For me, the answer to that question is, “Yes!” So today’s blog is devoted to humor. I hope some of these make you smile, laugh, or at least groan!

Let’s start with the kids:

My 5-year-old couldn’t remember the word for tomorrow, so she called it “nexterday.”

We gave our 4-year-old grandson a fishing pole for his birthday. “Wow!” he said, “A fishing machine!”

I told my 9-year-old granddaughter that when I was growing up, our house was the first house on the block to have a color TV. She asked, “What color was it?”

The little girl was sitting on the river bank fishing with her father. She wasn’t having any luck. She said impatiently, “I just can’t seem to get waited on!”

My 3-year-old asked if he had batteries inside of him. I told him, “No.” He asked, “Then how come I can talk?”

My 7-year-old asked if I could get him something so he could send a letter the old fashioned way. I asked, “You mean paper, an envelope, and a stamp?” No, he wanted an email address.

Let’s advance(?) to Parish Bulletin mistakes or “Where’s a good proofreader when you need one?“

Ushers will eat latecomers.

Ushers will swat latecomers.

Today’s sermon: What is hell? Come early and listen to our choir practice.

Diana and Don request your presents at their wedding.

The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.

The peace making meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

What if famous writers had used a Thesaurus?

Book Titles: The Grapes of Exasperation… Adieu to Limbs… The Ravenousness Competitors…

(translation: The Grapes of Wrath… Farewell to Arms… The Hunger Games)

Song titles:

“Come on, Baby, Enkindle My Inferno!”… “Like a Gangplank over Anxious H20.”… “We Were Spawned to Scamper.”

(translation: “Come on Baby, Light My fire… Like a Bridge over Troubled Water… We Were Born to Run.”)

And what were the REAL famous lines below:

“May the fortitude be with you… You possessed me at Salutation… Forsooth, my pet, I don’t give a doodley squat!”

(translation: “May the force be with you… You had me at Hello… Frankly, Scarlet, I don’t give a damn!”)

What do lexicographers like for breakfast in the morning? Synonym rolls!

And miscellaneous:

Label on a deli case in New York City: Blubbery Cheese Cake $4.80 (Save the whales! Eschew the cheesecake!)

A defendent, acting as his own defense attorney, asked his his co-defendent, “When we robbed that gas station, was I there?”

Clerk: Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing by the truth?

Defendent: Sometimes.

On a resume:

Q: Reason for leaving your last job:

A: Responsibility makes me nervous.

Classic answers to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Age 10: I wanna be a pilot.

Age 15: I wanna be a scientist.

Age 20: I wanna be an engineer.

Age 25: I wanna be a kid again!”

When attorneys get married, they don’t say “I do.” They say, “I accept the terms and conditions.”

A friend who knows I like poetry–especially haikus–sent me this un-famous haiku–(NOT infamous!). This little haiku might speak to where some of us are at this time in our life.

“A haiku about my life”

I am so tired

Where did all my money go

My back is hurting.

And finally: these two:

A guy complained about paying $3.50 for a gallon of gas while waiting in line to pay $5.00 for a cup of coffee.

The #1 Rule for parallel parking: Find another spot!



Did any of these make you smile?

Would you like to add a snippet of humor below? We welcome your comments!

We began this refection with the kids. Let’s conclude it with a children’s song by the Okee Dokee brothers, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing from Minneapolis. It’s called “Hope Machine.” I think we adults need to hear this song too! Good question to ask myself: What keeps my Hope Machine running?

I invite you to leave a comment below!