You know, I’ve got story lines for comics in my head that I’d love to make, but I haven’t figured out how to make them yet. It’s not exactly writer’s block… It’s artists block. I can’t do the art, so the scripts are practically worthless.
If I lost you on that, try to understand that there are certain limitations to the method I developed to create comics. I’d love to make those dramatic angles and move beyond characters depicted in 3/4 view. Since I’ve had no formal training in art, most of what I try to do doesn’t work right.
So to sum it up, I’ve got these stories to tell, but the look has to be right or it just doesn’t work. In the end I scrapped my original plan and went with what I know.
I’m going with “breathe a sigh of relief”. Even if most people could do it, it’s my dumb luck I’d be among the schmucks who still couldn’t.
Sure, I complain that I’m not as far along as I’d like, but because I’ve stuck with it, it’s a fair bit further along than many others have gotten.
Holy shit… I just realized something… It’s mid-January. That’s this comic’s anniversary… Um… 2017-2004 = 13 years! FlushTwice.com itself will be 14 years old as of May 16th! Woohoo! We’re older than Facebook! It’s like being an internet antique!
Seriously… How much longer will the internet as we know it exist? I should be able to easily live another 40 to 50 years. Will I still be telling jokes and making comics in 2067? Assuming I’m still around, what would Flush Twice even look like that far in the future?
You know I almost forgot it, and just by chance I remembered. Today is Gail's 5th birthday! That's right! That little puppy I started posting pictures of back in 2019 is a full 5 years old today.
You might have noticed I stopped posting weekly pictures of her a while ago. For the most part, she had stopped growing, so there really wasn't that much of a change from week to week. Also, I was having trouble finding the time to make the effort.
Rest assured, Gail keeps on being an indomitable force in my life. Never does a day go by that I'm not forced to wait on hand and foot to this ornery critter. Other than when I'm at work, Gail is almost always with me. You'd think she'd be better behaved by now, but this dog loses her shit every time she sees a ball... or another dog... or food... or just realizes when we've turned down any of the roads on the way to one of her many favorite places.
To say this dog is spoiled would be an understatement. To me, spoiling means you treat them better than they deserve. With my previous dog, Grace, she was so good, spoiling was effectively impossible, but with Gail, spoiling is simply unavoidable. She lacks any sort of self-control or discipline, and she isn't shy about letting you know how she feels in any given situation. If you have her on a leash, you better be careful because she can easily dislocate your shoulder.
But Gail is also easy to love. It's amazing how she is such a people magnet. Gail has her own fan club, and people take walks by my yard just to come up to the fence to say hi to Gail and pet her. She's very friendly and wants nothing more than to eat, play, and be loved.
Flush Twice has been around since May of 2003. It started out as a JOTD (Joke of the Day) website. New jokes were published every weekday. Over the years, good jokes were increasingly hard to come by, and eventually they got so rare that I just stopped trying to publish them.
Since 2004 there has also been an eponymous comic. I still occasionally publish a new one on Saturdays. It’s also rare anymore, but sometimes it happens.
Here lately I’ve been posting a “Link of the Day”. For the time being, I will be featuring a new website from my enormous collection of bookmarked websites every weekday. None of it is solicited promotions, and no one is paying me to feature their site. These are just websites that at one time I thought were interesting enough to add to my bookmarks folder.
I highly encourage using some kind of ad blocking extension before clicking on any of these links. You’ll also hear me say this phrase a lot about these posts: “They can’t all be winners.” But it’s better than just leaving the site abandoned.
The jokes were generously provided by friends and visitors such as yourself. I want to express my eternal thanks to everyone over the years who helped contribute to the collection.
So what is it that makes a joke funny?
It all boils down to a sudden shift in perception. The story starts you thinking one way, then the punchline turns that thinking on its ear. The art of the joke is to craft a short story that isn’t overly contrived, then deliver a punchline that suddenly shifts your perception about the story you were being told.
Many of the jokes on this site are offensive, and I make no apologies for it. Offensive jokes work by making the reader uncomfortable through the use of a taboo subject thus enhancing the underlying humor. Without the offensive element, the joke would simply not be as funny.
I so know what you mean about being unable to capture the picture in your head.
I don’t know whether to regret that most humans lack that ability, or breathe a sigh of relief.
I’m going with “breathe a sigh of relief”. Even if most people could do it, it’s my dumb luck I’d be among the schmucks who still couldn’t.
Sure, I complain that I’m not as far along as I’d like, but because I’ve stuck with it, it’s a fair bit further along than many others have gotten.
Holy shit… I just realized something… It’s mid-January. That’s this comic’s anniversary… Um… 2017-2004 = 13 years! FlushTwice.com itself will be 14 years old as of May 16th! Woohoo! We’re older than Facebook! It’s like being an internet antique!
Seriously… How much longer will the internet as we know it exist? I should be able to easily live another 40 to 50 years. Will I still be telling jokes and making comics in 2067? Assuming I’m still around, what would Flush Twice even look like that far in the future?
Pax,
-f2x