Good Morning Campers,

I’d like to start out today’s issue by inviting a couple of people up on stage with me.  Diaman and Ginny, can you come up here please?
The two girls are waiting off to the side and begin to make their way slowly up to the log where Impish normally sits through his opening monologue.  You can see that they are both moving slowly and showing signs of hurting but they make the journey with smiles (possibly smiles of trepidation) on their lips.
While they make their way to the front, why don’t we review the donations list…

Let’s see… 19 people (Counting Ginny twice) out of 447 registered subscribers…. that’s 4.3%.  Come on folks, lets get it up to 10% anyway!  Don’t you want to be a 10 percenter?  This will probably be our last final push to get our annual bills paid.  I’ve got to send a check to wordpress at the end of the week, so now’s the time.  Let’s push it over the top!

Diaman steps up to the front first.
Dragon Laffs have been a very important part of my life for several years. In the beginning, they came daily and every day my day started with a huge laugh or giggle. Now Laffs only come on Wed. & Fri., the two very special days of my week. Please, my fellow & gal Laffers, send Impish a donation to keep this ezine going.

Thank you very much Diaman.  I’m sure your request will help us out  a lot!
Now, I understand that Ginny would like to say something as well.  As many of you know, Ginny has been very outspoken in the comments section about donations.  Let’s hope she doesn’t bring the family into her talk today.

“Donation”, something we all think about around the holidays.  But, what about the other times….and what is the cause we are donating to?  Is it worthy of our hard earn dollar, well if it means something to you … hell YES!

Of course I am especially talking about Dragon Laffs and the wonders of Impish Dragon and Lethal Leprechaun.

They make us forget our problems and worries every Wednesday and Saturday.  This is why I felt I wanted  to become the Jersey Girl cheerleader for their annual 2014 Blog fundraiser I thought it was a great way to show our appreciation to both of them with any donation you can afford.  So I’m hoping this will be their very best year.

By the way, Impish and I have discussed this before, but you will be able to figure out what I’m talking about real quick.  Went to the Sand Casino in Bethlehm PA to see Last Comic standing.  No my Jersey Boy didn’t hit another big one…..but I play a slot machine with a GREEN DRAGON.  Long story short…..I can home with all the money I went with and $38.  So because the Dragon was good to me, I am spitting the $38 in half and will make another $19 donation.

Ginny, thank you ever so much.  And you didn’t threaten rip anyone’s lungs out or anything.  Very nice.  And thank you for your second donation.  It is deeply appreciated and much needed.  Thank you to ALL of our donators.  Your generosity and selflessness is deeply appreciated.

Okay, on to bigger and better things.

Lethal and I have been given special awards.  And I think all of you deserve to get this award as well.  Please feel free to cut and paste this into a picture program, print it out and post it in a prominent place.
I’ll show you exactly where I posted mine!
This is the front to my dragon lair…..obviously….but the entrance that I use in the form you see me in now.  My small (and admittedly adorably cute) blue form.  You’ll notice there is no street address visible.  That’s not because I don’t want any of you to visit, by all means, you are all welcome at any time, but it is a bit difficult to get to if you can’t fly.  But somehow the junk mail seems to find me, even out in my mountain lair.

Yup.  That’s about right.  The Whelpling struggled with this awful disease when he was but a wee dragon and still going to dragon school.  But he overcame it without the use of drugs and I’m awfully proud of him for it.

Accounting?  Accounting!! Well, I guess if I have to…
Wait!
I have a job.  Actually, I have more than one job.  Whew!
Sorry dude.  You’re on your own.

Up close and personal with a volcano!  Modern technology is a cool thing when we get to see stuff like this.

Wasn’t that cool?  I think that’s one of the neatest thing about what technology can offer us.  And to be able to see it, right here on your own computer.

One of my favorite dragon pics of all time.  Isn’t she adorable?

And speaking of adorable…you’ve got to watch this short video.  This is absolutely precious!

Okay, this is a way cool flow chart brought to you by the friends at makeuseof.com This one is called, How strong is your attention span?  Nice, right?

One of our minor security minions.  Looks fierce right?
And the guy behind her is security too.

You know, sometimes I think the exact same thing!

A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas , and talked with an old rancher.

He told the rancher, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.”

The rancher said, “Okay , but don’t go in that field over there…..”, as he pointed out the location.

The DEA officer verbally exploded saying, ” Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me !”

Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removed his badge and proudly displayed it to the rancher.

“See this badge?!  This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish…. On any land !! No questions asked or answers given!!  Have I made myself clear……do you understand ?!!”

The rancher nodded politely, apologized, and went about his chores.

A short time later, the old rancher heard loud screams, looked up, and saw the DEA officer running for his life, being chased by the rancher’s big Santa Gertrudis bull……

With every step the bull was gaining ground on the officer, and it seemed likely that he’d sure enough get gored before he reached safety.  The officer was clearly terrified.

The rancher threw down his tools, ran to the fence and yelled at the top of his lungs…..

“Your badge, show him your BADGE…….. ! !”

Now, knowing that I know just a tiny bit about Ebola, Anthrax and a lot of nasty stuff, because it’s all part of my job, I present this little essay to you with tongue slightly in cheek, to show you how bad it’s become with this idiot in office.

Ebola – Don’t Panic – We Got This

by: the Common Constitutionalist

Our government has it all under control and we should believe them. After all, they’ve done so well with literally everything else.

We see how well this administration has handled Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention ISIS, so far. The Obamacare website is running like a Swiss watch, or is that a Yugo.

They’ve brokered peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Oh wait… they haven’t. Russia and the U.S. have never been closer. Um… Okay, maybe not that one either.

All right, so this administration has made a few mistakes and miscalculations and maybe they haven’t been 100% honest, but hey, we all tell little white lies, don’t we?

But I just know they are all over this Ebola outbreak and I guarantee they are now and will be fully forthcoming about anything we need to know. After all, honesty is the cornerstone of the Obama administration.

So when I heard just recently that the Ebola virus Will Not make it to the United States, naturally I was relieved – that is until the virus made it to the United States.

When I heard rumors that Ebola might mutate into an airborne virus, it was panic time, until the CDC put my mind at ease. They said of the 23 known serious viruses affecting humans, none are known to have mutated in ways that infect humans. Whew! That was a close one. Then they offered this minor caveat: “Of course, we only know about a small portion of the existing viruses.” HUH?

In fact, scientists estimate that the virus has accumulated more than 395 mutations in the last 10 years and has amassed 50 mutations just between June and July of this year. “The longer the outbreak continues, the greater the opportunity the virus has to mutate”, says Charles Chiu, an infectious disease physician at UC San Francisco.

But I heard the CDC director say that Ebola can’t be spread through “Casual Contact”. That it is not an “Airborne” virus. “Direct contact” is the only way to spread the virus.

When interviewed by CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, the CDC director continually said Ebola is not airborne. It can’t be transmitted by “casual contact”. But that is a lie or at least a semi-lie. He said that he and Gupta couldn’t transmit Ebola to one another because they had no “direct” contact. But when another reporter asked whether it could be transmitted if he sneezed on the CDC director, the director laughed nervously and said they would take a hard look at that situation.

Gee, I wonder what he meant by that? Could it be that this is just another government word game, a matter of semantics? It depends on what your definition of “is” is.

Technically speaking, “Airborne” means that discharged microbes remain suspended in the air for long periods of time… The Ebola virus doesn’t react this way. So technically the CDC is correct to the letter of the definition, but they know, judging by the nervous reaction of the CDC director, that this virus can most likely be transmitted through the air via a sneeze or cough, regardless of how they define it.

In fact, Dr. Gary Kobinger, from the national microbiology laboratory at the public health agency of Canada, told BBC News that he believed that the infection was spread through large droplets that were suspended in the air. That sounds a lot like a sneeze or cough to me, but I’m not a scientist.

International health officials have also admitted that the ability of Ebola to spread via contaminated surfaces is why victims in Africa have become infected by riding in taxicabs. This also means any form of public transportation: airplanes, ambulances, subways – may harbor the virus and accelerate the spread of an outbreak.

As I said, I am not a scientist, a doctor or infectious disease expert, but most of us have been blessed with common sense and an ability to read between the government “lines”.

I don’t know how this is going to shake out but the old saying, “When they tell you not panic, that’s when you panic”, may apply in the future.

We however, are supposed to be the “thoughtful” ones, and as such, should already be prepared for when others start to panic.

Let’s just pray it doesn’t come to that.

Okay, so he’s overdramatizing, but not by that much.  Ebola can easily be transmitted if someone who has the virus, and is in the contagious stage, sneezes of coughs on you.  But not nearly as easily as the flu or many other type diseases. 

Do I think we will see more cases of Ebola in the US?  Yes, I can almost guarantee that we will.  Will it become the pandemic that we are currently seeing in Africa?  Not even close.

It may be horribly nasty and very ugly little guy, but it’s pretty easy to defend against.

I had a friend of mine mention to me today that doesn’t this seem an awful lot like the Ryan White thing with aids several years ago?  The craziness and the hysteria?  Yeah, it’s like that.  And it’s transferred just about the same way.  With bodily fluid transfer.  The difference?  Aids doesn’t survive as long in the environment than Ebola does.  Aids requires a bodily fluid transfer, but dies very quickly when out of the body.  Ebola requires a bodily fluid transfer, but survives much longer outside the body, so a sneeze or a cough can transfer the virus.

I think this is probably the wrong time to tell you guys that I actually have a plushy Ebola virus… just like the one there to the left.  It was a present to myself when I graduated from Tech School.

LOL. 

Yeah, I’m that crazy.

Okay, my favorite, your favorite, all our favorite part of Dragon Laffs….

This delight was sent in by our own Ginny.  She’ll pay dearly for it, too.

‘My God, man!’ exclaimed Impish, taking the huge Bic lighter in his hands.  ‘Where’d yew git dat monster?’

Lethal as a baby?  Impish as a baby?  Could actually be either one of us. 

Test of Concentration: Both men and women fail this.  I admit, I did too.

How’s that again?  Vegetarian Chicken Flavored Ham?  Isn’t that like a 3 way contradiction in terms?

As my lovely Mrs. Dragon so succinctly put it, “Exactly!”
And as Robert A. Heinlein (The Greatest Science Fiction who ever lived) said: “Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”

So okay, this is where the Last Word usually goes.
But the entire rest of the issue is complete and ready to go and I just got called into work.
I told them I’d be there in ten minutes, which means I have five whole minutes to wrap this issue up and get it posted, so here it goes.
Please donate, we need it and we appreciate it.
Don’t forget to rate this issues with stars at the top of the issue.
Please feel free to post comments below.

Have a great day and some great laughs.

Cheers,

Impish Dragon

Good morning campers,

Just thought it would be fair to add to our list of donators.  Here’s a complete list:

Joseph C.
Ginny the Jersey Girl
K2
Henry C.
Leah H.
Fred S.
Philip S.
and 
James C.

And the new ones…..

Henry S.
Henry H.
Jonathon J.
and
Danny M.
Thank you all very much.  It’s really easy to get your name on this list.  Go up to the top right corner of the page, click the donation link and leave us a buck or two.  We’ve got to pay the bills and this is the only time of the year that we ask.  So do your best.

Cheers,

Impish Dragon

DL & LL Electronic Media Enterprises regrets the switchology error which prevented todays issue from posting on time. We now return you to the regularly scheduled issue.

As you walk in Lethal seems a bit anxious and hyper. There are 4 books, numerous steno pads, a Lap Top and tablet all on their table beside the podium and all seem to be in use- simultaneously. As you enter you see him glace at his phone and mutter something under his breath you don’t quite catch except for the words schedule and time. He carefully books marks all his places before dashing to the podium to address you.

OK-Folks-if-you-could-please-get-it, sit-it-and-shut-it-I’d-like-to-get-this- show-on-the-road-fast-as-possible-and-speeding-tickets-be-damned. 

I lost a whole day this weekend and half a day for my birthday so I’m behind and Professors don’t want to hear excuses about you having a life and a job outside of class.

First I’d like to thank all those who sent me birthday wishes and kind words about the blog with a special nod to the instigator of the entire affair Impish Dragon- you’ll get yours sucker! If you haven’t seen them or my thoughts on what my birthday means to me you should head over the the actual blog [https://dragonlaffs.com/2014/09/23/happy-birthday-lethal-leprechaun/] and read all 17 comments which you can find by clicking the comments link at the end of Impish’s Snitch posting Special Announcement.

Moving right along as you know Molly and I are planning to move to a new residence here in Houston once our lease is up at the end of November. We spent Saturday looking at several of the properties we had narrowed our choices down to as well as the areas they were located in. We found one we like very much and are currently in the application process. I’m announcing this because it sort of ties into two subjects.

1.) Come mid November until probably mid December there will likely be a period of no Leprechaun Laughs. I’m moving and resetting up a household and a business in an area that’s not familiar to us while continuing to go to school and all as Finals for the term will be looming. Something has to give and in the grand scheme of priorities sadly this is basically at the bottom of the totem pole.

2.) Fees deposits and such we must pay even before we take possession of the apartment are in excess of $1000. This doesn’t take into account the movers cost or anything else. What this means is that there is absolutely NO WAY that I can foot 1/2 the expenses for this blog. I’ve already informed Impish that if we can’t raise the funds required to keep this up and running then I’m going to bow out. It doesn’t seem fair for him to foot the entire bill alone so I’ve suggested we retire on a high note if it comes to that as his life is as ridiculously complicated as mine if not more so.

DON’T GET THE WRONG IDEA – I’M NOT MAKING THREATS HERE.

What I am doing is what I always have done giving you the straight truth. Consider this a heads up of possible things to come that Impish and I are in a far better position to foresee that all of you. as Impish said all it takes is a single dollar from each subscriber. We come out generally 100+ times a year not counting the holiday/special issues so if you do the math that’s at or under a penny an issue. Pretty damned fine return and value for a $1!

OH-CRAP! WILL-YOU –LOOK-AT-THE-TIME! I-GOT-TO-RUN-SORRY-IF-THE-ISSUE-IS=A-LITTLE-SHORTER-THAN-USUAL!

I thought I’d share a couple of the more notable cards I got this year.

Some friends of Molly’s and mine sent me this one.

My sister sent me this next one-

Inside it reads “Brother’s Teach Us That!”

Finally I got this one from Molly-

Isn’t she a darlin’ ?! Here’s the inside, such a lovely sentiment!

A real keeper my Molly is!

This one wasn’t signed and had no return address

Sounds like a lot of the conversations I have with Impish!

Top 10 Reasons I’m Not a Democrat

By George, I think she’s got it — check out this hilarious video of a recovering liberal, now conservative, stating her Top Ten Reasons why she’s no longer a Democrat. One thing is for certain, the younger generation in America is starting to realize that hopey changey thing ain’t working for them and their future. I guarantee you’ll bust a laugh with this one. Hat tip to @ellysa_maye and her exceptional use of social media to make her point.

John Wayne on liberals

“I’m quite sure that the concept of a Government-run reservation… seems to be what the socialists are working for now — to have everyone cared for from cradle to grave…. But you can’t whine and bellyache ’cause somebody else got a break and you didn’t, like those Indians are. We’ll all be on a reservation soon if the socialists keep subsidizing groups like them with our tax money.”- John Wayne

“Hell yes, I’m a liberal. I listen to both sides before I make up my mind. Doesn’t that make you a liberal? Not in today’s terms, it doesn’t. These days, you have to be a fucking left-wing radical to be a liberal. Politically, though … I’ve mellowed.” – John Wayne, 1973

Nowadays Duke listening and thinking for yourself makes you a Centrist. Speaking as a fellow Centrist we miss you and would have been damned glad to count you in our midst and have supported you for President!

Keep chuckling Impish you chucklehead! This is what is happing to the littlest Dragonette right in from of your eyes and you’re powerless to stop it. Better hope none of them boys play D&D and know how to bride a moat, slay a Dragon and carry off the Fair Maiden or you’re in serious trouble!

Quick Pork Goulash

Ingredients

1 1/4 pounds pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 teaspoons olive oil
2 carrots, diced
1 rib celery, diced
1 onion, thinly sliced1 red or green bell pepper, diced
3 tablespoons sweet paprika
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon crushed caraway seeds
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup low-sodium beef broth
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
2 cups whole-wheat egg noodles
Chopped chives, for garnish

Directions

Toss the pork pieces with the thyme, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Heat 1/2 of the oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the pork pieces in a single layer and cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl.
Heat the remaining oil in the same pot and add the carrots, celery, onions and bell pepper and cook, stirring, until softened, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the paprika, tomato paste, caraway and garlic until fragrant and the tomato paste has darkened slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the broth and 1 1/2 cups water and bring to a simmer. Cook until the vegetables are tender and the broth has thickened, about 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the noodles according to package directions and keep warm.
Add the pork back to the stew and cook, stirring, until the pork is cooked through and hot. Stir in the vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Toss with the hot egg noodles and garnish with chives.

Cream Cheese-Filled Ginger-Cherry Pumpkin Bread

Some days you just need to embrace a kitchen sink approach to cooking. This quick bread is just such a case. With ginger, cherries, cream cheese – you almost can’t call this pumpkin bread. What you can call it is damned good.

CREAM CHEESE-FILLED GINGER-CHERRY PUMPKIN BREAD

2 cups white-whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground dry ginger
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/3 cups dark brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
15-ounce can pumpkin puree
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1/2 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
1 cup dried cherries
12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 tablespoons granulated sugar Zest of 2 oranges

For the streusel

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup rolled oats
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a large (9- to 10-inch) loaf pan with baking spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, dry ginger and salt.

In a large bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, oil, pumpkin, 1 egg and the fresh ginger. Add dry ingredients to the wet, then mix until just combined. Stir in pumpkin seeds and cherries, then spread half of the batter evenly over the bottom of the prepared loaf pan. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix together the remaining egg, the cream cheese, the granulated sugar and the orange zest. Spread half of the mixture evenly over the batter in the pan. Spread half of the remaining batter over it, then top that with the remaining cream cheese filling. Finish with a final layer of batter. Set aside.

To make the streusel, in a medium bowl use your fingers to rub together the flour, brown sugar, oats and butter. Sprinkle evenly over the loaf.

Bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted at the center comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely before slicing. Makes 16 servings.

• Tossing the cherries with a bit of the whole wheat flour will ensure they remain suspended in place in the batter and don’t all sink to the bottom like in the picture
• If you don’t have or don’t like dried cherries try Craisins which are dried cranberries in this.

Or as Diabetics all them- Suicide by Sugar Induced Coma!

Apparently Impish has been secretly scouring the world looking for just the right gift to give me for my Birthday. When I first heard this I was kind of dubious because:

a.) I’m his accountant and I know how much he doesn’t have in his pockets-

b.) With everything on his plate currently I have no idea where he’d find the time to spend traveling and looking.

So I discounted the report. Then the same source sent me this photo of allegedly of Impish navigation the canals of Venice while searching for my present:

Even I’m forced to admit the resemblance is striking but I still don’t think it’s Impish

Last Saturday Impish announced that the Historical Memorial Marker I had installed in the Picnic Field (to commemorate Impish’s voluntary admission that I was right about the entire pizza thing) had been vandalized. Initially I was quite upset over this both over the security lax that allowed this and by the comment left on it.

Then it occurred to me that the comment might be being misinterpreted. The more I thought about it the surer I became, the comment isn’t aimed at me. It is, in point of fact, aimed at Impish. What the vandal was trying to convey in limited space and with very limited time was that I am so often right about the things I tell Impish to straight him out that it was only a matter of time before he screwed up and publically admitted I was right and therefore (as usual) he was wrong!

Once I realized this I ceased being irked by it, canceled the order to have the graffiti power washed off the marker and asked that several protective layers of clear acrylic be carefully applied over it to protect and preserve it.

Good Morning Evening Campers.

Impish here with a quick update on the donation front.  Not a bad start, but not enough to get us where we need to be.  I’d like to share with you a comment from our own Jersey Girl…

Those of you who read the comments regularly will have already seen this.  And while we’re talking about the comments section, some of the best and funniest stuff goes there and if you don’t read them, you’ll never see it.  Lots of back and forth between the mythological creatures and the readers.  If you aren’t reading it, you ought to be.

Anyway, Jersey Girls comment:

Another outstanding issue with Impish! The jokes and videos are so well placed in the issue to give us giggles, smiles and chuckles. As I am one of the Jersey girls, I promise no evil thoughts or devilish deeds….with the exception of your vast readers that ignore your plea for your annual website donation. Admit it people, Wednesdays and Saturdays have become something to look forward to. Impish and Lethal take time out of their busy lives to put Dragon Laffs together. Break open them piggy banks, look under the mattress, sofa cushions, your lumpy socks and give them some $$$$$. Yeah, Tony Soprano is no more….but in Jersey we don’t get mad, we get EVEN!

So…. um….I’m not sure that I’d ignore that kind of warning.

LOL.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who’ve already donated:

Good Morning Campers

Been a really rough week around here this week with work and other issues.  Been crazy and I haven’t had a chance to put as much effort into this opening as I had wanted.  Well, I’m out of time now, so the idea is to get this issue out to you guys.

Since it was a frustrating week, I did get a chance to send some lead down range today.  That was very relaxing and relieved a bunch of stress. 

I do have some bad news to bring out.  This is going to hurt Lethal Leprechaun a lot, but it’s best that we’re all here to support him.  Dear friend, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but someone defiled your marker that is in front of my podium.  The spray painted graffiti on it.

I’m sorry old friend.  There have been several clues left.  The words are all spelled correctly so that lets out a whole host of creatures,  most dragons included.  The letters are nice and neat, straight, aligned…dude, that’s going to let out most of the rest of them.  I’ve already checked all the cameras and nothing was captured on the videos…although there was a flash on the screen at one point in time that really makes it look like they were tampered with.  And I’m afraid that if you take hacking abilities into account the only suspect we have is you.  So, I can’t imagine why you’d defile your own sign, but you know…to paraphrase Sherlock Holmes, whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

And now, I want you to pay attention to the very important message at the end of today’s issue in the Last Word section. 

And now it’s time….

Amazing things you can do with eggs.  Really amazing.  Yup.  Truly amazing.

KIBBLER TOWERS – The reclusive multi-billionaire of the mythical realm, Lethal Leprechaun has purchased the world’s most luxurious Limo ever created.  A dragon in his corporate hierarchy who refused to be named has released this video of his newest purchase.  It has been determined that several famously named females of the non-mythical persuasion have been seen accompanying Mr. Leprechaun in his travels.  It is said that he as redesigned his famous yacht to accommodate this mystical wagon.  Here’s the secret footage that was just released.

It’s been determined that the two females are non other than the infamous female pair of Diaman and Ginny.  These two have been known to hang out with such notables as the God Thor and the mystical Santa Claus.  And as has recently come to light, both Jersey Girls.  One by birth and one by proxy.  This, as you all may know, gives them a reputation, well deserved, of unknown powers.  Whether they use their powers for good or evil is a coin toss at best and a forgone conclusion for the side of evil with the slightest provocation.  These two feme fatales have yet to prove to which side of the force they ascribe, but it needs to be noted here that Ginny has convinced Santa to build a world class swimming pool in the mountains associated with the DL&LL Electronic Media Empire that Mr. Leprechaun is the CEO of.

More to follow, so stay tuned to this channel for more information.

This one begins with a news article.

Law enforcement bulletin warned of ISIS urging jihad attacks on US soil

We just love reading, being read to, reading to others, books in general.  It’s proven over and over again.

The cruise ship docked at a Mexican port during a very high tide. Everyone on board was forced to use the ship’s narrow gangplank as a passageway to the dock far below.

Okay, so just yesterday (as of the writing of this piece) a man climbs the fence at the White House, eludes the Secret Service (some say they weren’t doing their job, I tend to believe that they were ignoring this guy on purpose hoping that he might have a bomb and take out the whole first family, but I digress) and actually makes it into the front door of the West Wing.  At that point he was arrested.  I believe the creator of this next little picture states all of our thoughts:

They should have given him a bedroom.  Lord knows there’s enough empty ones.

Okay, time for a short photo montage …

Okay, take a deep breath.  Stop your derisive laughter and let’s get your mind off your anger with a few laughs.

So, this one probably won’t make you laugh, but it should make you smile.  What a great story.  Never judge a book by it’s cover or a football player by the uniform he wears…

Here’s a new section that might be lots of fun…and of course, we’re taking submissions for this and all the different sections featured in Dragon Laffs.  Here’s

Help!  I need somebody.  Help!  Not just anybody.  Help!  I need someone…to open the damn door!

“Hello boss?  Yeah, about the delivery…”

“911, where is your emergency? … You’re where?”

“Did you NOT see the sign that said ‘BUMP’?  Big?  Yellow?  Black words?”

“Good news Honey!  The exterminator does drive thru!”

Our next section is a minor…VERY MINOR … spoof on our dear friend Lethal Leprechaun and his Cooking with Chef Lethal Leprechaun and the Celtic Kitchen and so on.  Now, let me preface this by saying that Lethal is one hell of a cook.  If you haven’t tried any of his recipes….
Why the hell not?!
But I digress.
This is Talking Food with The Impish Dragon and it’s not so much recipes as just odd questions or suggestions.  The whole pizza debate got me thinking of different food questions and I had no idea that other people had the same weird look about food that I do.  Let’s look at this first video.
I had no idea this was even a problem.  Someone says you want a sandwich, you automatically have a predetermined idea in your head what that means.  But, I guess it’s not the same for everybody, so somebody out there felt the need to set some rules.  Just watch:

So…for those of you who felt this was a dilemma, I hope you are now satisfied.

Our next gastronomical misadventure I believe is totally and completed understandable with no instructions.  Take a look at this delightful concept.

You can bet your bottom dollar that these babies will be on the table at the next DL&LL Electronic Media Enterprises get-together!  Yum!  Yum!

Our kids nowadays are growing up with technology.  The children born today may not ever interact with some of the things that we take for granted now.  Think about it.  They may not even know what real money looks like with the way we are going towards electronic cash and debit and credit cards.  Ellen takes some kids and shows them some older technology, the results, as you might imagine are quite funny.

Did you know that there is only ONE factory that makes footballs for the NFL?  Just one and they’ve been doing it for over 40 years.  It’s amazing how they do this.  One little manufacturing plant, in the United States.  No outsourcing here!  Watch this, it’s quite good.

Yeah…tell me how that works again?!

We’ve seen this next one before, I think.  But I believe it’s worth running by us again.

Ain’t that the truth!

Okay, so one last video.  They JUST talked about this on the news so I did a search and thought you guys would get a real kick out of it.  It involves one of my favorite football teams, one of my favorite comedians and my favorite late night TV host.  Definitely worth watching.

Now, as promised, a special announcement.  Important enough to be put at the very end of the issue so it’s the last thing you think of as you finish today’s issue of Dragon Laffs.

It’s time for our annual pleading and begging and throwing ourselves prostrate on the ground asking for money to support this effort for another year. 

You may not realize it, but it costs money to keep this excellent blog running the way it does. Not to mention the time and effort that both Lethal Leprechaun and myself put in that we would love to see some compensation for.  Yes, we do love what we do or we wouldn’t do it, but there are still bills to pay.  There are 450+ registered readers, a buck a each would be more than enough.  But if history holds true, only a tiny percentage of you will actually help out and for you few we are truly thankful.

Please find it in your heart to support us.  In the upper right corner of the website you can find our donation link through PayPal.  When you click it you can use a credit card, debit card, bank account or another PayPal account to donate.

If you prefer to use a method other than PayPal you can write to me at impishdragon@gmail.com and I’ll give you my physical address.

Thank you in advance for all your support.  We only do a push once a year, so you won’t get inundated with pop-ups and requests over and over.  The month of October is the month that the bills for the website come due so that’s when we make our pleas.  We can’t afford to pay the bills ourselves.  For one thing, it’s not fair to our families when we give up our time from them to work on this, to ask them to give up what little cash each of us has to support the site as well. 

So, consider it an early Christmas present to your favorite mythical creatures and donate a little cash…and thanks.

Oh, and by the way.  Don’t forget to go back up to the top of the issue and rate us in stars.  Believe it or not, that’s pretty important, too.  It helps in a lot of different ways.

Cheers my friends,

Impish Dragon