Archive for the 'Wit' Category

New Letter to K. Feinberg, Pay Csar

Washington, D. C.   October 26, 2009 Dear Csar (aka czar, aka tsar) Feinberg: I have not had a response from you replying to my letter of October 22, 2009 which was posted on www.egrumps.com.  I can only assume the duties of your office, setting appropriate pay for millions of Americans (and foreigners (legal and illegal) working [...]

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Hi-Tech Mother

Even eGrumps’ Mother (age 92) is getting caught up in the digital age. She told him: “You don’t write. You don’t call. You don’t FAX. You don’t email.  You don’t text. If it weren’t for www.egrumps.com and www.pithycomment.com I’d never hear from you”

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Open Letter to K. Feinberg, Pay Csar

Washington D. C., October 22, 2009     Dear Mr. Feinberg. I understand that you are the Pay Csar for the United States of America and are charged with setting executive compensation for those companies that have received government funds. While I am not sure of the pay cap on the salaries that you will allow to be [...]

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

One Line Jokes (Pithy Comments) from eGrumps

The best one-line jokes on the web can be found at: www.pithycomment.com Another sub-prime web site from eGrumps Updated Daily (usually)(well, usually)  ___________________________________________________________________  

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

THE LEBON – Reverse Nobel Prize Awarded to eGrumps

Undisclosed Location, 10/20/09     (Satirical comment by eGrumps) Meeting at a secret time and at an undisclosed location by the Anonymous Selection Selectors committee (affectionately known as the ASS committee) selected their recipient of  THE LEBON award. This was the first meeting of the ASS committee in recorded history, although some Members felt there must have [...]

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

FOX News, eGrumps News and President Obama

Washington, D. C. October 19, 2009        (Satirical eGrumps Comment) In case you missed it, FOX News has been defrocked by the White House, claiming it is an arm of the Republican Party. No such allegation has been leveled against the eGrumps News Network – at least so far. Of course there is no network – [...]

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Nobel Award for Journalism May Go to eGrumps.

Washington, D. C. October 16, 2009   (Commentary by eGrumps) EGrumps, in his constant search for “truth,” came across the following headlines, on the Internet which represent the conclusions of the authors of the articles, not necessarilly the conclusions or the words of either Professsor Chomsky or  Mr. Limbaugh. 1.” Noam Chomsky compares Right-Wing media to [...]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

President Obama – The Nobel Peace Prize and the Heisman Trophy

Washington, D. C., October 10, 2009    (Satirical Comment by eGrumps) President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for trying to bring peace to the world. His staff expressed surprise, but there is little doubt that all 34 Czars appointed by President Obama submitted his nomination to the Committee. An anonymous Czar stated that the [...]

Friday, October 9th, 2009

New FTC Rules – eGrumps Policy (Important)

Important Announcement: In conformity with the proposed FTC guidlines regarding disclosure, eGrumps (for all of his suprime websites) has agreed to disclose any freebies or other promotional consideration he receives in connection with products mentioned on his web sites. It’s a matter which is long overdue and eGrumps personally endorses it. He has urged his [...]

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Pres. Obama meets Gen. McCrystal in Copenhagen. Egrumps Denies Existence of a Mole.

Washington D. C. October 2, 2009  (Comment by eGrumps) On September 29th on www.egrumps.com eGrumps reported on a meeting to take place between President Obama and General McCrystal in Copenhagen while the President was making his presentation to the Olympic Selection Committee. The full text of eGrumps story, titled “Obama, Olympics and Afghanistan,” can be found on [...]

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Chicago Olympics – New Event – Synchronized Gang Violence

Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1, 2009 (Satire Commentary by eGrumps) President Obama advised the Olympic Selection Committee that if they chose Chicago as the site of the 2016 Olympics that he would see that a new event would be added to the competition:        Synchronized Gang Violence He thought that this was a competition uniquely available [...]

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Obama, Olympics and Afghanistan

Washington, D.C., September 29, 2009 (Satire Commentary by eGrumps) With the Commanding General in Afghanistan, on 60 Minutes, saying he had only talked to the President once, President Obama requested that the General meet him in Copenhagen to discuss Afghanistan. While he was in Copenhagen to discuss Chicago’s bid to host the Olympics, he felt [...]

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Murphy’s Laws and Corollaries

A few of Murphy’s Laws: eGrumps Law: Compared to eGrumps, Murphy is a genius”.  Murphy’s Comment: “For once I agree with that idiot, eGrumps. He’s smarter than I thought.” Murphy’s Law of Thermodynamics:  Everything gets worse under pressure. Murphy’s Constant:  Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value. Some of Murphy’s Technology Laws:     [...]

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

The Obama Administration Plans

This was “borrowed” from www.pithycomment.com. It’s worth repeating: When you think of the debt the next generation must pay off, it is no wonder a  baby yells when it is born. ____________________________________________________________

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Obama, Carter and Pelosi (on Obamacare) Are Full of Prunes

Washington, D. C. , September 18, 2009  (Commentary by eGrumps) When eGrumps was young, sometime in the Middle Ages, his Mother used to say to him when he exaggerated, or(gasp!) even lied to her, that he was full of prunes. I don’t know the derivation of that phrase, I can only guess what it means, [...]

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Murphy’s Irrefutable Laws

eGrumps favorite (often ignored by eGrumps): When all else fails, read the instructions. Nothing is as easy as it looks. Every solution breeds new problems. After all is said and done, a hell-of-a lot more is said than done. If mathematically you end up with a wrong answer, try multiplying by the page number. All [...]

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Obama Claims That By Elimating Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Medicare Program Enough Will Be Saved to Pay for ObamaCare.

Washington, D.C. September 13, 2009  (Commentary by eGrumps) President Obama has stated that by cutting out all of the waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare program, enough will be saved to pay for ObamaCare, no matter what form ObamaCare will take. A careful review of the facts by eGrumps has concluded that if eGrumps [...]

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

eGrumps to Address Students after President Obama

Washingto, D. C. September 7, 2009 In response to President Obama’s speech to the Little Tykes of America (aka school children), eGrumps has been asked to address them in their classrooms, the same as the President is going to do.  I have been advised by the organizing committee that I am free to say what [...]

Monday, September 7th, 2009

California’s Compassionate Convict Clearance (the CCCC plan)

Sacramento, CA, September 2, 2009 (Commentary by eGrumps) Administrative Alert: Because of the save-the-environment-from-imminent-disaster movement eGrumps has decided to twiterize this report. Abbreviations will be used to save letters. Since letters are soon to be declared an endangered species, eGrumps wants to get ahead of the curve. The eGrumps Editorial Board decided it was not feasible [...]

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Tax Advisor Comments (read at your own peril)

The trouble with becoming an IRS Agent, 95% of them give the rest a bad name. The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion – the jail walls. Letter to the IRS: After hearing a sermon on Sunday, a man wrote the following to the IRS: “I have been unable to sleep, knowing that I have [...]

Thursday, August 27th, 2009