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Monday morning writing humor: “Prattle”

Have critics said of your work: “He never gets to his last word.”? This is called Prattlitus or Prattlitous.

Or perhaps it was phrased this way: “His conclusion is longer than his discussion.” This is called Inconclusivity.

Or, when asked to write a summary of your latest novel, has you agent said to another: “His summary is longer than the original.”? And this is called Conclusionaires Disease.

If so, you may be a prime candidate for the Authors School of Pith, or ASP for short.

As ASP you will learn the two routes to pith: No! and Hell no!

We will tone your flabby vowels, strengthen your grammatical ganglia, and brief your brevity so that you can once again find your soul of wit.

So call today for your free 30-day trial. 1-888-ASP-WIPE. Try it, risk free, and see as we teach you the pleasure of the last word, how to conclude with brevity and dignity, and most important of all, we will teach you the value of summary when you see our final bill.

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Monday morning writing humor: “The Captain said”

What the Captain said

The boat is fine, the captain said;
he said it to our face.
The boat is fine, the captain said,
the river sets the pace.

The boat is fine, the captain said,
and then he said no more.
The boat is fine, the captain said
as we sailed away from shore.

The boat is fine, the captain said,
as the river tossed us about.
The boat is fine, the captain said,
as some of us wanted out.

The boat is fine, the captain said,
steering for the roughest part.
The boat is fine, the captain said;
he’d said it from the start.

The boat is fine, the captain said
as the waves thumped into the boat
The boat is fine, the captain said
as some of us tried to float.

The boat is fine, the captain said,
Come back again next year.
The boat is fine, the captain said —
but captain, I hope you’re not here.

The first, fall flush of success.

The first, fall flush of success.

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Monday morning writing humor: “Registered failure”

Even the registered mail doesn't recognize me.

Even the registered mail doesn’t recognize me.

I’m a writer and I don’t get no respect. Just the other day I went to pick up a registered letter addressed to me from an agent, but the post office wouldn’t let me have it because they said I wasn’t the writer the letter was addressed to.

I showed them by driver’s license. Not good enough.

I showed them my Social Security Card. Not good enough.

I showed them my library card. Not good enough.

Only when I showed them a box full of rejection slips did they believe me.

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Monday morning writing joke: “A programmer’s dozen”

The programmer’s wife tells him: “Run to the store and buy a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen.”

The programmer comes home with 12 loaves of bread.

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Monday morning writing joke: “double take”

It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.

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Monday morning writing joke: “baggage”

A photon checks into a hotel.

The bell hop asks, “Any luggage?”

“Nope,” says the photon, “I’m traveling light.”

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Monday morning writing joke: “Rhetoric”

What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

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Monday (morning) writing joke: “Stuck”

There once was writer of plays /

who could not get his character his way. /

“Oh, no,” they said. /

He shook his head in dread /

and he’s stuck in Act I to this day.

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Monday (morning) writing joke: “Turn of events”

A writer died and was given the option of going to heaven or hell.

She decided to check out each place first. As the writer descended into the fiery pits, she saw row upon row of writers chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they were repeatedly whipped with thorny lashes.

“Oh my,” said the writer. “Let me see heaven now.”

A few moments later, as she ascended into heaven, she saw rows of writers, chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they, too, were whipped with thorny lashes.

“Wait a minute,” said the writer. “This is just as bad as hell!”

“Oh no, it’s not,” replied an unseen voice. “Here, your work gets published.”

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Monday morning writing joke: “the vote”

Two writers are sitting at a bar, as writers are sometimes want to do.

One writer sips his drink and says, “I’m thinking of make a run for the U.S. Congress. If I do, will you vote for me?”

The other writer puts down his drink and says, “No.”

The first writer hesitates, looking visibly taken aback, but then asks, “Why not?”

The other writer says, “Because I already know all your lies.”

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