Sunshine in a Jar

My dad often sends me joke emails.  Today he sent me a video called Bodhisattva in Metro about a man who gets on a subway and starts to laugh. At first the people are uncomfortable. They squirm. They look annoyed. But as the man continues to laugh out loud they can’t help but start to laugh a little. And then they laugh more. Laughter is contagious.

Even watching the video I couldn’t help but laugh. Humour brings people together. Humour lifts our hearts. Humour helps us to reconnect with joy, even if it’s just within a moment.

The next email my dad sent me this morning were some super cheesy jokes. I thought I’d share them here as a reminder that by adding more humour to our lives we can be in the moment  and take the lid off our sunshine in a jar.

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn’t much, but the reception was excellent.
2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, “I’ll serve you, but don’t start anything.
3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
4. A dyslexic man walked into a bra.
5.  A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says: “A beer, please, and one for the road.”
6.  Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: “Does this taste funny to you?”
7. “Doc, I can’t stop singing ‘The Green, Green Grass of Home’.”  “That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.” “Is it common?” “Well, It’s Not Unusual.” 
8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, “I was artificially inseminated this morning.”  “I don’t believe you,” says Dolly.  “It’s true; no bull!” exclaims Daisy.
9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this bull before.
11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn’t find any.
12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, “Doctor, doctor, I can’t feel my legs!” The doctor replied, “I know, I amputated your arms!”
13. I went to a seafood disco last week… and pulled a mussel.
14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, “Dam!”
16. Two men sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Not surprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.
17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office, and asked them to disperse.  ”But why,” they asked, as they moved off.   ”Because,” he said. “I can’t stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.”
18. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt, and is named ‘Ahmal.’ The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him ‘Juan.’   Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, “They’re twins! If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Ahmal.”