Laughter, the best medicine : a laugh-out-loud collection of our funniest jokes, qoutes, stories and cartoons by Reader's Digest Association

Author:Reader's Digest Association
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: American - General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, American wit and humor
ISBN: 076210936X
Publisher: Pleasantville, NY : Reader's Digest Association
Published: 2006-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

PATTI CECIL

About two o’clock one summer morning, my friend and her husband, who likes to sleep in his birthday suit, were awakened by a thunderstorm. They both dashed from the bed and began shutting windows. When her husband got downstairs, he realized the umbrella on the patio table had been left open and gusts of wind were causing the table to teeter precariously near the glass doors. He figured it would take only a moment to run out and take the umbrella down, so he did not waste time fetching a robe.

Once on the patio, however, he found the wind was stronger than

-Timeless Humor from the 70's

he expected. Before he could close the umbrella, the wind lifted the shaft from the table and pulled it and him out into the yard. As he grappled with the umbrella, several flashes of lightning lit up the yard like a Broadway stage. Finally, he accomplished his mission and went back into the house, much to the relief of his wife, who had witnessed the entire episode.

They had no sooner settled in bed than the phone rang. It was their neighbor, who said, “We just wanted to let Mary Poppins know how much we enjoyed the show.”

- DOROTHY BRUNI

A t the airport check-in counter, I overheard a woman ask for window seats for her and her husband. The clerk pointed out that this would prevent them from sitting together.

“Sweetie,” the woman replied. “I just spent ten days of quality time in a compact rental car with this man. I know what I’m requesting.”

- CAROL GORES

I was about to leave the house on an errand, and my husband was getting ready for a dental appointment. “I wish we could

trade places,” I said, knowing how much he dreaded the coming ordeal.

He watched as I gathered our newborn onto my left arm and picked up a package with that hand. I flung a diaper bag and my purse over my right shoulder, grabbed our two-year-old with my free hand and wrestled the car keys from him.

My husband shook his head. “No, thanks,” he said. “At least where I’m going they give you anesthesia.”

- LINDA CHIARA

-Timeless Humor from the 70'

My mother and I were having a mother-daughter talk about the qualities to look for in a husband. She stressed that husband and wife should be as much alike as possible in interests and backgrounds.

I brought up the point that opposites often attract.

“Diane,” she said emphatically, “just being man and woman is opposite enough."

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- DIANE RENZI '

We’re still at that stage where she loves me more than I annoy her.”

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