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Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The people who design web pages were born after some of us were already collecting social security, so too many web sites are not user friendly for...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Married men will always have to rely on an expert to fix things in the home.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:39
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
We live in an age where technology is king. Most of us are overwhelmed by the various types of technology we are forced to work with, or attempt to...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:27
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A young man seeking enlightenment once travelled far away to a distant land and climbed a tall mountain where a wise old man was known to dispense ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2009
  • Length: :46
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You have heard many sparkling wits say that growing old beats the alternative.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:17
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Having an affair wasn’t bad. Getting caught was bad.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:09
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Can a man of 29 fall in love with a girl of 14?

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:52
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There ain't nothing on television

  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 02:21
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In Maine it is either too hot or too cold to put on or take off storm windows.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: :37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There are people who are distressed at the thought of gay marriage.

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 02:41
Caption: Me in Montana
An ancient pastime explored in the lives, lore and literature of anglers.

Bought by KRZA, KVSC, KSUT, XRAY.fm, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Corporate America has produced a pill that combats obesity

  • Added: Mar 26, 2009
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Put him out on the speaking circuit for the next year and use his fee to make a token payment to the people he cheated

  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 02:14
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The company asked me to sign a release so they could bill my insurance company $220 for something one can buy on line for $19.95

  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:29
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You might think your daughter is doing well if she is dating a grad student on a full fellowship.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You should know what you're doing before you go white water rafting.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: :29
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One evening when my friend Winky was reading the newspaper he said to his wife, "Here's a man up in Rangeley who was shot for a moose."

  • Added: Feb 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you noticed that all of a sudden there is a lot of opposition to the bailouts?

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: :16
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In 1945 any American who had any kind of job could buy a home.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:19
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Almost 800,000 dog bites every year are serious enough to receive medical attention -- 30 or so people are killed by dogs in this country in any gi...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2009
  • Length: :57
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you are not rich, famous or handsome, you don’t need to feel that you’ve missed out on something.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2009
  • Length: :54
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
People in northern Maine don't operate like the people in southern Maine

  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:12
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can't believe a thing Winky says.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: :21
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Individual bank deposits are only insured by the federal government up to $100,000

  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 02:32