China is the new Japan
The younger members of our audience might not know/remember this, but back in the late 50s and early 60s, pretty much any product made in Japan was considered garbage. It got to be so much of a stereotype that it was rumored a town in Japan was renamed USA – so that people considering purchasing […]
Rate the Stooges
Who are your favorite Stooges? Let us know how you would rate them. Enter your rating below. Enter all 5 Stooge names, putting your favorite at the top, then your second favorite, etc. Put each Stooge on a separate line. For example: MoeLarryCurlyShempJoe BesserCurly Joe DeRita
Crayon Masterpieces
Geniuses such as Da Vinci, Monet and van Gogh created some of the world’s most incredible works of art. These and other gifted artists used oil paint, water colors, charcoal, chalk and more. But why is it that no masterpieces were created using crayons? Did crayons not exist during the time of Renaissance masters? Actually, […]
Would Of – @#$%^!
At The Dullards Club, we wonder how ineffective our educational system is when people think a sentence such as this is acceptable – “I would of gone to the show but I got home late.” How ridiculous is that? It’s bad enough that people don’t know the difference between then and than or the difference […]
Outdated Slang
Language changes. Slang in particular has made a significant impact on the world’s languages. English slang in the U.S. has contributed much to the spoken lexicon. But like fashion, slang words, terms and phrases go in and out of style. That’s why, every now and then, we wonder about slang – in particular, the slang […]
Too Many Ancestors
Everyone has 2 parents – biologically speaking. Which means 4 grandparents, 8 great brand parents, 16 great great grandparents, etc. If you follow that progression back 30 generations, that would be 1 billion people. And if you go back 40 generations, that would be over a trillion people. Generations vary in length – between 22 […]
You Can’t Think of “Anything”
A great many people believe that the mind is so powerful it can literally think of anything. But that’s not true. For example – imagine in your mind, the sound of the lowest possible musical note; an extremely deep bass made by any instrument or device you can think of. Keep imagining that note and […]
Why are flies called flies?
Why are flies called flies? Is it because that’s the first thing primitive man saw flying? Why didn’t they name birds flies? In fact, why aren’t there any animals named for other means of locomotion? You don’t see any creature named swims, although fish would easily fill the bill. Nothing named runs either, which could […]
