Category:Humor

Kickass and the Gout

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Health, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: James Gillray , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along information from the keeper that for sheer mind-cleansing, along with gaining the surprise ability to assume a laser-like concentration, nothing beats a nighttime attack of gout. With no warning whatsoever, in the middle of the night, a big …
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Kickass Signs New Contract

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Panini!, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having signed a new contract for another year as back-up blabbermouth, will be joining the practice squad as it completes drills following the recent presidential debate. As a seasoned veteran—really overly seasoned at wearing #93, the keeper assumes …
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Kickass and 93rd Birthday

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper having laid claim in a pre-birthday post to being the world’s oldest sometimes-naked accordion player, takes the occasion of his actual 9/11 birthday to announce his retirement from further campfire performances—naked or otherwise, in part at the behest of Phyllis …
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Kickass and River Birthday Party

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Holidays, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the family did a bang-up job with a pre birthday celebration for the keeper’s  93rd birthday which occurs 9/11/31. Hosted by Rick and Becky and Mike at their river side digs, the event featured limitless stories from the keeper’s four sons about their growing-up …
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Kickass and Minnesota Grudge

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, who grew up in the shadow of Minnesota, was going for the record in grudge holding against the gopher state over the Minneapolis student nurse who threw him over for a medical intern as the keeper …
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Kickass Takes Day Off

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Guns, Humor, Kickass, Politics

Attribution: VOA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper in pawing through possible subject matter on this day of Sept. 5, 2024 noted the following:             Two teachers and two students dead in Georgia school shooting.             Four shot to death while sleeping on the Chicago El.             Fresh …
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Kickass and Walking to School

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Attribution: Don O’Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accompanies the keeper as he walks the mile and a half to the country school.             Up Swans hill and past the fields where big-eared jackrabbits sometimes leaped from hiding and loped off like dancers.             Feeling …
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Kickass and Windshield Survey

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis are on deck this post Labor Day weekend with the results of a state-of-the-state report based on an extensive central Wisconsin windshield survey.             *Rain needed–Corn and bean fields showing distress with pointed and discolored leaves.             *Trees peaking out …
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