The Revealing Oscars
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The Oscars have aired
With winners declared,
While folks mostly stared
At the skin that was bared.
The Revealing Oscars
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The Oscars have aired
With winners declared,
While folks mostly stared
At the skin that was bared.
Tags: Actress Humor, Actresses, Clothing Humor, Oscars, Style
Posted in Actors & Actresses, Clothing Humor, Limericks, Movie & Play Humor | Comments Off on The Revealing Oscars
I read about horrifying trends, so you don’t have to. How’d you like some three and four-dollars-per-slice “artisanal toast?”
Paying Lots Of Bread … For Toast (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Artisanal toast’s a new trend.
Does this four-dollar-slice fad portend
Even worse things to come?
Perhaps hipster-style gum?
Or lim’ricks, bespoke, pric’ly penned?
Tags: Bespoke Limericks, Food Verse, Hipster Humor, Hipster Trends, Money Verse, Odd Trends, Style, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Social Satire, Trends Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 3 Comments »
Thanks to all of you for your kind emails, comments, and Twitter tweets about my mother’s death. I really appreciate it!
In my mother’s honor, I’m posting a 1996 humor column she inspired during happier (and funnier) times:
Secret Shopper
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“I’m not going in there. No way. Forget it.”
My seventy-something mother’s stance was as rigid as her words; arms folded across her chest, unyielding legs pointed away from the shop I’d just suggested.
She and I had spent the entire afternoon combing through three department stores for the definitive pair of panties. Or at least my mom’s idea of same. This illusive undergarment had to be loose, comfortable, 100% cotton, and totally devoid of lace. And that was just for starters. It also had to completely cover my mother’s hips and come in a large size, the exact number of which she resolutely refused to disclose. … (Secret Shopper is continued here.)
Tags: Clothes Shopping, Clothing, Department Stores, Fashion, Mothers, Parents, Style, Undergarments, Victoria's Secret
Posted in Family & Relatives Humor, Humor Columns & Humorous Essays, Mothers & Fathers Humor, Personal, Relationship Humor, Shopping Humor | 2 Comments »
Mad Kane (Madeleine Begun Kane) is a writer, musician, and "recovering lawyer." She won the Robert Benchley Society Award For Humor and enjoys writing limericks, song parodies, and current events haiku.
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