Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 9 May 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock (The finale, Part 3, go back to Part 1 or Part 2) * * * Because the teenager was not easily discouraged, Y.D. reminded wise Oscar Hapgood of a self-reliant cowboy, and so years […]
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Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 9 May 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock (This is Part 2, back to Part 1, go on to Part 3) * * * Young at heart, Oscar Hapgood was a match for his budding flower children, 11-year-old Duff McDuff and the […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 2 May 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock (This is Part 1, on to Part 2 and finally Part 3) * * * The older stories were the favorites, and 11-year-old Duff McDuff and his teen-age friend Y.D. often insisted on them […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 18 April 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Retirement had been no bed of roses for Mildred Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith, especially since it was not voluntary. The recent visit from the governor, however, meant an escape from leisure. Mildred reprimanded herself […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 4 April 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock NEWS ITEM: A national survey of experts has shown sex education classes thoroughly teach biological aspects of the subject. However, educators have found children also need to learn the relationship of sexuality to society, […]
Mirthology, 1st run Wednesday 28 March 1990, Arkansas Democrat’s Mid Week Magazine By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Caption for illustration by staff artist Steve Scallion: Artist’s rendition of Andy Rooney in a high-top fade. Rooney had recently suffered some big-time misunderstanding. [“CBS” is “burned” in above Rooney’s left ear; he’s wearing […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 21 March 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Research in the 1950s found the left and right halves of the brain have different functions, and experiments in the 1960s proved the left hemisphere is in charge of logical number crunching — straight-line […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 14 March 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock MIRTHOLOGIST’S NOTE: In the interest of broadening the appeal of this publication, I am turning over this space for a tryout column by psychologist Seymour Sock, Ph.D. Sock, one of my best-educated characters, knows […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 7 March 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Waking up with a stopped-up ear is a nuisance. You know the cause — the previous week’s head cold — and that it’s not infected — no pain. Yet, the ear needs fixing, because […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 10 January 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Everybody at work knows my business so well that sometimes I’m the last to find it out. I mean, if privacy is a constitutional right, what’s left? Today, for example, I called on a […]