference tomorrow. Guitarist Ron Wood’s paintings will hit the road late this… Read More