I was tickled yesterday when Kyle told me today would be National Let’s Laugh Day. Great! That’s what I’ll write about! So last evening, after the three of us watched a lighthearted video together, I looked up funny stories on Reader’s Digest website. Apparently, the stress of the day had rendered me a bit serious. I scrolled through a lot of “funny” stories, waiting for one that made me laugh out loud, searching for something to make you laugh today. And then it hit. I got to the “punch line” of a little true story, and laughter burst out of me. I tried to read it to the guys. Tears started rolling and I could barely breathe. Here is the painfully funny tale for your enjoyment.
At the doctor’s office, a 20-something man was trying to make an appointment for a Mrs. Brown.
Try as he might, he just could not remember her first name.
Frustrated, he left.
A few minutes later, I passed him outside the office on the phone.
“Hey, Dad,” he said. “What’s Mom’s first name?”
I finally recovered, feeling much more relaxed. Was it the joke, or the fact that Kyle would be working from home from now on? Both, I think. Here are a few more goodies from Reader’s Digest and some pictures from Pixabay that made me smile this morning.
I was working from home, interviewing a famous neurologist for an article, when my three-year-old announced she had to go potty and waddled into the bathroom. After some loud moans, she yelled, “I did it, Mom! I pooped in the toilet! I pooped on the floor too! But I’ll clean it! Oh, I stepped in it!”
There was an uncomfortable silence as I realized the doctor had heard every word. “Ha ha,” I laughed nervously. “Do you have kids?”
“No,” he said, “and I never will.”
A man goes to the doctor, concerned about his wife’s hearing. The doctor says, “Stand behind her and say something and tell me how close you are when she hears you.”
The man goes home, sees his wife in the kitchen, cutting carrots on the countertop. About 15 feet away he says, “Honey, what’s for dinner?” Nothing.
He gets halfway to her and repeats the same question. Nothing.
Very concerned, he gets right behind her and asks again “What’s for dinner?”
She turns around and says “For the THIRD time, beef stew!”
A guy gets pulled over by a cop. The cop asks, “You’re speeding! Didn’t you see the speed limit sign?”
The man replied, “Yeah I saw the speed limit sign, but I didn’t see you.”
Q: Hear about the two guys who stole a calendar?
A: They both got 6 months.
And finally,
I was gonna tell a time-traveling joke, but you guys didn’t like it.
Check out National Let’s Laugh Day here. If you have a lot of stress and a little time, you may want to try out their free session of Laughter Yoga.
