2012 Foolish Writing Contest

by Susan Hart

in Guest Articles

Answer this question, “It was so funny ….” in 200 words or less and send it in to be eligible for the $100 first prize, $50 second prize and $25 third prize. [click to continue…]

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Head Fool

January 4, 2012

Those that have read FT for awhile know that I like to make my New Year’s Resolutions around Thanksgiving. This way, when I break them (usually takes about 2 weeks) I can sit back and enjoy watching others white nuckling theirs.

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Editor’s Note

January 4, 2012

This month we’re all living with the New Year’s Resolutions made at a weak moment of excitement, most likely induced by Champagne … sigh.

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What We Do For Love

January 4, 2012

By Tom Burns – “Rex, that girl I met last week is coming over in a few minutes with a DVD she wants me to see. Be on your best behavior. Her name is Darlene, but she uses her ‘astro-name’ Luthinia X.

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Conversations with God and the Golden Pax

January 4, 2012

By Robyn Justo – You all should know by now that I have this little voice that speaks to me now and then (ok, a lot) and looking back, if I had listened to it, life would have been a whole lot easier.

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Tumeric and Other Firearms

January 4, 2012

By Mary Tompsett – Some folks say we’re in for a nasty winter if the squirrels have grown extra tufts of fur on their ears and legs.

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Stuffed Relatives for the Holidays

January 4, 2012

By Mike Larson – One warm afternoon a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting outside of my favorite coffee house talking with a friend of mine, when a woman drove up, parked and went into the coffee shop.

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Easy … or Hooked on Credit

January 4, 2012

By Ted Gargiulo – It started with an electronic sewing machine. I was earning $4.50 an hour at the time, back in 1983. My wife’s old appliance had outlived its usefulness. We couldn’t afford a new one. So we charged it.

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QUIRKY QUOTATIONS

January 4, 2012

The Quotation Quiz of Questionable Quality 1. “I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex and rich food. He was healthy right up to the time he killed himself.”

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Best of the Inbox

January 4, 2012

Don’t mess with old farts! A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easily.

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Fool-O-Scope

January 4, 2012

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 19): You don’t have to be as good this year as I requested you be last year. Just do your best not to pawn off any moldy pickles on innocent and hungry elderly people,

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Blondes Are The Best

January 4, 2012

The Blonde and the Handgun A young blonde woman is distraught because she fears her husband is having an affair, so she goes to a gun shop and buys a handgun. The next day she comes home to find her husband in bed

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Foolish Shorts

January 4, 2012

Proper Wages The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.

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Foolish Thoughts

January 4, 2012

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

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Foolish Laughs

January 4, 2012

Potatoes Well, a girl potato and boy potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got married, and had a little sweet potato, which they called ‘Yam.’

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Editor’s Note

December 6, 2011

It’s the holiday season. The smell of cloves and cinnamon and allspice and nutmeg are all around helping to make the days festive. We need that coming on the heels of Black Friday, Local Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Shopping is the word of the month. So check out what our advertisers have to offer [...]

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Head Fool

December 6, 2011

Friday, Frank of Green’s Camera World called and said, “Come buy me a cup of coffee.” I went (really didn’t have a choice, he’s our biggest advertiser). I checked out his new location, had coffee. It was pretty uneventful. Saturday, we repeated the process except it was Frank’s turn to buy. I’m kinda a coffee [...]

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