Category:Humor

Kickass and Phyllis’ Fall

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper in awe of Phyllis’s recent demonstration of how to trip over an item of exercise equipment while carrying a bowl of dessert, falling on her face in the kitchen and bruising a knee and an elbow and needing only minimum help …
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Kickass and Farmer Fishing Days

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

Attribution: USFWS Mountain Prairie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to restrain leakage from the keeper’s memory bag:             “On rainy summer days when the haymows were full and the corn was nearly at its knee-high-by-the 4th goal, the farmers went fishing.             “They tied cane poles to the sides …
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Kickass and Woodman’s Calamity

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

Attritbution: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that neither the keeper nor Phyllis were anywhere near the Woodman’s grocery store when the roof fell in, creating an impressive waterfall over the produce department and giving several customers wet feet and presumably damp apples and bananas. News of …
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Kickass and Higher Elevation

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

Attribution: Stefano Ferrario, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper and Phyllis listened to the flood warnings last night on TV they were comfortable, even smug in acknowledging that their 5th floor living quarters protects them from such natural things as floods, burrowing rodents and all but …
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Kickass and Infamy Redux

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

Attribution; Charles Levy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis trying to adjust to the latest “day that will live in infamy” as the outsized libidos of yet another collection of hopelessly narcissistic men have them acting like randy bulls to gain more herd dominance. …
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Kickass and Windy Trees

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper spending much of the first day of summer in awe of the trees as they did a hot-wind dance that was an awesome display of grace, beauty and boundless natural energy. Like great celebrating mothers in new green dresses, the trees …
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Kickass and ICE

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, ICE, Immigration, Kickass

Attribution: DHSgov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in sending the following message to the thousands of ICE agents who daily come with uniforms and masks and guns and clubs and bulletproof vests to assault harmless berry pickers and day laborers and cow milkers …
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Kickass and ICE

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

Attribution: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper would like to inform the ICE gestapo goons that as a descendent of Norwegian immigrants on his mother’s side he will not be going peacefully when the loony- tune squads arrive all masked up …
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Kickass and River Remembering

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on some of the keeper’s gang “gathering at the river” on yet another attempt at standardizing clan memories while soaking up warm sunshine and listening to the birds. It is, of course, common that when families get together for “remembering” excesses, there are …
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