Here is my collection up to April 1, 1997. (Hmm, why does April 1 ring a bell?) These are things that people have sent me over the last several years while I have been a student at the UofD. I'll keep on adding to the collection as I get more, and when I have time of course! There are currently 1280 pieces of text in my collection. Enjoy!
Anything that involves any kind of animal as either the main character, or as the main topic. Okay, so you got me, I also threw in some non-animals like insects. No one is perfect you know.
Children say the darndest things. They do the darndest things. People say that they do and say the darndest things. People then write these things down. Here are a few things. Oh yeah, and also a few things other miscellaneous things pertaining to children just to make life interesting.
In everyday situations we need to communicate with people. Our main tool in communication is our language, and in my case, the English language. Most languages are quite complex and full of twists and turns which we have to navigate. Sometimes we have no clue what a word means. Sometimes we don't correctly interpret what someone else is saying It's all so confusing, and yet, somehow we can find humorous value in it all.
This is the internet so a lot of the humor mail that I receive is closely tied in with computers. Without them, we would all probably be outside enjoying the sunshine. If it's dark out (like it is as I'm writing this), I guess that you have an excuse not to be outside in the sun. Anyways, this part is dedicated to computers. Let them become more prevalent in this world so I will always have a job!
This should probably be renamed to "Drugs, Alcohol, and Firearms." If the US congress can group them all together, then why not me?
Ever get the feeling that things are passing us by and that we might forget things that happen in the past? Well, if you are one of those people, never fear, people are remembering these things and writing them down in their own words for us. Oh wait, I just read some of them from my collection. Um, be afraid, be very afraid. Well, either that or be amused, be very amused. :)
If an alien race ever came to this upon all of this e-mail, what would they think about us as humans? How would they know what we were like? Well, here are a few things that show how we interact with each other, how we treat each other, and how we define each other. I just hope that the alien race takes the time to see us "in real life" before they pass judgement on us If they don't, we are doomed!
Work, work, work. Work is what we do for the better years of our lives. Most of us are, or will be workers. I guess that we should make the best of it, and have some fun while we are at it. That is what this section is about, having fun, sometimes at other's expenses.
Ever wonder why things happen the way they do? Well, it's all because someone or something decided that it shouldn't be a free-for-all in this universe, so laws were created. There is a law to explain why almost anything happens. There are also rules, maybe not as strong as laws, but who knows.
Humans love lists! It's a kind of categorizing that we do. We do it all of the time in our head, and I'm doing it right now with this page. It makes large amounts of info more manageable. Lists can also be created to amuse people. Well, I hope that you are amused!
This is the section of my page where my creativity kind of died. I could not think of a way to group these with anything else, so I created a new section that has one common thread. That thread is that I have no where else to put these! If anyone can think of a good category to put any of these in without stretching too far, please tell me. God knows that I need help.
This is a little section that I have filled with my meager collection of e-mail based on some witty wording, and hence, we have a play on words.
This is where I put the mail about the people that are in power, those that think they are, and those who want to be. It also has some of the ideals that they stand for (in theory). Some people enjoy making fun of those who are where we would like to be, or where we would never want to be. If you are already there, send me a post card from the White House or wherever else your seat of "power" is.
Well, this is the spoken part of my collection, only you are going to have to imagine the voices. If you are one of the lucky ones, they are already in your head.
This isn't just quotes, it also has a lot more things that I couldn't think of a better place to put. I need to rename 'quotes' to something better, don't I?
I hope for some of the authors' sakes that God has a good sense of humor because they are going to need it. Yep, it may be a hot time in the old town tonight.
Many of the humor mail on the internet is thought of by students in college when they should be studying for their exams. I know I do my best procrastination, I mean studying, then. We have gone to school for most of our lives now, so that makes it one of the top subjects of their writings. It's our way of getting revenge on the system I think. ;)
Science explained. Ever wonder about how things work or other "interesting" things. Well, here are some things which attempt to explain or describe things. The information may not be true, but they tend to be entertaining. (My opinions are my own, so if you are not entertained, it's not my fault.)
This is where I stashed all of the holiday stuff, and mail relating to events that happen every so often.
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Sports-related humor.
Yep, we have all done stupid things in our lives. We have all said stupid things. Well, some people have been unfortunate enough to have their deeds and words immortalized for future generations to laugh at them, or learn from them.
This is the poetry and song lyric section. People like to twist and distort things enough to give them new meanings. Sometimes I really think that they shouldn't have, but they did, and some of it is here, so take a look.