During the medieval era, when kings ruled and dissent was forbidden, only one player dared to tweak the noses of the powerful: The court jester. Not merely a comedian, the jester held a mirror to the elites to ensure they ruled benevolently. But the jester’s work was fraught with risk: In one infamous incident, members of the Castle Town Criers Association rose up against a jester who said “Town Criers? More like town liars, am I right?”
That’ll teach him to make jokes about eye shadow, Sharon H.
Doggie is totally cracking up here. 😀
Bring me a shrubbery, must be one that looks nice. And not too expensive.
NI !
Um…I think the guy in the hood is a shrubbery.
Mike, I’m with you on the eyeshadow joke!
Nicely done, Mike!
Is it just me or do the doggie’s markings, together with the curve of his ears, make him look at little mephistophelian?
Yes, very sharp-eyed!
Faceless minions!HAH! (confused about the eye-shadow reference – anyone enlighten me?)
I had a friend who mis-read “shrubbery” as “Shrew Berry”.
Re the eye shadow reference: This entire post reflects my annoyance with this weekend’s White House Correspondents Association dinner, in which the featured comedian set off a wave of pearl-clutching with her roast-like set, which included a joke that mentioned eye makeup. In short, they invited a jester to make fun of them, then got mad when said jester made fun of them. This article captures it pretty well:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/michelle-wolf-and-the-pseudo-event-of-the-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner
I grant you all the high fives, NTMTOM.
It was such a benign joke, too.
Yes, one commentator took particular offense at her use of the P-word. Hello?!? I swear we’ve gone straight down the rabbit hole.
Me thinks they ALL doth protest too much.