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How about a laugh, (hopefully)

Posted by Leonard @jakedduck1, Dec 31, 2018

I believe laughter is the best medicine. Laughter has actually been scientifically proven to help people with depression issues.
Let’s give it a try so we can all get happy and feel better. Many Epilepsy forums I’ve been on had joke sections. I was probably the biggest joke of all since I didn’t get a lot of the jokes. They said the jokes couldn’t be above 4th grade level for me to understand them so my jokes may be rather simplistic but let’s give it a try.
Have a lovely day everyone,
Jake

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @lagrange5 "Anne, you can Google for YouTube videos of the actual movie scene. Just type in the..." + (show)
@lagrange5

Anne, you can Google for YouTube videos of the actual movie scene. Just type in the punchline. The pilot is portrayed by Peter Graves. It's as funny now as it was then.

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Re; "Airplane"
Hiya, Lagrange!
Thanks, but no thanks for the google suggestion. I saw this movie with my husband when it was first released. [really showing my age here, right?] He loved it, but it's not really my cuppa tea.

Hey, did you see the NASA report on UFOs (or whatever the new name is) this past week? It was pretty interesting!

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @kamama94 "Yes, John Donne. And it may be easier in Spanish but certainly not in Cherokee! (I..." + (show)
@kamama94

Yes, John Donne. And it may be easier in Spanish but certainly not in Cherokee! (I only know a few phrases, LOL)

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hi Kamama94,
Cherokee- wow, very interesting!

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @loribmt "I got called pretty today! Well, actually the full statement was, “You’re pretty annoying”, but I..." + (show)
@loribmt

I got called pretty today! Well, actually the full statement was, “You’re pretty annoying”, but I only focus on positive things. 🙃

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Hi, Lori!
This is going back through the posts a few days...

I laughed out loud at the "pretty" and "annoying" joke! Thanks for that!

I have a sister whose photo is in the dictionary next to the phrase "toxic positivity." Her comments to me are often dismissive, hurtful, and completely unrealistic. Thanks for turning that into a laugh for me! Next time she makes a clueless and toxically positive remark, I'll
think of your joke!

None of your posts have ever annoyed me. : )

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @sisyphus "Frankly, people who are annoying are like Socrates who try to Understand what the other side..." + (show)
@sisyphus

Frankly, people who are annoying are like Socrates who try to Understand what the other side is saying/doing....
In fact I've annoyed librarian and book club organisers because I'd ask: But HOW do we know that this group is really making participants gain-to-make-life-richer than before. There need to be something like parents of KG classes who insist on being shown progress through vocabulary, play participation and socially acceptable behaviors etc.
So, cheers, you made me feel good that at least there's one person annoying-enough-for-the-right reasons!

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Good morning, Sisyphus. I’m feeling a bit like a poser after reading your comment referencing me in the same sentence with Socrates. I admit, his teachings had an impact on me when first introduced in high school. They were troubled times for me until I ‘met’, Socrates. ‘Know Thyself” fostered one of several seminal moments over my lifetime. It gave me permission for self introspection and helped me find a place in my world at that time of life. I could be myself and not have to fall in the shadows of my siblings or try to fit in with the popular kids. 🙃 I did ask too many questions to be ‘cool’.

But in this case, nah…the comment that “You’re pretty annoying” really doesn’t miss the mark! 😅

I’ve been enjoying reading your philosophical comments this morning and appreciate the moniker you’ve given yourself; Sisyphus, a man with a passion for life, cheated death only to be rewarded with an eternity of hopeless struggle.
I hope you don’t mind, but for any member who isn’t familiar with you, I’d like to post a link to your first comment in the forum so they can also learn more about you and your philosophy to a happy life. You’d be a fascinating lunch date.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859950/
I’m so happy you’ve joined us in Connect. Was there anything in particular that brought you to our forum?

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @annewoodmayo "Hi, Lori! This is going back through the posts a few days... I laughed out loud..." + (show)
@annewoodmayo

Hi, Lori!
This is going back through the posts a few days...

I laughed out loud at the "pretty" and "annoying" joke! Thanks for that!

I have a sister whose photo is in the dictionary next to the phrase "toxic positivity." Her comments to me are often dismissive, hurtful, and completely unrealistic. Thanks for turning that into a laugh for me! Next time she makes a clueless and toxically positive remark, I'll
think of your joke!

None of your posts have ever annoyed me. : )

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😂. Thank you Ann. My poor family can attest that I’m a little too perky sometimes. My daughter, in her sulky teen years, used to tell me that my Perky Meter was set on Stun and to turn it down a notch. Actually she and her husband were here with us over the holiday weekend and she still tells me that! She’s now 39 and what’s amusing to me, is that she is now exactly the same!! She’s turning into her mother. 😂

Oh my goodness, you and your sister are total opposites from what I’m surmising. I don’t get that vibe from you at all. We all have different personalities and toxic people are a level of negativity none of us need in our lives except to serve as an example of how not to be! But you can’t ditch your sister. LOL.

I really enjoy the jokes posted here…helps detract from some of seriousness. Hugs.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @kamama94 "Fair warning, another groaner! According to Greek mythology, a centaur was half horse, half human doctor...." + (show)
@kamama94

Fair warning, another groaner!

According to Greek mythology, a centaur was half horse, half human doctor.

Therefore. . .

Wait for it. . .

He was the Centaur for Disease Control.

Sorry. Erm, no, not sorry. < wink, wink>

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That was worth the groan and an eye roll!!! 👏👏👏 😅

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Judyinjeans. | @judyingenes | Jun 3, 2023

Oh, these are great!! GREAT way to start a weekend… with a good laugh… Oh yes these are good! I can’t wait to tell them to my grandsons! Keep them coming!

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @annewoodmayo "Haha-- When I repeated the horse/Mayo joke to my husband, he immediately thought of that movie,..." + (show)
@annewoodmayo

Haha-- When I repeated the horse/Mayo joke to my husband, he immediately thought of that movie, too. He also said something about there being a wall full of mayonaise jars behind the doctor at the Mayo clinic.
I bet everyone who works at Mayo clinic has heard every mayo pun there is.

Lagrange, when my husband goes on break from work, I will ask him to explain the punch line you wrote...I still don't get it.

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Ham on five [rye] hold the mayo[nnaise]

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Jun 3, 2023
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Yes, John Donne. And it may be easier in Spanish but certainly not in Cherokee! (I only know a few phrases, LOL)

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"For Whom the Bell Tolls" is also so the title of a famous poignant novel by Ernest Hemingway about the Spanish Civil War. He really loved Spain and was saddened by the conflict. I read it in college in a course entitled "The Twentieth Century American Novel". I still remember the course and the prof.

Just reminiscing on a sunny weekend......

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kamama94 | @kamama94 | Jun 3, 2023
In reply to @lagrange5 ""For Whom the Bell Tolls" is also so the title of a famous poignant novel by..." + (show)
@lagrange5

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" is also so the title of a famous poignant novel by Ernest Hemingway about the Spanish Civil War. He really loved Spain and was saddened by the conflict. I read it in college in a course entitled "The Twentieth Century American Novel". I still remember the course and the prof.

Just reminiscing on a sunny weekend......

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I enjoyed the same book and all of Hemingway's novels.

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