If you’ve been reading this blog for a little while, you already know that one of my big pieces of advice is this: Hang on to your sense of humor! So today, here are a few items that I hope with bring a smile to your face. A few of these may make you groan—but that’s okay too!

1) My poor knowledge of Greek mythology has always been my Achilles’ elbow.

2) The older I get, the earlier it gets late.

3) Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a plastic lid that doesn’t fit any of your containers.

4) I run like the winded.

5) The lawyer opened the will of a deceased client and said to the eagerly awaiting heirs, “This is a surprise! He left it all to me!”

6) A boy went into a toy store, picked out a miniature car, took it to the cashier and handed him some Monopoly money. The cashier said, “This money isn’t real, Kiddo.” The boy replied, “That’s okay. Neither is the car.”

7) We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million computers will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to the internet, we know this isn’t true.

8) Did you hear the one about the roof? Never mind. It’s over your head.

Okay, okay I can hear some of you groaning. So let’s move on to a few funny definitions:

9) Synonym: a word used in the place of the one you can’t spell.

10) latte: Italian for “you paid too much for that coffee”

11) feet: a device used for finding legos in the dark.

12) immature: a word used by boring people to describe fun people

13) don’t try this at home: it means “try this at a friend’s house instead”

14) teenager: when you’re too young to do half the things you want to do and too old to do the other half

15) smile: a curve that sets everything straight

Now it’s time for some books. How about these culinary classics?

War and Peas… Lord of the Pies…

Animal Flan… Quiche 22… Pride and Prunejuice

And here’s a list of phrases we say today that (believe it or not) we owe to Shakespeare:

In a pickle… heart of gold… vanish into thin air… laughing stock…

dead as a doornail… good riddance…

send him packing… lie low… wear your heart on your sleeve…

brave new world… makes your hair stand on end… and wild goose chase.

And finally, here’s an answer to that questions we’re all asking: Are computers masculine or feminine?

A teacher gave that question to his class of adults. He then split them into two groups, women and men. They were to give their answer to the question and then give four reasons for their decision.

The women decided that computers are masculine because:

1) in order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.

2) they are full of data, but still clueless.

3) they are supposed to help you solve your problems, but most of the time they are the problem.

4) as soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better one.

The men decided that computers were feminine because:

1) no one but their creator understands their internal logic.

2) the language they use to communicate with each other is totally incomprehensible.

3) even your smallest mistakes are stored in their long-term memory for later retrival.

4) As soon as you commit to them, you spend half your disposable income on buying accessories for them.

Did you any of these make you smile or laugh? If so, which one(s)?

Under comments below, free to add something that you found funny…

PS: This past week I led a retreat in Philadelphia for about 50 Medical Mission Sisters and some of their associates. It was an enriching week for me personally. Many of these sisters have served all over the world. I heard comments like: … 51 years in Pakistan… 37 years in Ethiopia… 21 years in Peru… 14 years in Afghanistan… 9 years in Ghana plus 17 years in Uganda… I especially want to thank Sandy for all she did to make the retreat run smoothly. And thank you, Sister Elona, for recommending me to give this retreat for your beautiful congregation.

Our song today is “What Faith Can Do,” performed by the Christian rock group called Kutless, from Portland, OR. I liked the images as well as the words of this song. I guess we can say that faith can help us hang on to our sense of humor too…

I invite you to comment on this reflection below. We all love hearing from our readers!