Tale of Airport Security
By Melvin Durai Don’t you just hate terrorists? Even when they fail, they make life difficult for us. Back in December 2001, just three months after 9/11, Richard Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight, tried to ignite explosives hidden in his shoes. Fortunately for everyone on board, Reid’s shoe size was considerably higher than More...
Farewell to the decade; whatever you call it
It’s hard to believe that a whole decade has passed and we still don’t know what to call it. That’s a big problem for music companies, which sold millions of CDs with titles such as “Pop More...
Faking our way through life
By Melvin Durai I don’t mean to alarm you, but there’s a lot of faking going on –- and not just in the bedroom. Everyone’s involved in some form of faking, and if you don’t believe me, just visit your More...
A Ph.D.
My wife has just completed a Ph.D., which means that, between the two of us, we now have two doctorates. Yes, she has two and I have none. She’s a double-doctor; I’m a double-dunce. She just finished More...
Protecting English Language!
By Melvin Durai “Tonight, on a very special edition of Larry King Live, we have an exclusive interview with Jed Greeley, president of the English Protection Association (EPA). The association was formed this More...
Airport Security: Don’t Take It Personally
By Melvin Durai Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Thank you for flying British Airways Flight 324 nonstop from London to New York. We are still awaiting our security clearance from More...
Life starts at 100
By Melvin Durai I want to take a moment to wish a belated happy birthday to one of my readers, Ernestine “Ernie” of San Clemente, Calif., who recently turned 95. She was Humor Column born in 1914, about six More...
My New Source of Wealth!
By Melvin Durai What a wonderful year I’m having. First my wife gives birth to a baby girl, then I find out I’m going to be rich. Extremely rich. Yes, I just received an email from a Nigerian man who More...
Driving a Stick
By Melvin Durai I tried to warn her. I tried to tell my wife, Malathi, that learning to drive a stick shift is much harder than an automatic, but did she listen? Nope, she was too busy drooling over the burgundy More...
Wants & Women
Throughout history, men have been trying to impress women, and throughout history, men have failed miserably. It began with Oongah the caveman, who thought he could impress the cavewomen by hunting mammoths and More...
