Tag: Funny

Martians View a Football Game

On: By: Romeyn

The Martian astronomer stepped forward with an expectant thrill. He was about to take his first peep through the newly perfected telescope at the earth. For many years the work on this wonderful instrument had been prosecuted. It was, at last, to enable the people of the red planet to learn just what kind of beings inhabited the interesting sphere which they had so long been studying. Telescopes which had served to bring the earth to within an apparent distance of 200 miles of
their own globe had long been in use by the Martian astronomers, but now they were to be able to see their neighbor at an advantage which they had never previously enjoyed. The new Instrument was so powerful that the observer gazing through it would see the earth as plainly as if it had had actually been within hailing distance. Continue reading “Martians View a Football Game” →

Earthlings are Lunatics

On: By: Romeyn


I was not long In Mars before l could see that the Martians have ‘the advantage over us In every way. To begin with, the wholesome maxim that you shouldn’t speak with your mouth full does not concern the Martians at all. While they are eating with their mouths they are talking with the second mouth that they have on their thumbs. A large, stout Martian kept up a running fire of questions at me while he was taking a long drink from a pewter pot, while I, of course, had to put my glass down before I could reply. My helplessness seemed to cause them a great deal of amusement. Continue reading “Earthlings are Lunatics” →

Comedy of Terrors

On: By: Romeyn

Two unscrupulous undertakers (Vincent Price & Peter Lorre) find they are about to be evicted by their landlord (Basil Rathbone) for being a year late on rent. In order to drum up business, the dastardly duo sneak into the house of a wealthy elderly man, but when the bill comes due, his young widow skips town with the inheritance. When they set out to repeat the process, they receive a message from the landlord that the money was due in the morning. So they set off to kill two birds with one pillow. Unfortunately the landlord is harder to kill than expected. Continue reading “Comedy of Terrors” →