Author - Jai Murugan

Humour is funny, (pun intended) in that it is so personal. One person's joke is another's insult, and all that. So I write for the Art of a Chuckle.

Columnists - Jai Murugan

(Ally)

September 26, 2013

Even the most creative practical jokers coerce an ally or two to partake in mischief, even if it is...

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(epee)

September 18, 2013

I liked laths. Father didn’t. They made excellent bats for cheap balls, stream diggers, stake markers, goal posts, target holders, but especially swords...

Columnists - Jai Murugan

(gout)

September 11, 2013

My imaginary friends and I invented a game we called Gout. We got sick of Mother’s chronic pleading, “Go out.” It served two purposes for her...

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(crud)

September 5, 2013

Only a few select barefoot soles of souls in this great country will have experienced the joys of perfect crud. If toes could talk, they’d ramble on...

Columnists - Jai Murugan

(fact)

August 29, 2013

This word has to be the most overused and manipulative one in the political world. “The facts are people in my area are saying I should vote for the...

Columnists - Jai Murugan

(term)

August 21, 2013

“One term at a time, one term at a time.” That was my motto at university. Four months was way too long for scatterbrains like me. Three weeks of...

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(slip)

August 15, 2013

Some ideas we humans possess I simple don’t believe. They must have come from some ancient and lively tale teller’s imagination, myths of yore, or...

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(visa)

August 7, 2013

Credit card companies hate me. I am an unpreferred customer. I’m too brainy for their little game of hide and seek: “It’s your money, or so...

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(sing)

July 31, 2013

I can’t sing. Never could. Never will. Won’t try. Pathetic voice. I rasp away, but it’s okay. It is a skill I somehow manage to do without. I...

Columnists - Jai Murugan

(rind)

July 24, 2013

Alcohol has the ability to remove the rind of the mind, that outer layer of protection and shells we place there to feel safe from another’s intrusion...

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