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Weekly humor columns from the mind of humorist Bill Drury

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Jimmie Hendrix

By Billy • Jul 31st, 2008 • Category: Sports

My wife and I have very different tastes when it comes to music. She likes music which when the singer sings you can actually understand the lyrics, and you can merrily sing along, word-for-word. I like music whereby when the singer allegedly sings, judging from the loud incoherent screaming, you’d swear the [...]



SOCCER MOMS

By Billy • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Life, Sports

Back in the 60’s, when my generation was growing up, our parents loved and cared for us, BUT their parenting was characterized as “hands off.”  And as long as you were not being dragged away by an alligator, they pretty much left us to our own doings. They NEVER got into our faces, hovering over [...]



IT’S IN THE HOLE!

By Billy • Aug 31st, 2007 • Category: Sports

Anyone who tells you playing a round of golf is relaxing needs to have their putter examined.  Not for nothing, but attempting to sink a stupid ball into a stupid hole located on a stupid green is STUPID, and NOT at all relaxing unless, of course, you consider something that causes you to hurl your [...]



Running For Your Life

By Billy • May 11th, 2007 • Category: Sports

Do you want to know why Kenya runners dominate the Boston Marathon as well as every other marathon?  I can tell you in one word: “Lions.”  That’s right, you heard me: “Lions.”  Okay, I can see that you are a little skeptical, so stay with me on this, and follow my logic closely.
When an American [...]