At Random

As noted, the October issue of this publication had no "Joke of the Month" winner. Joke flow was terrible in September. But in October there was a veritable joke avalanche. Unfortunately, the winner I personally selected is not printable.

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What happened? We experienced excellent joke flow in August, but it dried up in September. Here is an August leftover and one of the old classics, a "Joke of the Month" rerun.

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The Joke of the Month was told to me by Bobbie Deemer, the long suffering wife of the infamous Walter Deemer (the guy who makes up his own jokes). She deserves an award for just living with him.

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In this age of heightened sensitivity, the spectrum of politically correct joke material continues to narrow. Lawyer jokes are now being declared out of bounds by the American Bar Association and I suppose accountant and actuary jokes may be next.

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Very good joke flow in June, but as usual a number are just not appropriate for our politically correct family oriented publication. Also, something for disadvantaged New York clients.

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I'm not sure there should be any winner this month, but I am relieved that the David Koresh/Branch Davidian joke flow has about dried up.

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We were awash in Branch Davidian and David Koresh black humor during April. But, not only are these “jokes” of questionable taste, they are also well traveled. Jokes unrelated to Waco were rare in April. In fact, this is the only one.

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I can already hear the protests from Seattle to New York, but this month the blue ribbon goes to Jen Leuthold, who just happens to be my daughter-in-law.

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Good joke flow in February. We don't have room to print them all and I forgot some. Here are the two runners up. They both seem to contain an underlying element of hostility. Considering the sources, I am not at all surprised. The first comes from Dick Perkins, Perkins Capital Mgmt., and the second comes from Harry Jones, strictly an amateur golfer, but a professional gin rummy player.

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This month, the editor himself wins the award.

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Today (January 4th) The Leuthold Group's Commissioner of Good Taste disqualified the number one pick for this monthly honor.

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A pretty weird collection this month, including the usual number of un-printables. The winner comes via my friend Don Larson, editor and owner of Don Larson's Business Newsletter.

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The October joke flow focused on Bush, Clinton and Perot. However, since the election will be history by the time you read this, the political jokes were cast aside. The non-political jokes from readers were pretty lame. Actually, they were terrible.

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This month we have another winner from Seattle, this time from Seafirst Bank. Congratulation to Don Gher. Several months ago we drew the line: no more Quayle jokes. But no limitation had been placed on Clinton jokes.

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Yes, it is an election year and the joke flow is heavy with election related material. Actually, this year's presidential election can in itself be viewed as a joke, but not a very good one.

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A joke lifted from a computer trade magazine, is the Joke of the Month. A one day late entry from Steve Kessler in Seattle looks like a cinch for next month’s ribbon. But it will have to wait until the September issue.

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Here is yet another Dan Quayle joke. (I’ve just about had my fill of Quayle jokes, so let’s get some new joke flow from you readers.) At any rate, this month’s late entry winner is Grafton Jhung, at Denver Investment Advisors.

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The winner comes from The Leuthold Group’s Mike Hamilton. However, since Mike heard it from his sister Maryjean, she will be considered the winner.

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This month, the entries are so bad (including a chicken joke) or in such poor taste that there is no winner.

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It was a tough market in March.

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