Thankvember 11/14

Today, I'm thankful for laughter.

For jokes and gags and puns and riddles. For those really really TERRIBLE jokes I learned at Boy Scout camp or from Mr. Gezo (they still make me laugh). For silly movies ("Blades of Glory" "Young Frankenstein") and brilliantly hilarious movies ("A Fish Called  Wanda" "Oscar") and movies so BAD they are hilarious (special mention goes to "serious" drama "The Lake House" for the best unexpected laugh I've ever had over a film - really, it brought tears of glee to our eyes).

For the people in my life gifted with a couple extra funny bones who always have something cheering or witty or ROFL-crazy to say. For uncontrollable giggle fits. For the lovely laugh lines on the faces of people who've really loved life and lived it fully.

For comedians and newspaper funnies. For the jokes section in Reader's Digest - the only part I read for most of my life. For joy that just has to bubble beyond ear-to-ear grins into a full-hearted laugh. For that aching belly pain that comes when you've been laughing too long.

They say laughter is really great medicine. To every person who's ever made me laugh - thanks for extending my life by just that much more.

Here's a bit of funny and a smattering of hilarious and a healthy dose of ROFLs (Warning: foul language in last link) to end this note. :D



p.s. Happy birthday to my funny Bro-in-law, Drew/Jared! I thought 3 brothers was more than enough, but it turns out that one more was just exactly right.

Hilarity

Recently, we've been laughing a lot. Not just, "oh ha ha, how amusing!" but really gut-busting, painful laugh sessions that leave you curled up on the floor gasping for breath.

Examples:

• Watching "Clash of the Titans" in the theater, then spending a good 20 minutes back home, laughing ourselves to tears over the plot-holes we hadn't noticed while engaged in the movie. It was almost as great a comedy of errors as The Lake House - which holds the record, I think, for a non-comedy flick that made me double up with laughter.
• This website: http://www.safenow.org/ (disclaimer: not all jokes are kid-friendly)
• The priceless moment a couple nights ago when Adam seriously SANG a comment to me (laughter bubbles up, just remembering it) without even really realizing what he was doing. I'm pretty sure I strained something during that laugh-fest.
  

I would be 100% pleased with this cheery turn of events if I didn't have the sneaking suspicion that all this giddiness could be chalked up to our lack of energy and overall exhaustion.

Last night was a definite case of the above - I told Adam I thought he took his shoes off really fast, "like a frisky cat!" This is a classic case of brain-dead humor. After pronouncing this incomprehensible comment (I have no idea where it came from, I swear), I burst out laughing and could barely stop for 5 minutes.

It's fun; it's healthy; but does it mean that I'm losing it?