Every Scandinavian family has a member who eats and actually enjoys lutefisk. While eating this pungent treat is not a popular activity, poking fun at it is. Ed Fischer gives new life to lutefisk in this collection of cartoons, jokes and stories.
One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life . . . and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps, miscommunications, preoccupation with health and comforts, foibles, disguises (for aging), even physical limitations -- all can have their funny sides when we're laughing at ourselves. One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life . . . and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps, miscommunications, preoccupation with health and comforts, foibles, disguises (for aging), even physical limitations -- all can have their funny sides when we're laughing at ourselves. This book, a light-hearted gift for anyone who's 50-plus, is a memoryjogger too. Remember the Katzenjammer Kids? Jack Armstrong? Apple Mary? Check out your friends' ages by their responses to a "Vanishing Words" test (examples: "spider," "broomstick skirt," "running board," "the shag"). If you're still calling the refrigerator an "icebox," it's a giveaway -- you're probably over 60. What's So Funny about Getting Old? is brought to you by a comedy team of two. Ed Fischer is an award-winning cartoonist. Jane Thomas Noland, author of Laugh It Off (what's so funny about trying to lose weight?) is a books editor and a former Minneapolis Star Tribune feature writer. Both have delicious ways of looking at life. Both, like all the rest of us, are getting older. Laughter heals. Laughter helps. Laughter keeps us in shape emotionally and physically. Read this book and try it. You'll be convinced, as these authors are, that there's only one way to grow older -- with a healthy sense of humor!
It aches. It pains. It's getting old, and it's funny - from a certain perspective. Ed Fischer knows that only a person who's had a life of hard knocks can appreciate the sunny side of it all, and that's the reason for this book. Give someone a humor boost with hilarious cartoons, inspirational messages and a little trivia.
With over 200 cartoons illustrating how we feel about everything from lutefisk to mosquitoes to Spam and the Jolly Green Giant, Ed Fischer captures the true character of Minnesotans. Ed Fischer is syndicated in 90 newspapers
INSPIRING QUOTES, JOKES, and CARTOONS FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART! Being "old" isn't what it used to be. Elders today are active, fun, and ready for something new. Stay young at heart with the wit, wisdom, and inspiration you'll find in this book by Ed Fischer. It's time to be the new you. Live it up. Laugh often. Love life like never before.
He is one of Minnesota's most beloved cartoonists, and he has dreamed up 101 ingenious, diabolical plots for dealing with the dreaded mosquito! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll celebrate. Surrender is not an option.
Hiking, hunting, fishing and camping are fun, but just like life, it isn't always easy. It's work. There's aching muscles, bad weather and mosquitoes. There's danger from bears, moose in heat and Big Foot. That's why outdoors people need this book as a first-aid kit for the mind and disposition. Ed Fischer is a cartoonist syndicated throughout the Upper Midwest. Here, he lends his perspective to the great outdoors. The Up North cartoons and jokes will fix you up - guaranteed.
Here before unmentionable Scandinavian humor! Plus a "cheer up" section for people with too many uff das in their lives-better than even two plates of lutefisk!
Serve family or friends good-natured, outrageous fun about the Upper Midwest's most famous food. 101 things to do with lutefisk is a smorgasbord of wild ideas. It's better than "a little lunch
Jesse Ventura--professional wrestler to Governor. From the time he "shocked the world" and defeated the anointed Republican and Democratic candidates for Governor up to his leaving in a huff, Jesse Ventura was in one tiff after another. Relive the most remarkable story in Minnesota's political history with the humor of political cartoonist Ed Fischer.
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