Humor Brief

Here are a few odd thoughts to make you laugh (or groan)...

Police were called to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U C L A.

The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement.  He became a hardened criminal.

If you take a laptop computer for a run, you could jog your memory.

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.  Then it hit me.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.  


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For the Health of It:  Joel Goodman of The Humor Project shared the above odd thoughts with us. Here's more to chew on from an article he wrote entitled "Taking Humor Seriously":

"Stress" and "burn-out" have become household words in the 21st Century. A report to the President's Science Advisor places the cost of stress to the economy at $200 billion annually. Humor can be a powerful antidote to stress... By using humor, we can prevent "hardening of the attitudes." If you stand rigidly in the face of stress, you are much more easily knocked off-balance. If you are flexible mentally, you are in a much better position to "roll with the punches" that life throws you.

This Jest In:  Here are two great upcoming shows for improv fans... SAT. OCT. 27 8:00PM Buffalo's own The Eclectic Company kicks off their new season at The Town Ballroom (www.eclecticimprov.com). A little pricier, but certainly mirthwhile, catch Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood at Sheas SAT. NOV. 3 7:30PM (www.sheas.org).


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Humor Briefs are provided by the Humor & Health Association of WNY, an affiliate of The Wellness Institute. It's only about 4.3 laughs per month, but we hope it makes a difference. Have a fun(ny) joke, quote, idea, or event we could share? Please reply to let us know!