Healing with Humor






A: Great big holes in Australia.



Or the elephant in the room.


20 thoughts on “Healing with Humor

  1. Jen Daniele says:

    Humor saves my life in some way every single day. After a recent – extremely nasty – falling out with some old friends (who turned out not to be friends at all), I laid awake for a few nights reconstructing the event in the form of stand-up comedy bit. This not only took most of the sting out, but it also reduced my anger and helped me gain some perspective on things a lot sooner than had I just brooded over it.

    We could analyze humor, but if we over-analyze it, I think it does lose the comedic value. I think comedy mainly boils down to connecting to people through our own common experiences by retelling them in a funny way that changes their perspective on something they’ve also gone through. Humor can also take a bit of the fear out of something scary by reducing it to a punchline. Or it can simply be just viewing the world through a silly-scope: sometimes an elephant is just a really large animal and sometimes it stars in a funny poem.

    I walked outside
    and looked up at the sky
    I saw a birdie fly by
    Oh damn, he pooped in my eye
    But I won’t cry
    I’m sure glad elephants don’t fly.

  2. acflory says:

    Don’t hate me! Q. A mosquito flew into a nudist colony. Why did it have a nervous breakdown? A. Because it didn’t know where to begin.

    I love humour, but as the above proves, I suck at it. 😦

    So glad your mammogram was a false positive, and I loved the kangaroo/elephant joke. 😀

  3. lynnecantwell7 says:

    Great post, Laurie. I used to know a whole bunch of elephant jokes. Here’s one:
    Q: Why do giraffes have long necks?
    A: So they can spy on elephants in their tree houses.

    Another? Okay:
    Q: Why do elephants wear tennies?
    A: Because nine-ies are too small and elevenies are too big.

    And finally:
    Q: What’s gray on the inside and clear on the outside?
    A: An elephant in a baggie!
    (Showing my age with that one. I suppose today it would be a Ziploc bag…)

  4. jacquiegum says:

    Humor, laughter has always been the greatest elixir for me. Laughter can cure anything, I’m not sure it’s always appreciated by the people I choose to share with 🙂 My humor leans a little towards the twisted. Nonetheless, I crack myself up…that’s good for something! 🙂 Loving your posts Laurie. Just subscribed 🙂

  5. ktelega says:

    I love Janet Evanovich. Her books could get me through 6 hours in the emergency room, no problem. I’m so glad I found your site through Indies Unlimited. I write about aging humor, so it’s always good to find kindred spirits.

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