Laughter 😀 ... the best medicine?

[Guest8901]

Do you feel better after having a good laugh? It's scientifically proven that laughter is a really strong medicine, and results in significant health benefits. Did you know that laughter gives your mood a boost, helps to diminish pain, protects you from the many ill-effects of stress and aids your immune system?

Kids seem to laugh a lot, but as we reach adult status we tend to become more serious and laughter becomes less frequent. No doubt everyday stresses and adult responsibilities play a large part in this transition.

But wouldn't it be nice to find ways or opportunities to seek more humour and to be able to laugh more often? In doing so, you're (apparently) on track to improve emotional health, strengthen relationships, find greater happiness and possibly even add years to your life expectancy. And perhaps best of all, laughter - as an invaluable medicine - is fun, free, and user friendly.

When we're in the depths of depression and anxiety it often seems almost impossible to find anything to laugh about. So I've opened this thread in the hope of sharing the benefits of laughter, and to provide a place we can share what makes us laugh and to discover new ways of bringing laughter back into our lives.

If you'd like to share jokes or funny stories with others here, I'd love to read them, and hopefully others will too. Please keep jokes clean and respectful, in line with the community rules.

I'd also love to hear how you're able to add a bit of lightness and humour into your life, especially when times are tough. I'll post some ideas too, as I come across some. What makes you laugh - children, pets, movies? Do you have a favourite movie, one which you can be sure will give you a real belly laugh, or at least a giggle?

Please post anything to do with laughter here. Whether it's telling a personal funny story, recommending a funny movie, how you feel laughter has helped you feel better, ways you have found to bring laughter into your life.

Remember ... laughter is seriously good medicine for your health, both physical and mental. So let's all share ways we can have more of it. 😀

Amanda

[Birdy77]

Hello Amanda and everyone,

That husband sounded lovely!! He obviously understands his wife and loves her even when she's being neurotic and over the top.

I saw this somewhere recently and i am not sure why I find it funny, but I do. So I will share it.

Male or female, nobody messes with you if you put your lipstick on like The Joker.

I hope you feel a bit lighter soon Amanda. Maybe you could put your lipstick on like The Joker. 💄

🌻birdy

[Birdy77]

My dentist told me a need a crown.

I was like "I know, right?"

[Guest8901]

Hi everyone, I havent posted to this thread in some time, but thought it was about time I did again.

Do you realise that studies have found that laughter has a lot of healing properties, and that it’s contagious. Here are six reasons why you should start laughing today, or at least try to find a reason to laugh. I know its hard sometimes (tell me about it), but its worthwhile in the end and definitely worth the effort. Here are the 6 main reasons why laughter is so good for you.

1. Its Contagious
2. It Reduces the Stress Response
3. It Boosts Immunity
4. It Increases Resilience
5. It helps to Combat Depression
6. It Relieves Pain

I dont know about you good people out there, but I appreciate a good well timed pun. I hope you do too. In an effort to bring a smile to your dial or, even better, to bring out a true belly laugh .. here are a few puns for you.

1. The meaning of opaque is unclear.

2. I wasn’t going to get a brain transplant but then I changed my mind.

3. Have you ever tried to eat a clock? It’s very time consuming.

4. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it down.

5. It’s not that the man couldn’t juggle; he just that didn’t have the balls to do it.

6. So what if I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘apocalypse’? It’s not the end of the world.

7. Police were called to the day care centre. A 3 year old was resisting a rest.

8. The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.

9. Need an ark to save two of every animal? I Noah guy.

10. Alternative facts are aversion of the truth. (Was this written with Donald Trump in mind I wonder?)

11. I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.

12. Had you heard that they won’t be making yardsticks any longer?

13. What did the man say when the bridge fell on him? The suspension is killing me.

14. What is a thesaurus’s favourite dessert? Synonym buns.

15. There was a major paddle sale at the boat store. It was quite an oar deal.

I hope you enjoy some or all of these. I'd love to hear from anyone else willing to share their favourite 'funnies'.

Amanda

[Ggrand]

Hello.....all you beautiful people around this thread..

I hope this gives you all a little smile...it did me when I found it...

There once was a man and a woman who had been married for more than 60 years. They talked about everything. They kept no secrets from each other... except that the old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she cautioned her husband never to open it or ask her about it.

For all these years he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would never recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs the little old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed it was time that he should know what was in the box.

When he opened it he found 2 beautifully crocheted doilies and a stack of money totaling over $25,000. He asked her about the unusual contents.
"When we were married," she said, " my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doily."

The little old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. Only two precious doilies were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with joy and happiness.
"
Sweetheart," he said... "that explains the doilies, but what about all this money?

Where did it all come from?"

Oh," she said, " that's the money I made from selling the doilies."

Grandy...

[Guest8901]

Hi Grandy, and thanks so much for that story. Yes ... it did give me a smile .. a big one. 🤣

Here's another Oldie but Goodie, which hopefully some of you will enjoy.

Its the Recipe for a Perfect Marriage - from a husbands perspective.


1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a few drinks, some good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.

2. I take my wife everywhere, but somehow she keeps finding her way back.

3. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time" she said. So I suggested the kitchen.

4. We always hold hands. I have to because ... if I let go ... she goes shopping.

5. My wife told me the car wasn't running too well due to water in the carburettor. I asked her where the car was. She told me, "In the lake."

6. My wife ran after the garbage truck, calling out "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver called back "No, you're not too late ... jump in".

7. Remember this - Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.

8. I married Miss Right. Unfortunately I wasn't aware that her first name was 'Always'.

9. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. Not on purpose ... I just don't like to interrupt her.

10. The last argument we had was all my fault. My wife asked, "What's on the TV?" I replied, "Dust!"

Amanda 😊

[Lee lee 73]

Hello everyone,

Cool thread Amanda 😎

I was in line at the checkout the other day. There was an elderly couple in front of me. They were kind of bickering but jokingly. Listening to them, I couldn't help but smile. The wife saw me smiling and said to me "we're happily married. ...he's married and I'm happy ". We both laughed.

This really happened! !

Lee

[Guest8901]

Hi everyone, and thanks Lee for your compliment about the thread, as well as for your contribution. So cute!

Havent got much for you today, but came across this joke I decided to share with you. Its kinda funny, as well as very topical considering the recent scare around finding needles in strawberries. Dreadful thing for the poor strawberry farmers and such a waste of good strawberries.

Anyway here it is ............

Did you hear that there's been an urgent recall on all hay donated and distributed to farmers during the drought?
Apparently a farmer has found "a needle in a haystack".

🤣