Regarding One Of My Godfathers

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All of the characters

in this image

were created by

Charles Lewis Dodgson,

the most influential

mathematician 

in my life 

BUT

you know him better 

as

Lewis Carroll,

author of

Alice In Wonderland

and

his imagination

is responsible

for everybody

featured

in 

this incredible mural

 

The mural is 

nearly 100 years old

and it is

presently 

threatened by

extinction

 

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Belated Happy Birthday To President Trump

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Yesterday

—June 6th— 

was the birthday

of

the President

of the United States

 

That is,

Donald Trump

was born on the 

6th day

of the 

6th

month

of the year 

 

In 

other words,

our President 

is a

66er

 

Not to be confused

with the impossibility

of 

having a birthday

on

June 66

which would make 

him

as one 

with

El Diablo

a/k/a

666

 

But as a 66er,

our President

is 

two-thirds

of 

Satan

 

That explains

a whole lot

about 

his 

behavior:

 

He is 

two thirds 

Satanic

+

one-third

circus master

 

 © Oliverio ©

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The Family Of HORNyCOPIA

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The family of

Hornycopia

will never

go bust:

They know all 

there is to know

about

everybody's

lust

 

© Oliverio ©

 

©PhotoVerio #1038.5 

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Hate Mates ... Reduction Process

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Find someone 

you hate

+

talk to them

endlessly

and stupidly 

until

they talk to you

with equal stupidity

without end

 

When you both

fall to the ground

shouting/crying/laughing,

get up 

and

hug each other,

 

 

then 

dance like

Fred

+

Ginger

 

Regurgitate

all your hate

THEN

proceed to find

two other 

hate mates

and make them 

repeat this process

:::

:::

:::

Repeated

thousands of times,

we can reduce 

the reduce

the 

hate thermometer

to 

Room Temperatue

 

While filling the world

with 

bad impressions

of 

Fred + Ginger

 

© Oliverio © 

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God

grant me my

wishful thinking

BUT

I need to dance 

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Humoresque

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To be funny, 

it ain't necessary

to speak

the King's English

but

you should

—at least—

have 

half his vocabulary

***

 

© Oliverio ©  

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Humans Are So Adaptable ...

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© Oliverio ©                 2005

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PhotoVerio #1038: BOB's BIG BOY At Midnight

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*** 

© Oliverio ©

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Songs To Die For ... BUT

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 The performer

disowned them 

because they 

are 

saturated with 

his

alcoholic past 

Produced by PETER GALASSO

 

Unfortunately,

you can only hear them

if you can access

the website

pictured here:

  

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Last Words From Groucho

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It's often been said

money won't 

make you happy

but 

—everything else being equal—

it's a lovely thing

to have around

the house.

***

 

≈ GROUCHO MARX ≈ 

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For No Apparent Reason

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Yesterday, 

Oliverio was Blogless

for no apparent reason

other than to title a page 

with those four

bold words  

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The Love Bug

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THE 

UNNATURAL 

HISTORY 

OF 

LOVE 

 

 

Millions of years ago,

 love ran wild

on this daffy globe

of ours.

 

Men were slimy creatures

resembling a louse

or the fellow 

your wife

almost married.

 

Men were called amoebas

—until they got money—

and changed their name

to

The First National Bank.

 

 To be frank

(and don't think I won't be)

there was nothing lovable

about the early amoeba.

 

They had no small talk;

their figures were certainly

less attractive than 

those of any financial statement

and they were flat broke.

 

In fact,

they lacked even spines,

arms, legs, teeth,

and eyes.

 

But they had love. 

***

 

≈ GROUCHO MARX ≈

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HOODA HELAMI ... Is Chewing Up The Scenery

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I 

take Dictation

from 

his Imagination

on 

Left-Right Gyration

with

Up-Down Rotation

and 

Thrill or Kill

the Nation

 

Leading 

to 

my

termination

***

 

 

HOODA HELAMI

Alter Ego #142857 

 

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Variation On A Theme #714285

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You never forget

how to ride a bicycle

BUT

you can't remember

the name

—or gender—

of the person

who stole your

10-Speed Silver Schwinn

***

 

© Hooda Helami ©

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For the first time

in 

Hooda Helami's life,

the author's name

is in shorthand

__________ 

______

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Anyone believing otherwise,

will be hearing from 

our legal representatives

at the firm of

Crooked, Lame & Shyster

 

© 

© 

© 

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Scamella ... Slightly Tilted

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© Oliverio ©
 

 

No other poem

ever got as many

loud guffaws

from the

Jefferson High School

teachers' cafeteria

where 

AT LEAST

twenty people

told me

they had 

never before

heard the word

"Scamella"

BUT

no one 

   laughed

 louder than

 my 

late 

great

       brother-in-law,

     Christopher Vincent King

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Keyboard Or Candelabra ... ???

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©PhotoVerio #1037.5

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