Category: Funny
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Education, Etiquette
David Bruce Anecdotes Education • Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was known for his ignorance in general and his ignorance of the arts in particular — a fact that underground humorists used in jokes such as this: When he died, he went to the gates of Heaven, but St. Peter asked him for proof of identity. When […]
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Death, Do It Yourself
David Bruce Anecdotes Death • Wisdom can be ancient, or modern. This ancient wisdom comes from the Ecclesiastes Rabbah 5:14: A fox wanted to eat some grapes in a vineyard, but he was unable to squeeze through a narrow opening in the fence. Therefore, he fasted for three days, and once he had slimmed down, he […]
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Class, Clothing, Critics, Death
David Bruce Anecdotes Class • During World War II, American heavyweight champion Joe Louis predicted that the Allies would win. Why? Because, he said, we are on the side of God. This is an improvement on the opinion of people who believed that we would win because God is on our side. Mr. Louis showed a […]
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Books, Charity, Children
David Bruce Anecdotes Books • Isaac Asimov wrote his autobiography for Doubleday, but after writing 50 pages, he discovered that he had gotten only as far as his first three years of life, meaning that his autobiography would be huge. His friend and fellow science-fiction writer Ben Bova visited him and saw the many pages of […]
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Art and Artists, Audiences, Baseball, Books
David Bruce Anecdotes Art and Artists • Pablo Picasso created his mural Guernica to protest the 26 April 1937 bombing of the Basque village Guernica by Fascists using German airplanes. The planes killed 1,654 and wounded 889 of the village’s population of 7,000. During World War II, when the Nazis occupied France, Picasso stayed in Paris. […]
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Alcohol, Animals, Art and Artists
David Bruce Anecdotes Alcohol • Richard Brinsley Sheridan had a financial interest in the Drury Lane Theatre, which caught on fire on February 24, 1809. Mr. Sheridan heard about the fire, then went to the theater and watched it burn as he drank in the Piazza Coffee-House. A friend was amazed at Mr. Sheridan’s calmness as […]
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The hardest part — t r e f o l o g y
Good news! I’m writing a book! *** So far, I have about a thousand pages. *** But now, the hard part, *** I need to start filling the pages in with words. The hardest part — t r e f o l o g y Good news! I’m writing a book! *** So far, I have […]
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Activism, Advertising, Advice, Alcohol
David Bruce Anecdotes Activism • In 2010, General Electric reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion. Last year, you reported personal income of how much? Who paid more in American federal income tax? Chances are, you did. Why? Because in 2010 General Electric paid no American federal corporate income tax, according to a 24 March 2011 New […]
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David Bruce: Be a Work of Art — Acting and Actors, Activism
David Bruce Anecdotes Acting and Actors • Early in his career, actor David Niven received a bad review for his performance in the movie Dodsworth. He had the review framed and hung it in his bathroom: “In this picture we are privileged to see Mr. Samuel Goldwyn’s latest ‘discovery.’ All we can say about this actor […]
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David Bruce: The Funniest People in Families — Work — and Be a Work of Art — Acting and Actors
David Bruce Anecdotes Work • The son of Rev. Jeff Knighton of the First Christian Church in Scott City, Kansas, wanted to go swimming one Sunday; however, his father explained that he couldn’t take him swimming because he had to be present at the church that afternoon to help honor the senior members of the church. […]
Anecdotes, ARTS, BOOKS, and Music 