"All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other".
- August Wilson
I came across the quote, "Laughter is the Best Medicine" when I was very young. I was probably 6 or 7 years old when I first began to read 'Reader's Digest' a general interest family magazine read by millions of people around the world.
Today the term "Laughter is the Best Medicine" has become a very important statement and many of us have actually forgotten how to laugh!!
I decided to dedicate my first blog post to all the amazing contributors of REAL life anecdotes which generated interesting laughter provoking moments for me and the million other readers worldwide through the 'Reader's Digest' magazine. Here are a few of the funniest real time jokes.
A man tells his doctor, “Doc, help me. I’m addicted to Twitter!”
The doctor replies, “Sorry, I don’t follow you …”
-- Christine Schrum
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My friend reviewed her young son’s fill-in-the-blank homework. One line: “At Christmas, we exchange gifts with ____.” His response: “Receipts.”
-- Carol Schnell
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An old farmer is inconsolable after his dog goes missing. His wife suggests he take out an ad in the newspaper, which he does. But two weeks later, there’s still no sign of the mutt.
“What did you write in the ad?” his wife asks.
“ ‘Here, boy,’ ” he replies
--Denise Stewart
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My boss is a workaholic who’s more likely to be found
stuck behind her desk than on a treadmill. So when she
declared, “I really have to make it a point to get to the gym
tonight,” I was thrilled.
“Good for you!” I cheered.
“Yeah,” she said. “I have to cancel my membership.”
-- MaryAnn Serri
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Dad’s a safety-first kind of guy. But while vacationing
with some buddies, he was talked into going para-sailing.
He was on the back of the boat getting hooked into the
parachute when he nervously asked the pilot, “How often
do you replace the rope?”
The pilot replied, “Every time it breaks.”
-- Michael Wassmer
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On his way home from work recently, my husband
came upon a “Road Closed” sign. Undeterred, he maneuvered
his truck around it and continued on. But he didn’t
get very far. The pavement ended, giving way to another,
larger sign: “What Part of ‘Road Closed’ Didn’t You
Understand?”
-- Teri Kerschen
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I bought a pint of Häagen-Dazs ice cream at the supermarket. As the cashier rang it up, I asked, “How do you pronounce that?”
Speaking slowly and distinctly, he said, “Four dollars and seventy-nine cents.”
-- Sylvia Munn
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A customer pulled up to my drive-through window at the fast-food restaurant where I work and requested something from the lunch menu.
"I’m sorry, but it’s 10:15," I told her. "We’re only serving breakfast now."
After thinking it over, she asked, "Do you have anything on your breakfast menu that tastes like lunch?"
-- Beth Tilson
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A man tells his doctor that he’s incapable of doing all the things around the house that he used to do. When the examination is over, he says, “Okay, Doctor. In plain English—what’s wrong with me?”
“Well, in plain English,” says the doctor, “you’re just lazy.”
The man nods. “Now give me the medical term so I can tell my wife.”
-- Edsel Basco
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Shortly before our 25th wedding anniversary, my husband sent 25 long-stemmed yellow roses to me at my office. A few days later, I plucked all the petals and dried them. On the night of our anniversary, I spread the petals over the bed and lay on top of them, wearing only a negligee.
As I’d hoped, I got a reaction from my husband.
When he saw me, he shouted, "Are those potato chips?"
-- Sue Ater
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It may have been the most romantic statement ever uttered in our courthouse. In between hearings, a wedding was performed. As the newlyweds left the courtroom, the bride nestled up to the groom and cooed, "Isn’t it nice to be here when we’re not being convicted of something?"
-- Brenda Yaskal
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I’d noticed that my 60-year-old father seemed to be losing his hearing, so I mentioned it to my mother.
"Things haven’t changed that much," she said. "Only difference is, before, he didn’t listen. Now, he can’t.
-- Deborah Kelly
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I hope you enjoyed reading my first post. Please comment. Until next time.
xxDestinyxx
Wishing you all the blessings of the New Year...the warmth of home.... the love of family........ and the company of good friends. 
