May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Practice For The Exit Interview Read Practice For The Exit Interview Our overly condescending boss is looking over my coworker's work. It's my coworker's last week working here. Boss: "Can I ask a stupid question?" Read Practice ...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The Apple Does Not Fall Far From The Tree Read The Apple Does Not Fall Far From The Tree Customer: "I'll get a Happy Meal for him, and can I get the one with [Toy #1]?" Me: "Sorry, that one has been popular. We only have [Toy #2] and [Toy ...
May 13, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races before the Age of Linotype Before Linotype revolutionised typesetting in the 1880s, compositors set texts by hand — and they set them *fast*. Alex Wright rediscovers the thrilling world of typesetting races, which drew crowd...
May 13, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Diagrams from Willem ten Rhijne’s De Acupunctura (1683) A Dutch physician’s encounter with acupuncture.
May 13, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Longitude by Way of Wounded Hounds: Kenelm Digby’s Sympathetick Powder (1669 edition) A treatise on a powder that can cure wounds at a distance.
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com One Of The Many Benefits Of Not Being Born Read One Of The Many Benefits Of Not Being Born Four-Year-Old: "Where was I when you went there?" Seven-Year-Old: "You weren’t born yet." Read One Of The Many Benefits Of Not Being Born
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Car-ma Read Car-ma Friend: "I don't own it now, why would I still pay for it?" Me: "Uh… because you still owe the rest of the balance on it?" Friend: *Speaking like he's imparting wisdom.* "You can't owe ...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Copy That… From What? Read Copy That… From What? Customer: "I need to get a copy of my key cut." Me: "Sure. Which key?" Customer: "My house key." Me: "I mean, can I see it?" Read Copy That… From What?
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read This took place when my husband, baby and I temporarily lived with his parents. I am getting ready to leave for a doctor’s appointment. I have my baby in her infant car seat and am grabbing th...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com If You Thought You Were In Trouble Before… Read If You Thought You Were In Trouble Before… I'm an EMT here. Our dispatcher got a call late one evening, a little voice on the line: Caller: "My name's Zack, I'm four years old, I'm in trouble....
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read (My friend is an aspiring author who is on “first novel” number five. For unknown reasons he keeps trashing all his progress and starting from scratch, changing the entire story and even genre...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I take the bus to work every day from a rural location, but I have to switch buses at the central bus hub downtown. The next bus is usually twenty-three minutes later so we commuters stand at ...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com It’s Cents-less To Moan About It Read It’s Cents-less To Moan About It I'm doing a cash delivery. The total amount is $19.78. I knock on the door, and the customer opens it; I see a $20 bill in his hand. Me: "How are you tonight? ...
May 13, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria [dVerse] May 12th - A Room that Misremembers its Windows A Room that Misremembers its WindowsIn the stitched room,the window does not promise escape.The window is not open.The window is performing openness.It offers a square of greenheld in place by pati...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read Several years ago, I lived alone with my dog. At the time, my dog was about 5 or 6 years old. She is a very sweet rescue pit bull. For the sake of this story, you need to know two things about...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read Either everyone in my 28-year-old brother-in-law’s life wants him to shut up about not having a girlfriend or really, really, REALLY hate their supposed friends. At this point, I cannot tell. ...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com No Ifs And Buts If It Has Touched Butts Read No Ifs And Buts If It Has Touched Butts I'm paying at the counter at a large clothing store. There's a sign up, bold and prominent, saying: Sign: "We cannot accept returns on underwear and int...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read This is a bit of a morbid story, but it has some humor in it! So when I was about 7, I had a 17-18 year old neighbor we will call John Bean. I spoke with a lisp and tend to ramble, and everyon...
May 13, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com How Did This Person Get A Mortgage To Begin With?! Read How Did This Person Get A Mortgage To Begin With?! Customer: "So when can I get this remortgage all done and dusted?" Me: "It usually takes four to six weeks, provided we have—" Customer: "—hu...
May 13, 2026 from Roy Tang Weeknotes 2026-05-17 The World Crazy, crazy week for local politics over here in the PH. The VP has been impeached by the HOR for the second time. While this was happening, a Senate coup occured, with the VP's allies t...