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One-Minute Writing of the Day:
Writer: beckiwithani
I had given my 7th graders a progress report reflection to do: they were to look at their grades and write about their strongest and weakest points in class, and how they could improve.
One sweet young man with not-the-best spelling skills wrote quite a bit about how he isn't good at taking tests. Except he spelled it "testes". "I have trouble with my testes" ... "Testes always confuse me" ... "I want to improve my testes" ...
Congratulations, beckiwithani! This was hilarious, and I thought it appropriate that the winning "Laugh" post be one that is likely to make readers giggle, guffaw, and snort.
49 comments:
I'd like to say that I can remember a specific thing but I can't because I LOL all of the time. You know how it is with the cute and crazy antics of children around you most of the time. There's always something to laugh about.
Here's one...
My little man thinks he's the cat's meow. He's always thinking up new statements to get a laugh...sometimes he's quite serious. I dropped my chin the other day when he looked at one of my bus driver friends and said..."You're hot stuff, baby."
I also wondered where he heard that one...but what can I say, that's what happens when he rides on a bus with all ages.
Needless to say, it made her heart smile. It was something that she needed to hear ;o).
Oh...and this little man won't be four until March.
Oh jeez...I can't remember...but then I can remember laughing out loud with the youths I'm dealing with while we were doing our cell meeting. Oh neat I'm so weird with my memory. Sorry for a boring comment. hehehe!
GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY! P.U.S.H.
HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY to one of my favorite little princesses...CHICKIE!!!
The other day I saw 2 monkeys holding each others' tails and running rings, on NGC, that made me laugh out loud :)
I had given my 7th graders a progress report reflection to do: they were to look at their grades and write about their strongest and weakest points in class, and how they could improve.
One sweet young man with not-the-best spelling skills wrote quite a bit about how he isn't good at taking tests. Except he spelled it "testes". "I have trouble with my testes" ... "Testes always confuse me" ... "I want to improve my testes" ...
Yesterday, I saw this and found it hysterical:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-CS2v8wcc
This morning on the phone. I called a newer colleague for some information. Then we talked longer. Wise cracks about adjustment phases to this place we work. Cross-cultural challenges. Misunderstandings corrected. Each wise crack ended in an explosion of laughter. Eventually we both got full, and hung up satisfied.
I arrived home last night shortly after my youngest two kids went to bed. Our front door freezes tight so I had to kick it a few times to open it. When I got upstairs my eight year old was peeking out his bedroom door, eyes like saucers.
"What was that noise?" he asked
"It was just me trying to open the door."
"It sounded like zombie footsteps. Like thump...thump...thump."
"It was just me, the door was stuck." I tucked him back in. "Now stop getting out of bed."
"Only if you stop making zombie noises."
The content of my last blog post. Check it out. I formally invite you. : )
I am hoping that somebody answers "barga's entry for what sense"
um, well, I actually laugh a lot. Last time I laughed out loud is when I missed my first block as goalie playing ice hockey (monday night, well, tuesday morning)... Just lay back and laughed
Wasn't the last, that would be talking on the phone last night with Steve, but I laughed so hard I woke Bruce up as I was reading his journal entry about the flat tire I had in his car driving to work the morning after the car was safety inspected and registered.
Is it wrong if I say "Myself?"
I was stressed at work yesterday and desperately needed some silliness. So I created some.
http://eternallizdom.blogspot.com/2009/01/that-missing-r.html
But that was actually part of this:
http://eternallizdom.blogspot.com/2009/01/alphabet-game-warning-silliness-ahead.html
About ten seconds ago, I had my fiftieth laugh for the morning... I know I shouldn't, but my customers are so adorable. They seem to think that whining and threatening and fluffed up egos of unwarranted self-importance will somehow affect the prices or speed of various services.
Sorry, hon, you get to wait in line like everyone else in this world. If you want unnecessary special treatment, go wear a bikini on American Idol. :P
Too funny that Sarah mentioned American Idol in her comment, because that's what I was going to use as the last time I laughed out loud. I was feeling guilty, however, about laughing at people who so obviously have NO idea that they are tone deaf, or that there is no chance in heck that they will ever be a "star."
Well AI and it's tone deaf contestants make me laugh...but my last great laugh was on Sunday. I went with my 8 year old god daughter to the American History Museum. There's an exhibit on inaugural gowns. She saw the one from Laura Bush. Here went the exchange:
GD: Who's dress is that?
ME: Laura Bush
GD: Um...is she still alive?
ME: (chuckling) Yes!
GD: well then why is her dress here?
ME: She donated it to the museum
GD: That doesn't make any sense why would she throw away a perfectly good dress.
At which point I fell out laughing.
I didn't know what to write here, until I read beckiwithani's comment. Even trying to read it to my co-worker, I kept laughing and couldn't speak! Hilarious!! I think I even snorted!!
My boss at the cateringservice where I work on wednesdays was the last person who made me laugh out loud. She's truly a unique person and working with her is always special. She always knows how to make me feel better no matter how bad I'm feeling. There should be more bosses like her in the world so no one would ever go to work with a feeling of dread.
Crazy Mo - so glad you enjoyed it! :)
Last night my husband and I were watching the television show "Veronica Mars" on DVD. It's a mystery show with a young flair - very entertaining (and addicting, hence the bags under my eyes this morning). Many of the characters are in high school with all the ups and downs that entails.
My husband was a band kid in high school and a late bloomer overall. He's an engineer... ok so am I, but he's more of the stereotypical engineer! In the midst of one of the relationship twists he furrowed his brow, saying, "Maybe I missed something in high school, eschewing drama..."
That made me laugh out loud!
New Year's Eve. Playing poker with friends at my place. Alcohol was involved. My friend said to his wife "Ahh.. now you messed it up", referring to how the cards were laid out.
I nearly spit my drink out, and started laughing uncontrollably for 2-3 minutes. Everyone looked at me strangely until I was able to explain that I thought I heard him say "You Mexican muppet".
My nephew last night actually. He is three years old and is the cutest thing..
He talks like he is such a grown child.
He is learning to potty train, finally! And Grandma took him to go pee pee and when he came back out he was talking about how Grandma helped him and he still got his pants wet..
He was so serious about it all that I just couldn't help myself!! :)
Last night when watching "American Idol". The ending, when they put together the montage of contestants singing "Wanted". Loves it!
I love this blog! My wife is a professional editor... and we each write freelance. What a great concept to inspire others.
Thanks so much for sharing.
I work in the customer service industry, where people come in and talk to me at my desk, and we can make adjustments. One day, a man walked up to my desk and says very loudly "I need to adjust my package". Everyone stopped and looked and me. I had to turn around, so he wouldn't see me laugh and turn bright red.
Last week when I took a cycle class at my gym, after a particulary grueling drill, the instructor called out, "Are you feeling this?" or something like that. I meant to call out, "Yes!" or give a call like a "whoo-whoo!" but instead I stumbled over my words and combined them... and my response loudly came out - "YOU!" It made no sense to the people cycling around me, which made them think I was really weird, and then that made me bust out laughing, which really made people think I was insane! But honestly, I love it when I do stupid stuff like that. I love to laugh at myself!
Cathy
We live in Northern Virginia, and, as such, we recycle.. everything. In other related news, we finally got my 18-mo old a set of those toddler-sized pots and pans, and a whole set of play food. You know the one, from when we were kids: the little grapes, the tiny bananas, the Lilliputian-sized carton of milk and box of cereal.
So, it goes over well. He wakes up from his nap, discovers the treasure trove of play food and cookery, and goes berzerk. Plays and cooks and flips and stirs, enthralled. He was having the time of his life.
You can imagine our collective surprise as my husband and I watched our pragmatic toddler suddenly throw the miniature carton of milk onto the kitchen floor, and proceed to stomp on it. Stomp on it! Hard! I could feel tears running down my cheeks before I realized I was laughing. We watched him stomp it flat, then bend to pick it up and hand it to me. He was recycling!
My partner has chafing in his armpit and last night I found some ointment the doctor gave him last time he needed it... he then put it back in a pile of ointments. This morning, he admitted he had rubbed Anusol into his armpit instead!!! Wonder if it will disappear!!!
I hate to admit it, but one of the candidates on the American Idol premiere. ugh.
It’s not the last good laugh but it was hilarious. Classical cross-cultural misunderstanding. Three roommates – French, American, Austrian. The French guy describing a problem with bees, but the others thought he is talking about porcupines, and tried to imagine how a porcupine can fly and sting him in the neck. When we finally understood what each of us had meant, we were rolling on the floor laughing and could not stop.
(wow – 1 minute goes by fast. This was my first attempt.)
I saw Joe The Plumber on MSNBC beseeching Barack Obama to "do the right thing" for Israel.
Oh the irony.
My cat makes me laugh a lot. She's always hungry since she is a rescue cat. Yestreday, and other times, she jumps into my arms and hangs on for food. She throw herself 6 feet if she hears food. Our of time! I have to pracetice at This!!!
Last weekend my husband and I went to see a movie. As we came out of the theater into the lobby, I turned and looked at my husband. When I saw him I started laughing hysterically.
You know how pirates in old pirate movies usually had an eye patch over one eye and they yelled, "Ahoy, matey"?
Well, my husband looked like an old pirate, only he didn't have an eye patch. One of his eyes was closed and the other eye was open VERY wide and instead of "Ahoy, matey" my husband was yelling, "I can't see it. Do you see it? Is it there?"
He was referring to one of his contact lenses. Seems it had gotten stuck in the corner of his eye.
He went to the restroom to fix it.
I went to the restroom and laughed uncontrollable in one of the stalls!
When we both came out of the restrooms, we burst out laughing again when we saw each other. We couldn't stop laughing all evening.
Oh, man. Did he ever look silly with one eye closed and the other eye just glaring at me as he yelled, "Do you see it? Is it there?"
Just remembering this makes me laugh again now. Thanks for the reminder. This was fun!
Suzanne Lieurance
The Working Writer's Coach
http://www.workingwriterscoach.com
Yesterday, I noticed that my kids were getting home from school later than usual - about 15 minutes late. I opened up my front door, and peered down the street to try and spot them. What I saw was my ten year old son looking like the Abominable Snowman with my daughter trudging behind him. Apparently, he decided roll in the snow for part of the trip home.
My sisters greeting when I stepped through the door. She always says "Brodah! Brodah! How was class?"
I'm obviously not hard to make laugh.
The last thing that made me laugh was my daughters joke
What do you call a snail on a ship?
A SNAILOR!
Ok - it is goofy but she has such awesome delivery...
As an elementary school teacher, my days are consistently filled with laughter. I have two recent examples.
*#1: Our school had a man come in to do a bully presentation.
Presenter: "What is a bully?"
Student: "A bully is someone who kicks you in the privacy."
*#2: I was teaching a phys ed class and one of the girls who typically complains about being in pain during gym class (probably so that she doesn't have to participate) was up to her usual antics.
Me: "What's the matter ________?"
Student: "My knee hurts" (She stumbled around like a 200 year old man as she said this.)
Me: "Hmmm. Really. Well I hear that the best medicine for hurting knees is to walk it off."
Student: "Really?"
Me: "Of course! How about you walk from one end of the gym to the other five times."
Student: "Okay."
So off she goes, walking back and forth the gym, limping all the while.
Me: "Well obviously that's not working, you have to get lower!"
She then proceeds to widen her stance and bend her knees as she walks.
Me: "No, I mean REALLY low! You have to nearly touch the ground! You have to lunge!"
By this time I was holding in my belly laughs. She was doing lunges across the length of the gymnasium.
Student: "This is fun! I'm going to do this all night long!"
Me: "Good for you, it helps - doesn't it?"
As the kids lined up to leave the gym at the end of the class, I got this particular student to come lead the entire grouup of students in doing lunges all the way back to class.
The funniest thing, though, is that while doing lunges myself that night (thanks to the Wii Fit) - I realized that it was REALLY hard on the knees.
The last thing that made me laugh..would be my friends and their stupid jokes and..err
i give up...
i'll try again
this is so sad!
Just last week a co-worker described her current state of physical disrepair. She had a cold and it was getting worse. Her eyes were blurry. Her ears were plugged. Her head was throbbing. But she was at work: she's a teacher. Her eyes were so blurry she couldn't see the students small whiteboards when displayed. Her ears were so plugged she couldn't hear individual student answers. So...
Students spent the day answering in unison. Her head continued to throb because she can't take medication: she's pregnant.
Her story went on and on, and got more pathetically funny as it went. Poor thing was working on four hours sleep. The night before was Mid-Eastern Christmas and she'd been to church with her husband from 9 pm to midnight. (Then she went to her mother-in-law's for the after church dinner.)
I don't know why the personal misfortunes of our friends are so humorous, but sometimes, they just are.
I meant to write this this morning... I asked Jacob which belt he wanted. "This one, or your stretchy one." Still in bed with his head tucked under the blanket he says, "The stretchy one. It sounds easier." The kid is already looking for shortcuts and he is only 6 LoL
It's funny the fine line between laughter and tears. I crossed it tonight. In the kitchen.
There I was throwing sugar and cinnamon and pumpkin into a bowl, stirring it up with my spoon, salting it up with my tears. There I was dancing because that's what I always do when I bake, no matter the state of my emotions.
And then I tripped. As I hit the linoleum, I realized I'd added enough salt to the recipe. So I laughed. Eat up!
Really, the laugh until you cry thing?
My mother and I went to a dime store called Sprouse-Ritz, oh probably, 20 years ago. Maybe some of you remember that store.
Well, we had gone perusing through the whole store and when we came out, noticed that there were some summertime outdoor chairs outside.
Well, one of them was a rocking chair. Who doesn't love a rocking chair??? Right?
Ok, my mother sat down in it. How were we to know that it was a fold up rocking chair? It folded up on her and for the life of me I could not help her.
I was crying! She was all crunched up inside this chair, couldn't get out, and I was helpless!
Yes, she has forgiven me for laying down on the ground and laughing at her.
The latest is that my hubby fell out of bed in his sleep! OMG! It's all I can do to stop the shaking from my laughter in the middle of the night when I think about it!!! He certainly would know that that is what I'm laughing about, right?
Shhhh! Don't say anything!
I laughed at my husband. We make it a point to not watch American Idol, but he keeps flipping back to it in between commercials on House... the auditions are hilarious, but my husband insisting he isn't watching the show while he watches so is making me laugh.
Last night when my friend confessed to me that on the day we had committed to fasting in prep for some worship we will be leading tht while I resisted eating pizza at a meeting where whole pizza's were being eating by 3 others, AND I had to have a pizza in front of me so THEY didn't look greedy, she was eating a BIG lunch with a friend and completely forgotten the WHOLE thing EVEN though I had sent her a nice text the day BEFORE wishing her the best! LOL (took a little longer than a minute!)
We went to the cinema today,24 yo twins A, B and me.
A in her wheelchair and B stressing about the 3d glasses provided for viewing 'Bolt' as only a person aquainted with autism would appreciate.
I enjoy these outings but go with a certain amount of angst wondering what will make us stand out in the crowd this time.
All seemed to be going smoothly then during what was probably the only dull part of the movie B who has never been able to master the art of whispering asked
'Why is Karen sleeping under the spare bed?'
A and I knew what she was talking about but I bet my life no one would have guessed our cat, Karen had found a new hidey hole to hang out in this morning.
I laughed imagining the long long trail of bewildered people we have left behind us over the years.
My coworker and I were laughing at the ridiculousness of Yo Gabba Gabba. We were complaining that we're so brilliant, but are apparently missing the all-important trait of **not** being sober, which is why we can't create children's tv shows. This realization turned into lots of laughter followed by jokes about the party in our stomachs.
Last evening my cousin was visiting us and she has an 18 month old. We have a pair of twins (4 years old) living next door and when they saw this small one, they came to play with him with their balloons. After a while they wanted to go back and my nephew wouldnt let them. When they would leave, he used to run behind them yelling (and crying) 'dada' (for brother) following them to their house. Once there and the balloons in hand and them following him back to our place, on the way back he used to yell for 'mama'. It was 'dada' and 'mama' to and fro. He wanted the both to play with the kids as well has have his mom right in front of his eyes. This happened not once but 4 times! Cute!
Hah! Mexican puppet!!
Saturday night at the WLEX TV18 Employee Dinner - my hubby and another man were being honored for 25 years of service and their boss present a video made especially for them. The video was set to the song "The Piano Man", only the lyrics were changed to "Mr. Satellite Man" and their boss did the singing:
"Send us the signal, Mr. Satellite Man,
Send us the signal right now ..."
It was absolutely hilarious and they incorporated many of the newsroom employees as back up singers. I haven't laugh out loud that hard in I don't know when.
Yesterday, my hubby brought home a copy of the video, so now I'll be able to watch it over and over again!
i watched a couple of sitcoms (new adventures of old christine, gary unmarried) last night and laughed out loud at those... nothing unique about that though... i laugh aloud all the time when i watch tv and movies.
oh wait, i read something in the newspaper today and THAT was the last thing that made me laff. the news item wasn't actually funny, but my messed-up sense of humour added a punchline to the headline and that made me laff. and yes, i know that "laff" should read "laugh". it just looks funnier my way :)
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