Posted by randolph on May 19th, 2006 under Comedy
When I was on the Cultural Affairs Commission for the City of Oakland, I convinced the city to televise our meetings and give me a call-in show which I entitled “Speak Up for Oakland Arts. There were generally 2 or 3 people in the audience at CIty Hall, one of them being my […]
Posted by noelus on April 18th, 2006 under Comedy
I was walking with my wife and two friends at Lake Merritt. I made a comment about how much bird poop covered the ground. I wondered out loud that many people must get pooped on. Our Irish friend whom we were walking with responded that people in Ireland believe that being pooped […]
Posted by BillyBuggy on February 20th, 2006 under Comedy
In the early 80’s, when I first moved to Berkeley, my roommate and I decided
to take my 2-man raft to Lake Merritt. We launched it on the west side of the
lake, jumping in so as to not get wet. We were paddling around for around
30 minutes when someone of authority in a small […]
Posted by mikee on December 7th, 2005 under Comedy
In the early 1700’s, a far flung outpost of the (some would say rag-tag) Carolingine army was stationed on Lake Merrit. Fort Entrepid faced the lake and was located roughly where Harrison and 20th street is today.
In 1724, the commander of the outpost, Lieutenant Buckley, was expecting the arrival of a British officer, Captain […]
