Wednesday, July 22, 2009
"Laughter"
Laughter is one of God's greatest gifts. I have been experiencing the gift of laughter a lot recently. Last weekend was full of laughs with my three best friends from work on our annual "girls' weekend." This week the laughter has continued with my mother and sister as we fought for the title of Best Yahtzee Player ever! What makes you laugh?
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Hi my friend,
ReplyDeleteI laugh when others laugh, when kids laugh especially. I laugh at myself, at least now I can, Thank you BT. I laugh at the wonders of God and how He weaves this unbelievable tapestry of people into our lives and simply blesses us with HIS greatness. I laugh because often now because of TRUE JOY in my life and the lives of those I love so dearly! I miss you my friend!
Jon
Laughter is truly a wonderful gift. I find I laugh a lot when I'm around my grandchildren. I love listening to them laugh. They do it with such total abandonment and joy.
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite funny movie? My husband and I recently watched First Wives Club again with my brother and sister-in-law. We laughed a lot.
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ReplyDeleteI find that laughter begets laughter. In conversations with friends. A much younger genealogy friend and I found ourselves laughing a lot as we fought the organization battle and "let's keep the lines straight, please." Like some others, watching children is often a cause for laughter. My youngest granddaughter had such a beautiful baby laugh that I couldn't help laughing with her. It was a joy to the ears. The laugh has changed a bit, but is still lovely to hear. Other: jokes my daughter collects and passes on to me. Some of Al Roker's wry comments. Lines from a book that provoke a visual funny image. Now and then a funny bit on television.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, The July 24, 2009 11:00 AM post immediately above is accredited to Carolyn. I'm not sure how that came about since I signed in under my own name and password. Migarite
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to know that was you because it sounded more like you than Carolyn. But don't you think it's kind of "funny" that this happened while writing about things that make you laugh!
ReplyDeleteYeh! Funny!!! What isn't funny, is that it wouldn't post, and I had to go through the process again. I originally signed up through Yahoo, as was allowed. This time I had to sign in to a Google account.
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ReplyDeleteApparently I take tests seriously because this test made it to the blog. Hopefully this means you won't have any trouble in the future.
ReplyDeleteI love laughing and I also like to make people laugh! I want everyone I meet to feel a little bit better, a little more "up" when we part than when we met. I also find that humor is a great way to open doors, tear down walls, and create opportunities to share and witness on a personal level. I believe that when I make His people smile, God smiles too! I like to do it by telling stories like this one:
ReplyDeleteA Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he
might have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks he embezzled from me is." The attorney, using sign language, asks the
bookkeeper where the money is. The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know what you are talking about."
The attorney tells the Godfather: "He says he doesn't know what you're talking about."
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple and says, "Ask him again!"
The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill you if you don't tell him!"
The bookkeeper signs back: "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo's backyard in Queens!"
The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?"
The attorney replies: "He says you don't have the guts to pull the trigger!"
Don't you just love lawyers?
What a great way to approach life. Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone tried to put a smile on everyone's face that he meets. At a conference I attended recently, one of the speakers said, "You know there are all kinds of people in the world and they can all bring us joy: Some of them bring joy just by walking into the room and others bring joy when they leave!"
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA now I don't care who you are--that was cute! Barb is getting the idea on these jokes. Try this one:
ReplyDeleteI was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, the wars, jobs, my bank, health care, Social Security, retirement funds, swine flu etc...... that I called Lifeline.
I got a stupid call center in Pakistan. I told them I was suicidal. .....
They all got excited and asked if me if I could drive a truck!
:>)
I just found the jokes. Thanks for more laughter.
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