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Oct 062012
 
Not Exactly The Emerald City

   A newly minted University graduate with a degree in music has been reduced for the nonce to playing cowbell for an unappreciative audience of birds.

     Jamie Fox spends all day in a farmer’s field, dressed all in orange…

Living Graffiti

 By , September 30, 2012
Sep 302012
 
Living Graffiti

    Under the cover of the ubiquitous San Francisco fog, the Guerrilla Grafters strike, grafting fruit tree branches onto fruitless trees and bringing pears and plums and cherries to working class neighborhoods. 

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It’s A Dirty Job, But…

 By , September 22, 2012
Sep 222012
 
It's A Dirty Job, But...

   Peter Houison Craufurd, 28th Laird of Craufurdland Castle, and Washer of The Sovereign’s Hands, has died at the age of 82. For years he has awaited the pleasure of Her Majesty with a with a silver ewer, bowl and salver holding a linen tow…

Vikings Land in Australia

 By , September 20, 2012
Sep 202012
 
Vikings Land in Australia

     Police and local rangers on Elcho Island in the Northern Territories of Australia were somewhat surprised when the received reports of a Viking longboat off shore. 

     ”With swords drawn, it was establish…

A Different Kind of ‘Privatization’

 By , September 15, 2012
Sep 152012
 
A Different Kind of 'Privatization'

     Five months ago a public library was closed in north London as part of a cost-cutting measure. Now a remarkable thing has happened. A group of squatters composed of artists, students and a former librarian have moved into the libra…