Porky’s Smile, tile floor inside of Porky’s Drive-In, St. Paul, Minnesota, June 2007, photo © 2007 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
Hey, did’ya hear the one about the roof? Ah, never mind…it’s over your head.
How about the jump rope?? Nah, skip it.
Did you hear the news about the elephant with diarrhea? It’s all over town.
Ah, uhem. This week’s topic is humor. As in, side-splitting laughter. LOL. Laugh your head off. Get a sense of humor, for Pete’s sake.
Humor me, just this once, and read the quotes below about laughter. What is laughter to you? Is it the flip side of sorrow? Is it the best medicine? Are you a serious person or a goofball?
Think about laughter and humor and sadness and joy. Then take your pen and notebook to a quiet place and write these words at the top of your page: I find humor in…. Write for ten minutes.
When you’re done, set your timer for another ten minutes and write these words: I don’t find humor in …. Write again.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~e.e. cummings
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ~Victor Borge
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ~Kurt Vonnegut
Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. ~Ken Kesey
A laugh is a smile that bursts. ~Mary H. Waldrip
The secret source of humor itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. ~Mark Twain
The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. ~Virginia Woolf
Aba-dee, aba-dee, aba-dee, a… that’s all folks.
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