Seriously, it’s gotten to where I don’t have the patience to read anymore. I know, it’s an unforgivable sin for someone who writes as much as I do not to read, but there you go.

I should qualify that: I read nonfiction (particularly technical books) and y’all’s blog posts. Fiction, though, is something I just don’t have a feel for anymore.

One-Liner Wednesday is brought to you each week by Linda Hill and this station. Now, one of my favorite old commercials: here are Snap, Crackle, and Pop for Kellogg’s Rice Krispies. The Best To You Each Morning!

Mary Burris over at Jingle Jangle Jungle told a very funny story the other day in her Monday’s Music Moves me post:

I’m Scottish, with a very Scottish maiden name. When my dad was younger, he was very much into genealogy. He learned that some of our ancestors came from Ireland, yet Grandpa Baird was very adamant that we are Scottish. So my dad very boldly asked him one day – ‘Grandpa, why do you insist that we are Scottish if some of our ancestors came from Ireland?’ and Grandpa Baird simply replied with

One-Liner Wednesday is brought to you each week by Linda Hill and this station. Now here are Chico and Harpo Marx for Prom home permanent.

One-Liner Wednesday is brought to you each week by Linda Hill and this station. Now a word about Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia, for occasional irregularity.

Hey, it was next on the reel… Phillips’ always had some pretty funny commercials. I especially like the ones with Raymond and Maureen…

I got punished once and was forbidden to watch Batman one night. It took almost 50 years to finally see it. Turns out I didn’t miss anything.

One-Liner Wednesday is brought to you each week by Linda Hill and this station. Now a word from Lipton tea. The great American quencher!

A followup to my Writer’s Workshop post from last week.

One-Liner Wednesday is brought to you each week by Linda Hill and this station. Now here are Andy Griffith and Don Knotts for Post Grape-Nuts cereal. It fills you up, not out!

They also did commercials for Maxwell House, Sanka, and probably a few other General Foods products. This was back in the days when the stars of TV shows did commercials for their sponsors’ products.