Don't Try This at Home

I’m a nice person—mostly. Ask anyone who knows me. Except my family. Don’t ask them.

2018, TechnologyDorothy RosbyDecember 17, 2018scams, phone scam, Dorothy Rosby, humor, Humorist, South Dakota Comments

Ah, the holiday season; a joyous time for families to come together, create new traditions, and fight about the old ones.

2018, HolidaysDorothy RosbyDecember 4, 2018Christmas, Dorothy Rosby, humor, Humorist, South Dakota, family Comments

Are you going to eat that?

There’s a turkey the size of Plymouth Rock thawing in my refrigerator when I stumble across the following startling statistic on the internet.

Raking and Thinking

The sky is blue, the air is fresh, and the colors are changing. The year is drawing to a close, and there is ample time to reflect—while you rake

2018Dorothy RosbyOctober 9, 2018South Dakota, humor, autumn, rake, Dorothy Rosby Comments

Studying for the Midterms

Elections bring out the worst in people, like storms bring out earthworms and manure piles bring out flies.

2018, PoliticsDorothy RosbySeptember 25, 2018voting, politics, election, Dorothy Rosby, South Dakota Comments

And the Award for Saying Dumb Stuff Goes To…

I admire those guys on that TV commercial who dance around in outfits as pink as plastic flamingos and sing about digestive disorders. That really takes…uh…guts.

May I have this dance?

I said to my husband, “Let’s dance. We’ll never see these people again.”

Travel, 2018Dorothy RosbyAugust 28, 2018travel, cruise, polka, dance, anniversary, marriage, Dorothy Rosby, humor, Humorist, South Dakota Comments

Nothing Lasts Forever--Except Plastic Forks

“Disposable” just seems like a funny way to describe something that will outlast us, our kids, grandkids, great grandkids and probably their great grandkids too. Heck, we could pass down plastic cutlery as family heirlooms. “Disposable” seems like a funny way to describe something that will outlast us, our kids, grandkids, great grandkids and probably their great grandkids too.

Keep the bag please

I’m all for free gifts, but honestly, I’d be happier with five dollar bills. They’re so much more practical.

2018Dorothy RosbyJune 5, 2018recycle, wasteful, reuse, clutter, humor, South Dakota, Rapid City Comments

Leave me alone Elizabeth!!!!

Leave me alone Elizabeth from Resort Rewards Center.

2018, TechnologyDorothy RosbyJune 4, 2018phone scam, liars, scamsComment

Erma Bombeck: Bringing the generations together

If you can’t have fun at a humor writers convention, you’re just not trying.

2018Dorothy RosbyMay 3, 2018Erma Bombeck, EBWW, humor, Dorothy Rosby, South Dakota, columnists Comments

By Land or by Cell

I used to think that the only thing our landline was good for was getting calls from people we refused to give our cellphone numbers to. Then we got rid of it. And now I know what my old-fashioned phone was really good for

2018, TechnologyDorothy RosbyApril 24, 2018Land line, cell phone, smartphone, technology, humor, Dorothy Rosby Comments

Go to your Corners and Come out Voting

I’m going to suggest to my coworkers that we start working together like Congress does. I don’t think any of my team has experience serving in Congress, but I still think we can pull it off because we were all children once.

2018, PoliticsDorothy RosbyMarch 27, 2018politics, congress, devisive, humor, Dorothy Rosby, South Dakota Comments

Bringing Home the Gold—and the Groceries

A man I know is fond of saying that if shopping were an Olympic sport, American women would bring home the gold every time. I counter with, “If remote control operation were an Olympic sport, American men wouldn’t even let anyone else compete."

2018Dorothy RosbyFebruary 19, 2018Olympics, shopping, humor, South Dakota Comments