SENSE AND NONSENSE

  • KNOCK KNOCK JOKES

    1974-76  Sense and Nonsense Knock, Knock Jokes, are being revived by the younger set. Who can forget the classic routines of an earlier generation of children. “Knock, Knock” had to be answered by “Who’s there?” The answer sometimes was “Jimmy”. The punch-line for that one, accompanied by appropriate giggles, was, “Jimmy a little kiss.” Hysterical….?…

  • ELECTRICITY IS SCARY

    1974 – 76  Sense and Nonsense Electricity bewilders and confuses me. It also scares me silly if I allow myself to think about it. The fact that all that energy is zigzagging throughout my house all day, every day, harnessed only by very small wires is something I’d rather not think about. I have been…

  • THE VIRUS REIGNS SUPREME

    February 6, 1975  Sense and Nonsense This is the time of the year when the virus reigns supreme. Even six-foot-plus people are being struck down by the flu and cold bugs. In fact everyone you meet strikes up their conversation with a cough, a sneeze or at the very least a sniffle. Some people seem…

  • MOMENTOES OF PAST EXPERIENCES

    July 18 1974  Sense and Nonsense Photographs are little mementos of past experiences. No other inanimate object is treasured more in a household. Looking at an old photo brings back the mood of that long ago day when the camera immortalized a portion of it. It also settles a lot of arguments. In our family…

  • WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHNNIE?

    1975  Sense And Nonsense “Did you hear what happened to Johnnie? Somebody tried to kill him!” I overheard these words while grocery shopping this morning. I know very few Johnnies anymore. It is a name more common to an earlier generation. The Johnnies I know seem to prefer the shortened form of “John” while some…

  • MR. INFLATION

      June 1974 Sense and Nonsense As everyone has undoubtedly noticed the prices of everything have leapfrogged lately. There have been all sorts of explanations for this, most of them involving a big word called “inflation”. This word used to mean “the act of filling with air or gas” and it was very easy to…

  • HALLOWEEN NIGHT

    December 4, 1975     Sense and Nonsense Halloween night has come and gone. One thing I have noticed in recent years is that this one night of the year is usually always raining. I believe there is a conspiracy against the witches, bats and other beings who formerly flew proudly through the moonlit skies on…

  • ORGAN DONOR TECHNICALITIES

    Oct 30, 1975  SENSE AND NONSENSE Archie Bunker in “All in The Family” on TV the other night was quite concerned when he inadvertently signed an organ donor contract. He didn’t realize he was authorizing the charity that his boss supported to extract, not money from his paycheque, but any spare parts worth recycling from…

  • AIRIES AND CANCER PEOPLE NOT COMPATIBLE?

    August 29, 1974 Sense and Nonsense I see in the paper under Horoscopes that Cancer people are going to make some money this week on a business deal. It’s about time us moonchildren were given credit for some sense. We’re supposed to be terribly moody, fall in and out of love all the time, and…

  • The Nineteen-Fifties Are Coming Back

    Jan 30/75  SENSE AND NONSENSE Hurray!  the nineteen—fifties are coming back. Thanks to “Happy Days” on T.V., 1975 is going to resemble 1955 in style and song. This is my personal prediction for the year. All we need is one popular musical group with sheared locks, and short hair will again be in for the…