Erik Deckers Laughing Stalk - 2004 Laughing Stalk Archives

Erik Deckers has been an Internet humor columnist since 1994, writing for several print and online newspapers, as well as other humor magazines.

Erik Deckers has been an Internet humor columnist since 1994, writing for several print and online newspapers, as well as other humor magazines.

2004 Laughing Stalk archives

Pay Attention To Me! (The height of my attention-seeking behavior)
Just don't hit it there!(Why I never play golf)
Like Superman and Lex Luthor(Everyone has a nemesis. Even my youngest daughter.)
Shake Your What?!(My children are learning dirty words)
Since When Does Spider-Man Wear Mittens?(The problem with Halloween)

Do They Give Gold Medals for Complaining?
What About "European Carryall?"
Love and Politics: Strange Bedfellows
How the Grinch Grounded Santa

Silly String: Menace and Mayhem (L.A. wants to ban silly string, another town has banned nukes)
Another Reason Not To Order Pea Soup (Tip your waiters and waitresses!)
Swish-Whack, Take That! (New Laughing Stalk awards for the Olympics)
Pay Attention To Me! (I haven't always been the shy, introverted type)

Pay Attention To Me! (I haven't always been the shy, quiet type. . . )
Making Technology Easy (I'm not quite the tech geek I thought I was.)
How About Frequent Reader Points? (Managing frequent traveler points often requires a Ph.D.)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (Coin-operated goverment strikes again)
Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones (Vice President Dick Cheney said a bad word!)

That's Not a Bat, This is a Bat (More Zero Tolerance = Zero Sense in our schools)
Stay Out of the Attic! (Why I hate scary movies)
Travel Tips for the New Traveler (Travel tips for people traveling to Boston)
Successful Writing Secrets (How I write a humor column week after week. After week.)

My Rod and Reel, They Comfort Me (My commandments for fishing)
What a Way to Make a Living (I have a regulated morning schedule to follow)
Give Him the Finger! ("Did anyone lose a finger?")
Now That I Have Your Attention (German motorists think about sex. What do you think about?)

Things That Go Bump Under The Bed (Monsters lived under my bed when I was a kid.)
How About "Look, We Need to Talk. . .?" (Want to avoid your significant other? Try a bomb threat.)
Spitting Is For Sissies (Beer drinkers vs. Wine Drinkers - a steel cage match!!)
It's National April Month! (April is a month of celebrations and festivals)
Quiet Down Back There! (There's no such thing as a "little" car trip.)

We're the Rodney Dangerfields of Comedy (Humor writers get no respect from other writers.)
I'm Not Too Wild About Canned Spam Either (Email spammers are the bane of the Internet)
Don't Eat Bar Pretzels Either (Only 1 in 6 people wash their hands after they use the bathroom. Remember that when you shake 5 other hands.)
Slappin' to the Oldies (Richard Simmons slapped a 255-pound Harley-Davidson cage fighter.)

How About "Doodyhead?" (Kids are getting suspended from school for theological discussions)
Because It's Time to Go (A one-sided conversation with my youngest daughter)
The Adventures of Letterman (My childhood attempts as a literary superhero)
Springtime Predictions. . . of Science! (Goshen (Indiana) College predicts March 10th as the first day of Spring)

How About "Antidisestablishmentarianism?" (Lake Superior State University's list of banned words)
Today is Opposite Day, Nyah Nyah Nyah! (A stupid game played by stupid kids when I was in grade school.)
What DOES $%&*! mean? (A California Congressman has a new list of 7 dirty words.)
Look, Up in the Sky! It's Super Erik (My oldest daughter writes soap operas)
Put Your Left Leg In (My wife made me learn how to dance!)

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