If These Are Laugh Lines, I'm Having Way Too Much Fun

by Mula, Rose Madeline

• ISBN13: 9781589803770
• ISBN10: 1589803779
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

This collection of 45 short, humorous essays is for anyone who has ever been annoyed or amused by the modern world. From everyday frustrations like those in "It was Here a Minute Ago," about misplacing keys and favorite recipes, to more eccentric experiences like those in "How I Found God in Limbo-Land," about sharing a Bermuda resort with evangelical square dancers, Rose Mula knows how to laugh at herself and the world she inhabits.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	9	(4)
Who's That Old Fogey Who Claims to Be Me?	13	(3)
Be It Ever So Humble	16	(2)
Clothes Encounters	18	(3)
Quiet, Please!	21	(2)
Piano Blues	23	(4)
A Coward's Lament	27	(3)
Free at Last'	30	(3)
Insomnia: More Hazardous Than You Think	33	(4)
It Was Here a Minute Ago	37	(2)
Where Are You When We Need You, Cary Grant?	39	(4)
And the Oscar Goes To	43	(3)
Traveling Light	46	(3)
How I Found God in Limbo-Land	49	(4)
Eeek! (Are We Having Fun Yet?)	53	(3)
I Haven't a Thing to Wear	56	(4)
Where Is Ponce de Leon When I Need Him?	60	(3)
Lucky at Last!	63	(3)
Last One In's a Scaredy-Cat!	66	(6)
I Remember (II) Papa	72	(4)
I'm Right—You're Wrong!	76	(3)
Them That Has, Gets	79	(3)
We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This	82	(2)
Animal Rights (and Wrongs)	84	(3)
Born Too Soon	87	(4)
www.technophobia.com or Can You Drown While Surfing the Net?	91	(4)
You Can't Beat This Deal!	95	(4)
You Should Have Been Here Last Week! (Or How I Found Out the Red Sox Won the Pennant)	99	(4)
Like, Whatever ... Ya Know	103	(2)
If You Can't Stand the Heat	105	(3)
$0$! The $ky 1$ Falling!	108	(2)
A Curlyhead's Complaint	110	(2)
Computer Hell	112	(3)
[e-mail]	115	(3)
Open, Sesame!	118	(3)
Time Flies	121	(2)
Hell on Wheels	123	(5)
Help! I'm a Prisoner in a Moving Vehicle!	128	(3)
Foolish Fashion	131	(4)
Sex—Then and Now	135	(3)
Confessions of a Lowbrow	138	(3)
Give Me the Simple Life	141	(4)
Our Special Guest Today Is	145	(2)
Diet Is a Four-Letter Word	147	(3)
Have You Ever Had One of Those Days?	150	(4)
How Mickey Mouse Saved My Life—and Vice Versa	154	(3)
How to Put Off Until Never What You Should Have Done Last Week	157