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We're pretty sure Homeowner Associations can do good things. But sometimes -- OK, often? -- they can be a little overbearing or...by-all-reasonable-measures-out-of-their minds. Here, a guy seems to be in the grip of a Homeowner Association he's really not in synch with. We particularly appreciate the Association's use of the term, Doorbell Malfunction. Doorbell Malfunction is way out of control these days -- and its high time the scourge (of Doorbell Malfunction) is eradicated....read more

Woman 1: Who's your worst ever?

Woman 2: (pauses) Kyle. 

Woman 1: How come?

Woman 2: He called me Kate.

Woman 1: Huh?

Woman 2: Always. He said I looked like a Kate, not Laura. Sometimes I wasn't sure he knew my real name.

Woman 1: Sick. Why didn't you dump him?

Woman 2: I did...eventually. But I liked the name Kate too.

You could spend a lifetime trying to write a perfectly silly headline -- copy for a business or an ad -- and still not achieve the beauty of this one. Short Paragraphs. Make Money. No Writing Skill Required. Brilliant. Why didn't we think of that? Written and silly in the 1950s, it's equally silly (yet possibly totally prescient) today, the era of short-attention span internet communication.

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