Larry N. Campbell

The Salto Alto (Angel Falls) in Venezuela is the highest waterfall known.   It is 3212 ft tall and is over 20 times higher than Niagra Falls. Many, but not all, of these curiosities are  taken from The Book of Useless Information, Publications International, Ltd. Some are taken from Isacc Asimov’s Book of Facts (Wings Books), […]

A lady went to a doctor’s office where she was seen by a Doctor.   A few minutes into the examination, screeching could be heard from the room, and then the lady burst out of the room as if running for her life. After much effort a nurse finally managed to calm her down enough […]

Remember the old “Aunt Edna’s Wisdom” regular feature?  Here are some I hadn’t used before (sorry I don’t have accurate dates): 1.  While playing cards . . . “You guys are cheating like sailors!”  (Date not recorded.) 2.  “EASY is not an indicator of a topic being easy.”  (7/25/??) 3.  ” . . . got […]

Here is the two sentence short story containing religion, royalty, sex, mystery, and more. 🙂 “My God,” said the Queen,  “I’m pregnant!  I wonder who did it?!”

An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening. Two quotation marks walk into a “bar.” A bar was walked into by the passive voice. A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes […]

RANDOM THOUGHTS TO START A NEW YEAR … Every box of raisins is a tragic tale of grapes that could have been wine. Theme parks can snap a crystal clear picture of you on a roller coaster going 70 mph, but bank cameras can’t get a clear shot of a robber standing still. Someone posted […]

I stole this and laughed til I cried.. #18 is my favorite When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison. To me, “drink responsibly” means don’t spill it. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight. It’s the start of a brand new day, […]