Last year, Ben wanted to be in the New Year’s promotion, but it got superseded by a promotional for the launch of mBlip.com. Here we are a year later, and mBlip is still going strong. I really couldn’t be happier with the site, and it’s actually proven to be quite popular among the intelligentsia of the internet.
OK, I honestly don’t know if that last part is true or not, but mBlip definitely sees a lot more traffic from actual visitors than Flush Twice. I even get emails from people about how much they like mBlip and how they find it to be useful. So Happy Birthday to mBlip, and Happy New Year to all of you.
Just a reminder, this coming Saturday we get back to the story already in progress. Have a great week.
You know, I was going to defend this one, because Ol’ Ben is based on a retired co-worker named Ben. I channel his voice in my head when I write the dialog…
But then I realized that “have went” and “have gone” sound pretty much the same to me from exposure to over 20 years of redneck patois at my day job. Now I’m afraid my own inner dialog may have become horribly corrupted.
Fortunately, I can still pronounce my diphthongs correctly.
So it's been kind of a mixed bag this year. Sadly, my Aunt Pam passed away back in February, then my cat, Alex, died in June. On the plus side, I got Murphy in August, and I finally managed to pay off what was left of my old revolving credit card debt that I've had hanging over me for 40 years.
Born on June 22, 2025, Murphy is about 6 months old as of this post. I picked him up off Craig's List for $10 when he was about 7 weeks old. Since then I've spent about $1300 over 5 vet visits to make sure he got all his shots and yes that includes neutering. Where Alex merely tolerated Gail, Murphy adores her. and the two are regularly seen snuggling up to one another. Those photos aren't staged. These two are really that close.
In spite of everything, I'm still gainfully employed. it's highly doubtful AI is going to take my job anytime soon, so I guess I can be thankful for that. On the other hand I recently found out I have chronic kidney disease, so that's no beuno. I won't find out until January if lifestyle and medication changes are going to be enough to keep it from progressing. Fingers crossed.
On a lighter note, I've started occasionally live-streaming Tarot card readings on Twitch. No, I don't actually believe in magical mumbo-jumbo, but there is an art to the craft. I look at Tarot as basically being psychology with flashcards. There are 78 cards, and each card can have different and multiple meanings depending on its context. When you know what you're doing you can ALWAYS match randomly dealt cards to the context. Form a coherent narrative around the cards and you can actually gain an altered perspective on your situation that may give you more confidence in facing your problems.
So that's about it for 2025. Not gonna lie: While it wasn't all bad, this year sucked pretty hard. I can't make any promises, but I fully intend on putting out more than 2 comics in 2026, and I might even include a few more jokes and rants.
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 always find “should have went” to be jarring. I expect “should have gone” as proper grammar.
You know, I was going to defend this one, because Ol’ Ben is based on a retired co-worker named Ben. I channel his voice in my head when I write the dialog…
But then I realized that “have went” and “have gone” sound pretty much the same to me from exposure to over 20 years of redneck patois at my day job. Now I’m afraid my own inner dialog may have become horribly corrupted.
Fortunately, I can still pronounce my diphthongs correctly.