Tag: Humor

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened

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by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) (2012)

Oh. My. Gosh.  I have not laughed so hard while reading a book E-V-E-R.  My husband kept checking in to make sure I was ok, because my whole body was shaking uncontrollably with laughter.

I had read a quote on the Internet from this book and checked it out from the library to see more.  The cover and end papers looked bizarre, and I wasn’t sure what I’d think of this.  Jenny warns in the introduction that at some point in the book she’ll probably offend you, the reader.  Being a person who 1) is easily offended and who 2) was once told I have a more “narrow” sense of humor than most, I didn’t know how this book would go for me.  Well, it obviously went very well.  I looked forward to my healthy dose of laughter every time I indulged in another chapter.  Jenny Lawson tells stories from her life, and no matter the topic, she is just flipping hilarious.  As Neil Gaiman says in his review,

“The Bloggess writes stuff that actually is laugh-out-loud, but you know that really you shouldn’t be laughing and probably you’ll go to (heck) for laughing, so maybe you shouldn’t read it.  That would be safer and wiser.”

So, I’m not sure how others would react to this book, but if you’re looking for some laughter in your life, and you take to it like I did, you will be very grateful you picked this up!

 

Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme

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2022
words by Avery Monsen
pictures by Abby Hanlon

This is a great book for teaching rhyming, but it’s also just a darling read.  Chester van Chime spends his day forgetting how to rhyme.  So, for each set up, there’s a silly alternate word instead of the expected rhyming one.

He walked past the butcher and walked past the baker.  
He passed Mr. Waxler, the candlestick…guy.

The kids get such a kick out of these missed rhyming opportunities and the friendly fox who always seems to be pointing to the correct ending.  The accompanying illustrations are so clever.  In the background of what’s going on in the story, you can spot many fun rhyming pictures – a troll holding a bowl, a whale on a pail, etc.  This book is definitely getting promoted from library copy to one on our shelf.

Funny National Park Reviews

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I remember seeing these posters last year and cracking up!  With Covid and fires going on, seeing something to make me laugh was a welcome break.  They were extra funny given the circumstances that were going on, the same way Darth Vader and Son made me laugh a little louder and longer because of when I read it.  I have definitely  benefitted from online reviews, but it can also be a bit discouraging at times.  It starts to explain a lot about people in a way that’s not very hopeful or positive.

So, the fact that this artist took some of these absurd reviews of our National Parks–basically, people criticizing some of the most beautiful natural spaces in our country– and made posters of them–Yes!  Genius!  And while some of them are hilarious, -“I didn’t even get to touch the lava!” and “There are bugs, and they will bite you on your face!”- some are actually perfect advertisements to attract visitors like me- “Nothing specific to do” and “No cell service”

Check some of them out.   I’ve pinned some here too.

Also, these aren’t the posters, but you can find a collection of more ‘bad’ reviews here.

Nose Whistles

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Although nose flutes have respectable traditions throughout the world, the plastic nose whistles sold as novelty items just gotta make you smile.  I don’t know why these came to mind yesterday as I was telling the kids a bedtime story, but the nose whistle became a central part of the story, and I promised the kids I would show them a video of one today.  And I was truly surprise by what I found.  But then again, not.  The Internet can be awesome like that.  Anyway, hard to watch these without smiling.

“God Only Nose” video  (I mean seriously?!  The title alone.  I told my husband if we weren’t already happily married, I’d marry this guy based solely on this video.)

Mozart’s “Magic Nose Flute”

“Bear Necessities”

“Africa”

 

 

 

 

Which led me on a tangent to all sorts of cool instruments.  YouTube can sometimes get a bit depressing, but, Wow!  There are such talented people out there posting.

Check out this guy performing “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” and “Evenin’ “ with this rockin’ trumpet funnel kazoo, which I first saw here

April Fools

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I used to seriously dread April Fools’ Day, especially when I was a teacher.  I really don’t like when people just tell fibs on this day and call it an April Fools’ joke. I also really dislike pranks that are mean or a huge mess or environmentally-wasteful.  I do, however, appreciate punny/silly jokes like these:

–Google lets you put a 3D animal into a scene on your phone or for pictures.  The kids thoughts these were great fun last year.

–I cut up a bunch of “E”s from brown paper and told the kids I was bringing out a tray of “Brown E”s.  (Be sure to have the real thing after the joke. =)

–This year, the kids loved giving their Dada a mysterious packet labeled “bagel seeds” that instructed him to leave them in a tray by a window sill.  “No watering or soil necessary!” they wrote.  “Bagels will grow in 2 hours!”  The seeds were Cascadian Os cereal, and when Dada left the room, we quickly switched these out with hidden bagels I had purchased ahead of time.

(This one could also work with “doughnut seeds.”)

–I also love the good ol’ dessert dirt in a pot.  I make the cookie part only from these homemade Oreos, with a lot less bother on presentation, of course.  Then we blend them into crumbs and mix with homemade vanilla pudding.  Yum!  Gummy worms are fun too, but we couldn’t find any this year.

Instead, our daughter decided to include an instruction tag that said we could tell if the soil was still “good” by tasting it.

 

And here are some April Fools’ jokes I haven’t tried, but sounded cute:

–Switching your kids into one another’s beds, if they’re heavy sleepers.

–Writing “April Fools!” on the toilet paper that they will unwind.

–Stick googly eyes on fruit or lunchbox foods.

–Switch out morning cereal in box with another kind or with popcorn or Legos, etc.

 

Even our 3-year old got into making up his own pranks this year.  He insisted on hanging some long strands of yarn on the wall for Dada to see.  Then he instructed Dad to leave the room while he cut the strings to be very short.  Sneaky little guy.  ha

Anyway, I’m glad that now as a parent I’ve found an appreciation for this first day of April.  The kids get so excited to play these good-natured pranks.  Instead of seeing it as I used to, a day of feeling gullible or hearing about mean pranks, I see it as a day to be goofy and have fun.  That kind of foolishness for a day sounds pretty good to me.