All posts tagged Terry Tallis

Deer Cosmetics

This was submitted by Terry Tallis, for which we give thanks.


In England, where deer farms are popular, owners often were vying to attract visitors and thus getting their interest in ordering deer meet in local pubs. Many owners actually experimented with beautifying their deer by dying their fir different colors (women would fawn over these), painting their hoofs, and even hanging tassels from their horns.

But what seemed to attract more attention from the visitors, one owner was using … Read the rest...

Problems in New Russia

This was updated from a pun by Terry Tallis originally published in PunAmerican Newsletter.


With the break-up of the Soviet Union and the upheavals in Russia leading to new found openness, some members of the government decided to break with tradition and clean up some of the memorials and exhibits around Red Square.

When they opened the Lenin mausoleum for the first time, they found him caked with filth from years of public display., and it was extremely odiferous.

This … Read the rest...