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Overheard…

‘Didn’t know he had a set of false teeth until it came out in conversation’…

Antidepressants

My wife’s doctor wanted to wean her off antidepressants. ‘What would happen if you stopped taking them?’ he asked. ‘To me? Nothing,’ she said. ‘But all of a sudden my husband becomes a real jerk.’

‘How Was I Born?’

A little boy goes to his father and asks ‘Daddy, how was I born?’ The father answers, ‘Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! Your MUm and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via e-mail with your MUm and […]

Elderly Humor (which one or two might not have seen :-)

An elderly gentleman… had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100% The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, “Your […]

Interesting stuff

* VERY **INTERESTING** STUFF * ***In the 1400’s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.. Hence we have “the rule of thumb” * ***——————————————- * * **Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It […]

Installing a Husband

Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance — particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and […]

The Fishmonger

A customer at the Tesco’s fresh fish counter marvelled at the fishmongers quick wit and intelligence. “Tell me, Fishmonger, what makes you so brainy?” “I wouldn’t share my secret with just anyone,” the fishmonger replies, lowering his voice so the other shoppers won’t hear. “But since you’re a good and faithful customer, I’ll let you […]

Women walking behind their husbands

WOMEN WALK 5 PACES BEHIND THEIR HUSBANDS Barbara Walters of Television’s 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afganistan, several years before the Afgan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Ms Walter’s […]

Baker

After starting a new diet I altered my drive to work to avoid passing my favourite bakers. I accidentally drove by the bakers this morning, and as I approached, there in the window were a host of goodies. I felt this was no accident, so I prayed … ‘Jesus, it’s up to you, if you […]

Letter to a bank manager

Probably an old one, with different words to it…:-)) Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check […]