wit stains: up to date hilarity
Welcome to the Monkey House Even Though There Aren't Any Monkeys Around and Most of Us Live in Apartments
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| Greg Boose |
Puns make me cringe. Even the good ones.So when Gina asked me to come up with a title for yellow's humor section, I was determined to stay away from the pun.
A pad of paper held my hand for an entire evening. Together, we looked over the titles and author names on my bookshelf. We watched some CNN and Bravo. We searched the internet for about an hour, and then stared out the window for a good chunk of time. The pad of paper put on some of its favorite CDs, and we kind of just let our minds wander. It slept right there on my nightstand, and watched me shower the next morning from the rim of the sink.
After lunch, I had a list of four alliterated phrases and about fifty-three puns. Problems arose when two of the alliterated phrases turned out to be weak palindromes, and many of the puns turned out to be pretty darn good.
The name "Wit Stains," I believe, suits this section well. The collars of our writers are ripe and dingy with clever thoughts; our hats reek of sweaty one-liners; the seats of our jeans are wet with odd tales; and our pillows are stained with feverish wit. We ooze brilliance.
The writers of yellow are hell bent on putting the 'f-u' in 'funny' by incorporating biting satire, observational humor, jokes about your lonely cousin, and goofy shit like lists, fake ads, quizzes, and doctored photographs.
So, if you can get past my iffy pun, then I highly encourage you to click on all the links on that sidebar over there and start reading. These writers are penning some really funny stuff. It's okay to laugh. But no doing that clicking noise with your tongue. I'm serious. I hate that.
If you want to laugh some more, go to our fiction section!