Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Cash Strapped Read Cash Strapped Me: "I can't take money from your underwear." Customer: "What? It's my bra!" Me: "That's your underwear." Customer: "I'm not like a dirty person!" Read Cash Strapped
Feb 17, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria Nobody is here. Nobody is here.Nobody is touching me.Nobody is beating me.Nobody is hitting me.Nobody is engulfing my space.Nobody is screaming at me.Nobody is manipulating me.Nobody is scheming behind me.Nobody i...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Allow Me To Amplify Our Return Policy Read Allow Me To Amplify Our Return Policy Customer: "This is nonsense! You saw me last week! You know I bought this here!" Me: "Madam, it doesn’t matter if I know, the system doesn't. I need a rec...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Just… Whut? Read Just… Whut? I'm interviewing for a new job at a supermarket; the role, I think, hardly matters. After we get through the formalities... Interviewer: "So, what makes you want to work here?" Me:...
Feb 17, 2026 from Adventures in Open Source Software Happy Anniversary: Revisiting the AGPL and CLAs The first post I made on this blog was on this date in 2003. Rather than engaging in my usual anniversary navel-gazing, I wanted to respond to a post I saw recently on Mastodon. Disclaimer: I curre...
Feb 17, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300) Unruly steeds from King Mu’s mythology, cavorting across a silk scroll.
Feb 17, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Pigeons Transmogrified: Hannah Glasse’s Art of Cookery (1751 edition) A bestselling 18th-century cookbook, containing the first recipe for curry in English.
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Failed The Name Game, Part 13 Read Failed The Name Game, Part 13 One morning, I realized that I had accidentally left my name tag at home, so my manager gave me hers to use for the day. Her name was very normal for a woman her ...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Pile On About The Pills Read Pile On About The Pills Me: "Okay. We’re going to use small words now." Mom: *Rolls her eyes.* "Don’t talk to me like I’m five." Me: "Then don’t act like medicine is Halloween candy." Read Pil...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Typos Come In A Wide Range Read Typos Come In A Wide Range My friend has made a huge custom birthday card for another friend for us all to sign. I notice something: Me: "[Friend], was the card supposed to say, "Older & Wiser...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Out of State, Out of Luck Read Out of State, Out of Luck Manager: "Ma'am, did you just Google search our restaurant name plus coupon, and print the first thing you saw?" Customer: "So what if I did? The date is valid!" Mana...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read In our state we now must charge a minimum of 10 cents for bags in retail stores. This law was passed in an effort to reduce waste in landfills. Yesterday I rang a guy up and, as I do during mo...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com I Guess It’s A Pizza Party Read I Guess It’s A Pizza Party Years ago, at college, our department bought food for the mandatory student seminar. As we are leaving, a pile of pizza boxes is untouched. Strange, as it's a small ...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read There was a bit of a kickback scandal at my Elementary school. It’s a bit hard to follow, so let’s see if I can describe it well. To start with the school was legally permitted to declare a st...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Give Them An Inch, And They Take Ten Years Read Give Them An Inch, And They Take Ten Years Apparently, there was a "mistake" with their tab, and their daughter's meal should have been free. The server tried to explain that that only applies...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I am 36, my coworker is 22. He likes to tease me about being “old.” It has become a running joke. Here are some of our conversations: Coworker: You dyed your hair? Me: I did! Do you like it? C...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read Many years ago, I worked at a sawmill. For the most part, the people working there were honest, hardworking folks, but there were always a few screw ups and slackers, and this is a story about...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Out Of Network Read Out Of Network I work for Medicare and get all kinds of calls. Most calls are fine, but there are some instances where things go off the wall. From mental issues to entitled family members who...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I’m the author of Larry: Friend of Boris. When our youngest was about two years old, he was obessed with our egg timer. He loved the ticking noise it made and would squeal with joy when it ran...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I’m visiting a friend with my daughter when my daughter notices a cat hiding under one of the chars and tries to get it to come out. Friend: “[Daughter] please leave [cat] alone. He’s a big wi...
