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I started working on this back in March and have been slowly adding to it as I find more examples of things that tickle my funny bone. Some posts work better if they’re allowed to percolate for a long time.
My sense of humour is gentle and kind but honest.
Everyone should be laughing and feeling happy by the time the punchline is revealed.
I love these types of humour:
- stories or videos about pets or people doing amusing things like accidentally scaring themselves
- jokes that allow people to poke gentle fun at themselves if they wish to
- puns and wordplay
- wholesome memes
- anything that sidesteps the audience’s expectations of what will happen next and gives us something clever in exchange.
Here are some examples of things that have made me smile or laugh recently:
One day, a police officer pulls a car over and sees the backseat is full of penguins. The officer tells the driver, “You can’t be doing this, you need to take these penguins to the zoo!”
The next day, the police officer pulls the same car over again, and says, “Hey! I told you to take these penguins to the zoo!” The driver says, “I did, and today I’m taking them to the movies!”
Beagle Puppy Learns How to Go Down Stairs (1 minute, 33 seconds long)
Adorableness is always in style. This dog has been a YouTube star for years.
Q. Why are frogs so happy?
A. They eat whatever bugs them.
First Day of Rural Medicine (2 minutes, 15 seconds long)
This is a skit about the challenges of providing medical care to a culture that tries to tough everything out. I grew up around so many farmers and other rural folks who avoid modern medical care unless there’s a true emergency, and even then they won’t go in very promptly. For example, one of my relatives had a heart attack in the middle of the night years ago, took some antacids, and then casually strolled into their family doctor’s office the next morning. Their family doctor examined them and immediately called for an ambulance. After emergency surgery for a quadruple bypass, my relative is doing well. Their family doctor might need a hug, though.
Q: What would bears be without the letter B?
A: Ears.
This one is funny and relatable to me. I have tried the chocolate milk – well, actually mine was chocolate almond milk – trick when I was desperate for relief. It did not work in any way, but it was delicious. Now I have more effective prescription medication to take when I feel a migraine coming on, so I have been granted passage to the land of pain relief, too, assuming my meds work.
Autumn is so much nicer than summer to me!
Animals Reacting to Their Reflections (2 minutes, 32 seconds long)
I thought this was funny and educational. Some animals seem to have much more self-awareness than others do.
(I don’t know that we’re actually that closely related to capybaras….but this meme made me smile. I hope you all smiled, too.)
Walking is not a cure-all, but it sure does help distract me when I’m worried about something. Exercise is a great form of stress relief.
One of my favourite types of amusing animal videos involves rabbits squeezing through spaces the humans thought were far too small for them to fit through or hopping further than anyone thought they should be able to.
I began working on this post in March and will slowly add to it until the publication date arrives.
Here are a few fun stories about things I misunderstood as a kid.
Here is a quick snapshot into the funny sorts of things I look up online.
Title: Ghosted – A Short Story
Title: Ghost Coach
Here are some of the amusing things I’ve googled thanks to books. I sadly only remember the name and titles of a few of the books that prompted my searches, but I’ll edit this post if I can think of more of them.
