Category Archives: Stand-Up

Killing Kids’ Questions: Critical Thinking OR Critical of Thinking?

By | | Comedy, Comics, Education, Parenting, Stand-Up
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Kevin Walsh

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Bad parent!  I could read it in the old woman’s eyes as my eight year-old son let the door shut in front of her. 

“Why do I have to hold the door open for her?” he … Read More… →

The Ring Around the Rosie: Nursery Rhymes & Nightmares

By | | Books, Childhood Memories, Movies, Parenting, Stand-Up
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Robert Phillips

  The ring 

Have you ever wondered why every child under the age of 10 is a sociopath? OK, age 20. Psychologists talk about the years kids spend consumed with themselves, the years spent acknowledging only their own needs. I’ve developed a theory about this after about two hours of moderate research. Here it is: consider … Read More… →

DON’T “Reply to All”

By | | Comedy, Internet, Social Media, Stand-Up, Websites
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Robert Phillips

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Comedian Nathan Fielder engineered a prank on Twitter recently. You may have heard of it already. He asked his followers to send this text message to a parent: “Got 40 grams for $40.00.”  Then, they were to send this message to the parent right afterwards: “Sorry. Text not for you. LOL.” Fielder asked his followers to submit screen-prints of the parents’ … Read More… →

WTF Podcast: Comedians Risking “Not-Funny”

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Robert Phillips

WTF

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At the risk of plugging a particular product, my iph–uh, my cellular phone is everything now. When I drive to and from work, which takes 1-1.5 hours out of my day, it navigates, it accesses IMDB for surfing during red lights, it gives me text messages … Read More… →