Humor
Paraprosdokians
Sent Friday, May 27, 2011 A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. Check out the following for examples: I asked God for a bike, but […]
Smile!
Medical Error At the outpatient surgery center where I work, the anesthesiologist often chatted with patients before their operations to help them relax. One day he thought he recognized a woman as a co-worker at the VA hospital where he had trained. When the patient confirmed that his hunch was correct, he said, “So, tell […]
More humo[u]r
Two men waiting at the Pearly Gates strike up a conversation. “How’d you die?” the first man asks the second. “I froze to death,” says the second. “That’s awful,” says the first man. “How does it feel to freeze to death?” “It’s very uncomfortable at first,” says the second man. “You get the shakes, and […]
Prison vs Work
IN PRISON……….you spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell. AT WORK…………you spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle. IN PRISON………you get three meals a day. AT WORK………..you get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it. IN PRISON……….you get time off for good behavior. AT […]
Clean Humo[u]r
There was a man sitting at a bar, and he looks over at the gentleman sitting next to him and says, “Hey, you look familiar. Are you from around here?” The man answers, “Yeah, I live down the street.” “No kidding?” says the first man, “Well, so do I. And hey, you look about my […]
Some bits of humo[u]r
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student aide, Sam found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn’t need Sam’s help to leave the hospital. After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly […]
Tomato Garden :-)
An old Italian lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament: Dear Vincent, […]
Dentist – and other humors
A dentist, after completing work on a patient, came to him and asked; “could you help me? Could you give out a few of your loudest, most painful screams?” The surprised patient said; “why doctor, it wasn’t all that bad this time!” The dentist said; “there are so many people in the waiting room right […]
Golf Poem
In My Hand I Hold A Ball, White And Dimpled, And Rather Small. Oh, How Bland It Does Appear, This Harmless Looking Little Sphere. By Its Size I Could Not Guess The Awesome Strength It Does Possess. But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell, I’ve Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell. My Life Has Not […]
Humour Sunday: first Sunday in May
Hi Wow……. don’t we miss a lot when we throw out history and liturgy. Fascinating to see churches about the place celebrating Sunday May 1 as,”Holy Humour Sunday”.(“Risus Paschalis”-God’s Joke, The Easter Laugh). Check it out. Its a bit more than: And who was the wisest financial investor in the Bible? Noah who floated his […]
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