Prostate cancer humor?
Lately I've been vacillating between focused motivation and deep sadness regarding my future. I find that strange humor can be very helpful to knock me out of a funk (If there is a related thread, please direct me to it).
I just skimmed through some New Yorker magazines, and the cartoons there are delightfully absurd.
I also take great comfort in cat videos on Youtube, with "I am Maru" being my favorite.
I also like dark humor, but I might offend someone if I post some of that here.
So, what puts a smile on your face?
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I enjoy watching the short YouTube videos from MikeandJoelle. They are a 30 something couple and Joelle’s reaction to her husband’s humor is precious. Some of the ”jokes” are even worth repeating!
I'm an amateur stand-up comic. Do it for fun at open mics but not well enough to quit my day job. I'm actually writing an entire routine about prostate cancer. It still has a ways to go but has been therapeutic.
Robert, thanks for the link. It looks like quality material.
And Scott, omg, I want to hear your pc material!
This was my rehab theme song when I was trying to learn how to stand and walk again after cancer crushed my spinal cord. We *can* dance if we want to.
This is my long-term recovery theme song now: don't stop me, 'cause I'm having a good time!
You are AWESOME!
I have somewhat of a strange sense of humor anyway. My family tends to make jokes at very inappropriate times. My wife had an aneurysm at 42. My daughter had open heart surgery at 22. Now I have prostate cancer at 57. Humor has helped get us through it all. If we make other people uncomfortable, it is even better. Sometimes you just have to find what works for you. Screw everyone else.
Sung to the tune of "All I Have to do is Dream" (Everly Brothers / Boudleaux Bryant) in the style of Weird Al Yankovic:
Pee pee pee pee pee pee pee pee pee pee pee
Yes I want you in my arms And I love you
and all your charms But I really need a bathroom
‘cuz what I always have to do is pee
Now I feel blue in the night I wake up with the urge
and hold it tight though I really don’t want to
what I always have to do is pee
(Chorus) My PSA is rising, my prostate’s supersizing
all the time night and day only trouble is I gotta take a wiz and I’m peeing my life away
I need sleep so that I could die But I keep waking up and that is why whenever I wanna sleep what I always have to do Is pee
(Chorus) My PSA is rising, my prostate’s supersizing all the time night and day
only trouble is I gotta take a wiz and I’m peeing my life away
I need sleep so that I could die But I keep waking up
and that is why whenever I wanna sleep what I always have to do Is pee….
I'm going to do a YouTube video in a month or two once the material is tightened up. I work with a writing partner who also does amateur comedy and we're both super critical of each others' work which is what it takes to make sure the jokes are tight and funny.
Love it! Please share the link and timing when available. Looking forward to a few more chuckles.
I firmly believe that humor is the best medicine for all things in life. I have lived in some very interesting and challenging countries, customs, have survived a serious accident and amputation, have ha d 2 cancers at the same time, had some difficulties with business partners, but at the end of the day one must learn to laugh and also laugh at yourself. Since I have also come from a post secondary teaching experience, I consider all of my difficult challenges just another degree toward my Phd of life, and by god I am going to go out with honors Find atleast one thing each and single day smile and laugh