Sharing Some Friday Smiles on Wednesday

A day without laughter is a day wasted. – Charlie Chaplin

Do you like to laugh? Well, who doesn’t as long as the laughter is full and honest. People need smiles and laughter in their lives. Even when hard things are happening, sometimes smiles slip in to give us a little relief from the troubles or sorrows.

For several years now, I have shared jokes and funny quotes and silly riddles on Friday Smiles on my author Facebook page. So, since I’ve got edits to get done before Monday, I decided to share some smiles with you tonight instead of coming up with a new topic. Here are a couple of favorite jokes and more from the many I’ve collected over the years of sharing jokes on my Friday Smiles

Here’s one of my favorite jokes.

A tourist is picked up by a cabbie on a dark night. The passenger taps the driver on the shoulder to ask a question. The driver screams, loses control of the car, nearly hits a light post, and ends up on the sidewalk inches from a store window. For a second, everything is very quiet in the cab. Then the driver says, “Look, guy, don’t EVER do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!”

The passenger is a bit astounded, but he apologizes and says he had no idea a touch on the shoulder could scare him that much.

The driver pulls in a deep breath and says, “Sorry, it’s not really your fault. Today is my first day as a cab driver. I’ve been driving hearses for the last 25 years!”

Then this little quiz make me smile.

HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER THESE 4 QUESTIONS?
 (90% of adults get every answer wrong, but preschoolers do well. So, think like a kid.) 

Q 1. How would you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe & close the door. (This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.)

Q 2. How would you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Same as above? Wrong. Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant, and close the door. (This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.)

Q 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All animals attend, except one. Which animal doesn’t attend?

The elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him there. (This tests your memory.)

Q 4. There is a river you must cross, but it is known to be frequented by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage?

You jump in the river and swim across. The crocodiles are attending the animal conference. (This tests whether you learn from your mistakes.)

I know that’s just silly, but it’s fun to be silly now and then.

Okay I also have been known to share riddles or what some of my readers call groaners, but I know they really love them. LOL So, last but not least (or it could be least) here are some of those October groaners.

Q. What do you call wood that’s scared?
A. Petrified.
Q: What’s a ghost’s favorite dessert?
A: I scream.
Q: What do you call two witches living together?
A: Broommates.
Q. How do you write a book about Halloween?
A. With a “ghost-writer.”

Oh, wait. Maybe those groaners weren’t last after all. Here’s one more joke before I exit stage left.

This farm couple had been married a lot of years when their church had a marriage enrichment class going. They thought about it and decided to go just to support the church event. The old farmer was a little nervous about it all, but he was willing to listen and do his best. The speaker told the husbands it was good to know what things their wives liked. To test out how well the husbands did indeed know their wives, the speaker asked the men to write down their wives’ favorite flower. The old farmer wanted to be sure he had the answer right, so he leaned over to his wife and whispered, “Your favorite is Pillsbury, isn’t it?”

As some comedian once said when asked if he had any more jokes – I’ve got a million of them. But I’m sure you’re ready to go back to reading a book or watching a tv program or something, ANYTHING. But thanks for taking a smiling pause with me.

Laughter is an instant vacation. Milton Berle

Did I make you smile?