Sunday Funnies: Sept 18

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Another installment from my dad’s humor cards.

The backstory: My dad was a Presbyterian pastor for 40 years. He kept a well curated stack of humor cards – little stories or observations that he typed onto 5×7 cards. Then he wrote in the margins when he used that particular item. His humor was often an easy way to settle in to something deeper – by laughing and thinking about the buried truth in these little nuggets, it paved the way to an open heart.

When we cleaned out his desk after he died 7 years ago, I was lucky enough to stumble on this stack. I pull it out regularly to have a little laugh with my dear Dad. Now when I post one of them, I write my note next to his and it feels like a continuation.

Try This at a Party

Two men are shuffling down the hall of their retirement home, in opposite directions. Just as they come up to each other, one says:

“Do you know what my name is?”

The other stops, looks carefully at him for a bit, rolls his eyes as he thinks and finally answers:

“How soon do you need to know?”

29 thoughts on “Sunday Funnies: Sept 18”

  1. Oh, funny! I’m gonna publish this one my over-55 (more like 75, really) senior living newsletter, The Inside Scoop. That oughta get a chuckle or two out of a few of us who have trouble remembering what we had for breakfast…..not to mention our names…..

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    2. lol! Here’s another one I heard not too long ago: An older gentleman was fishing in a shallow puddle outside a pub. A man saw him there, and invited him inside the pub for a whiskey. As they were sipping it, the man was thinking he’d humor the older gentleman with “how many have you caught today?” The older gentleman replied “you’re my sixth…” 😀

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  11. Sounds like my husband and me. I’m always like what’s that guy’s name, the one that was in the movie, remember, we went to see it a few years ago. And he’ll think for a second, and reply, “I don’t know.” Then, days later, remember exactly who I was talking about.

    I tell him it’s gonna be a long ride into the sunset, I think lol

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