Wordless Wednesday - Funny Church Jokes

 

YouTube Video Credit: The Funniest Church Jokes - Dry Bar Comedy

Monday Musings – Loads of Trouble: A Laundromat Adventure Gone Wrong

 

The best laid plans sometimes go awry…then you pivot. My peaceful Saturday was hijacked by a host of unplanned activities. My pre-planned agenda included hanging around the house – working on a writing project, decluttering an area I’ve been putting off, then leaving the house for outdoor adventures. 

At some point during the day, I knew I wanted to go to the laundromat to wash the blanket I keep across the foot of my bed. It’s one of those thick fleece blankets that keep you warm when your body settles into the coolness of fresh bed sheets.

I planned ahead and placed the blanket in the trunk the night before, so I wouldn’t forget it when I went out to run errands. Before the birds updated their morning playlist, I was up for my morning coffee and meditation. This was followed by my symphony of tasks that included – starting the dishwasher, a load of laundry, working on comedy. All by 8am on a Saturday.

I felt like a Superhero. I called a friend and said, “Hey, what time is that Walk for a Cure? I might be able to make it after all.”

“It’s at 9.”

“I’ll see you there.”

It would take less than 15 minutes to drive to the event location. A 9 am start time would give me time to participate in the walk then get to the bank before they closed at noon. I needed quarters for the laundromat.

As the best laid plans go, there was an interruption; the 5K walk didn’t start until 10am. It was all the pre activities that began at 9. All was not lost, I visited the vendors, got my face painted, got my body moving with the warmup stretches. However, I did have to leave before the walk ended, in order to make it to the bank on time.

My plotted-out plan was redirected because I remembered that I wanted to go by Sam’ Club for a couple cases of water and Skinny Pop popcorn. Sam’s Club was ten minutes from the event location, so I stopped by there before dashing across town to the bank.

Since I had time to spare, I stopped by the laundromat on the way to the bank, to see how much it would cost to wash the comforter. The laundromat was only a couple of miles from the bank.

Proud that I had accomplished this just before noon, I returned to the laundromat ready to wash. I carried the oversized bundle in my arms and stuffed it into one of the front load washers. It’s been a while since I visited the laundromat, so I read the directions.

Insert clothes.

Twist handle.

Add detergent…

I stood like a deer in headlights…I had no detergent.

Although it would have only taken me 10 minutes to go home and retrieve my detergent, I didn’t want to. I had been home once to drop off the cases of water and a couple of unplanned refrigerated items I’d purchased.

I left the comforter in the washer, got back in my car and drove up the street to Kroger (across from the bank). I purchased the smallest container of laundry detergent that I could find. In less than fifteen minutes, I was back at the laundromat, adding detergent, and feeding quarters to the washer like a slot machine.

My advice (although you didn’t ask), don’t overload your schedule. However, if your best laid plans go awry…go with the flow.

 

Wordless Wednesday - Hump Day Humor - Having Kids After 50

 

YouTube Video Credit: Dry Bar Comedy

My Daughter Protects Me From The Internet - Jamie Kaler Stand Up Comedy

Monday Musings – The Joke Thief – A Comedic Lesson

 

Comedy 101 Class - Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle

As an active child playing freeze tag on the school playground, I heard my fair share of name calling. If someone was accused of cheating, the other child let the insults fly, but they didn’t fight (on most occasions).

I remember on child chanting, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” I was that child; I didn’t like to fight. My grandmother taught me that chant. It was corny but clever.

Fast forward to modern day me. I’ve been called many names, some good, bad, funny. Well, I can now add joke thief to arsenal of glossy language. Can you guess who called me that? It was my son, the one who is taking a comedy class with me.

The joke he claimed I stole was related to a statement he said to me in a random conversation at home. It was about the comforts of his house versus my house. We both laughed and I said, “I gotta use that for my Humor Happy hour video.” My guess is that he didn’t hear that part of the statement.

My son told me he was telling a friend one of the jokes he was developing for our comedy class. The friend said, “I think I heard that before.”

He said, “How could you have heard it, I haven’t said it in public yet.” 

“On your mom’s TikTok.” The friend pulled out their phone and clicked on TikTok; And there it was. 

My response to the joke thief accusation was, “you did not say you were going to use that as a joke. It was a random funny observation.”

Like kids on a playground, we had a (friendly) banter going back and forth.

“Ma, can you please wait until I at least say my jokes on stage before you repeat them?”

I made an agreement with my son that I wouldn’t share any of his jokes…in public. I might tell my mom…or my brother, but not the “public.”

I reminded my son that many of my jokes come from observational humor; things that I see happen around me and to me. As he now knows well, things he and his brother say aloud, become fodder for comedy.

I read my son my Miranda rights of comedy:

“You have the right to remain silent in my presence; anything you say, can and will appear in my comedy.”

What situation has brought a little humor to your life recently?

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday - Comedy - You Know Your're Old If...

Take a laughter break and watch a little comedy. 

YouTube Video Credit: Dry Bar Comedy

You're Old if You Sound Like This - Ross Bennet

Words of Wisdom - 12 Powerful Things to Tell Yourself Every Morning

 I found this video very insightful. Check it our for yourself. It's about 20 minutes long, watch it when you have the time to dedicate to listen and absorb the information.

YouTube Video Credit: Endless Inspiration

12 Powerful Things To Tell Yourself - Myles Monroe Motivational Speech