October memes and myths: spice up your life

While I love cloves, cinnamon and ginger, I’m not really into pumpkin spice latte!

At all.

Now, you make carrot cake and throw all that in, and I’m all over it! Especially if dowsed with cream cheese icing – all sugar and full-fat, non of that healthy skimmed stuff. If we’re going to do it: let’s go all the way.

I’m not in the mood yet for Christmas!

In September, some department stores were already bringing out Christmas decorations. My favourite department store does a beautiful thing: first, they do a sale in September of Christmas decorations (all the ones from last year). When I remember to show up there in September, I can pick up many bargains. Then, after their sale, they bring out the stock for this year, and I might go back in November to pick up a few choice decorations for the tree.

But believe me, I don’t want to listen to Christmas carols while shopping if it’s not December.

There is one exception to this. You are allowed to play this in November:

And the only reason this is an exception: I have to go looking for it to hear it. No one puts this song on, so it’s never played “too often”.

I may choose to continue carrying the Jingle Bell Rock with me all the way through to Thanksgiving!

Did you know there’s a World Mother-in-Law day?

Not only was there “National Internet Day” and “Chocolate Day”, but there was also a special day for that special lady that everyone loves to hate.

What’s up with this myth that all mothers-in-law are witches? I get it, they aren’t necessarily the most accessible people to get along with, but are they all wrong?

It’s much like stepmothers. If fairytales are to be believed, every stepmother is a wicked stepmom.

Chocolate day – only ONE day of the year?

I’m still trying to work out why we even need a day for chocolate.

Isn’t every day “chocolate day”?

There was a “Cranky Co-Worker Day” and even an “Emotional Intelligence Day”. You can imagine what happened on my Facebook timeline – it might have been emotional, and if by intelligent you mean sarcastic and witty, yes!

What was the highlight of your October?

Laugh more: September memes for uplifting your spirit

I’m always irreverent.

September was no different – and I can laugh at myself and others!

Mum told me she choked on her tea when she saw I’d posted this on Facebook.

My job is done here!

Any time I get mum to choke on her drink when she sees what I’ve posted – “Mission Accomplished”.

I light up the room!

I mean… if I can’t light it up one way, there are always other ways to achieve my purpose. Right?

We all have that one friend…

How many times has she come back crying because it turns out she was chasing a bad boy again?

It was evident from the start how it was going to end, right?

They aren’t D.I.Y. projects! This is not a “fixer-upper”.

I’m running late. Again.

Most of the time, this isn’t me. Unless the introvert that wanted to stay home kicks in. And didn’t really want to go. And just feels obligated to make an appearance. Then I’m running late!

And the best find this week:

This picture of a car made exclusively by women. By Ford, nonetheless.

Found.
On.
Road.
Dead.

“What’s wrong?”
How does every woman respond? “Nothing”.

New month, new memes. Here you go!

I might have been a little busy in recent weeks, and while I have continued to make and post memes on Facebook, I haven’t done a great job of sharing them here!

So, apparently, I posted something in April that went “against community standards” because FB doesn’t understand sarcasm and satire! But they hit me on July 1st with a new 90-day “account restriction”.

I can’t win against the Metaverse Gods!

I will simply accept doing my time!

Because, really, I’m never going to stop shit-posting!

It’s just not going to happen!

Some great new quotes!

A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control. Jordan Peterson

They say that a genius is one step ahead of the times and a lunatic is two steps ahead.

So, am I behind or ahead?

Okay… so maybe, just perhaps, she didn’t say this.

But it’s still funny!

A look into the dark recesses of my mind!

How do you meet new people?

Recent events

Sarcastic and caustic as always

And I still have nothing left to give!

This week I discovered Mencken.

I consider myself well-read. Apparently, I still have so much more to learn!

This week I discovered the existence of H.L. Mencken, and I wondered, “Where have I been all these years that I didn’t even know these writings existed?”.

Some of the gems I discovered from Mencken:

“There are some politicians who promise something for everyone. If their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries for dinner, fattened at public expense.”

― H.L. Mencken

“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”

― H.L. Mencken

“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.”

― H.L. Mencken

“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.”

― H. L. Mencken

“The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.”

― H.L. Mencken

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”

― H.L. Mencken

“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”

― H.L. Mencken

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable…”

― H.L. Mencken

“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

― H.L. Mencken

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

― H.L. Mencken

And in other news…

What you say and how you say it matters… Font matters. Words matter. Tone matters.

In any case, hope you enjoy your next 24 hours!

Productive procrastination: creating memes

Actually, compared to other weeks, I haven’t done a lot of memes! Really!

In fact, I have actually focused quite a bit on work and just being home. Oh, and the Netflix binge. Oops.

But, I did get some writing done. And a lot of calls and some socialising.

You all know, by now, that I come with a warning sign, right?

How many people ask for your “sign”?

Really?

I’m an INTJ… does it matter what my Zodiac sign is? Will that really make a difference?

I found this thought quite appropriate – probably the most effective way to get me to put money aside for anything really! My potty mouth and me…

And then I created this beauty for laughs… because we all have that one friend that doesn’t know how to put their boat in a lake!

Perhaps more writing and fewer memes?

You know that moment you sit down to post the memes you made this week and you realise that perhaps you overdid it…just a little?

No?

I wonder if I would get more writing done if I made fewer memes. Probably not. But I might if I spent less time on social media!

Yes, of course, I have a license to do this

As usual, my sense of humour and memes this week are all over the place. They don’t follow any particular theme, other than things I found funny!

Facetious

And yes, I am prone to burst out laughing and see the funny side of any situation, no matter how serious. The one word mum always used as a child was “facetious”. It’s only now that I am truly beginning to understand her frustration with me.

Laughter is the best medicine, and I’ve been creating it!

I hadn’t realised how prolific I have been creating and sharing memes, until I sat down to prepare this post. Oops.

Maybe more writing and less memes.

Possibly. Or not.