Licorice Lover
Herman (pictured, not the “German”) loved licorice, but it turned his tongue black on a regular basis. This occasioned no end of teasing from friends and family, and his girlfriend wouldn’t kiss him when he had black tongue; she suggested he switch to chocolate, pointing out that a) it didn’t discolor his tongue, and b) chocolate, along with beer and pizza, was one of the three essential food groups . . .
Work of Art
Turns out Janice wasn’t much of a painter, not in oils, acrylics or water colors, not in classical, impressionist, or cubism. When her art teacher saw the homemade pizza she brought for lunch, he suggested perhaps she should consider an art form other than paint . . .
Wrong Address
Eugene, the delivery guy (known as a bit of a bully), shouted, “What do you mean, you didn’t order take out fish and chips?” But when he checked his iPhone, he had to apologize; he was in fact on the wrong block . . .