Where has all the Humor gone?

Question

There was a time when even the most incongruous joke would evoke peals of laughter. Now few people laugh unless they are told that it is a joke. Few laugh at themselves. Fewer laugh at work. Has the magic of a smile vanished or is it only reserved for parties? Are we so engrossed in the drudgery of living life that we have removed the embellishments which make it worth living in the process. Does one have to be rich with a score of Yes Men or Women to be able to laugh? The story by P G Wodehouse about the Nodder comes to mind and at the thought a smile has appeared on my face . 'Twould be nice to get an answer which brings a smile on the readers face

Answer 1

nah! the humour is very much alive.......just that there are a fewer ppl to appreciate it.
I always love a good joke........because laughter has been proven to lower your blood pressure, enhance your sleep patterns, reduce your pain threshold, strengthen your immune system, combat stress, anxiety, and frustration, and bond people together as nothing else can. It has been scientifically proven that the most healing type of laughter is laughter associated with clean, wholesome humor

And heres a poem i love for u and all those reading this!!

Rainy Day Riddle




How many raindrops up in the sky
Does it take to say that it's raining?
Can it be just one? Or must there be more,
And by knowing, just what are we gaining?

The answer to this you will soon know,
And I hope that it gets you to thinking,
Cuz thinking will help your brain to grow,
And if it's not growing, it's shrinking.

If the droplets are far too many to count,
You can say that it's raining a lot,
But if you count one drop all alone,
Then it's raining in just that one spot!

Now picture a downpour so severe,
That there are countless drops to be seen
Did you know it's really not raining at all,
In all the dry spaces in between?

So here is a rainy day trick for you
To help you find all the dry places,
Look up at all the drops as they fall
And try walking in just those spaces!

Now if you were to say that this was "clever" or "cute"
Yet you feel it has no real meaning for you,
Then I'd say it's a way of looking at things
That can help you the whole day through.

For when your days are drizzling the doldrums
And seem dark and dreary from showers of strife,
When you just can't find your way out of the storm
You gotta dance between the raindrops through life

Answer 2

People need to laugh more, in this day and age everything is taken too seriously. They say that laughter is the best medicine and I agree. Don't you feel so much better after you have had a laugh. So with that in mind, here's a couple of jokes for you:

An old man is driving down the motorway when his mobile phone rings. Answering it he hears his wife's voice...
'Albert,' she says, 'Please be careful when you're driving back. I just heard on the radio that there's some maniac on the M1 motorway. He's driving the wrong way!'
'Its not just one,' Albert replies, 'There's f*cking hundreds of them!!'



A blonde was standing in front of a coke machine
she put in 50 cents and a coke came out. She set
it on top of the coke machine. Put in 50 more
cents pushed the button and another coke came
out.

She kept doing this untill a guy standing behind
her said, " Excuse me, can I get my coke and then
you can go back to whatever you are doing?"

The blonde turns around and says, "Like duh not
when I am winning!! "

Answer 3

I think you have a point but its up to the individual to keep themselves hapy, every morning wen I wake my children come in and we have laughter before scholl, during theday I make a point of making people laugh in work, I have always been a bit a bit of a clown but how boring would life be if no one laughed anymore, I feel sorry for those that hae nothing to smile about for various reason.... me? well.... I laugh so hard that a tiny bit of wee wee comes out sometimes, and I wouldnt change myself for the world!!

Answer 4

Just like beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, humour lies in the mind of the listener. One has to feel free to let ones heart and soul peal into laughter. Humour is not gone. If you feel soit has, then crack jokes in the right kind of company, you will find people finding them funny enough to roll into laughter fits.

Answer 5

Me and the chap I work with laugh all the time, walking into offices and call centres gets us some strange looks (we fit fire alarms), being cheery is frowned upon literally in the work place these days. The more miserable they get the more we go on, i think its a defence mechanism to prevent us getting sucked into their grey porridge.
Happy days!

Answer 6

i agree with you bro.

people should realize that there may never be a tomorrow.

we should always laugh and smile for that is the only way to pure bliss.

thanx for making me realize what the world has come to. now i know why i always joke around. it maybe be because i want to remove all the sorrow from the world.

hehehehehehehehehehehe!!!!

Answer 7

yeah you're absolutely right!!! when being cheerful at work ppl just start looking at you as if ur from another planet and probably thinking "why this bugger is so cheerful?". they even go to extremes like sayin "so the boss made you happy, eh?"...crazy ppl! who gives a sh!t? I'll just be on my own way even laughing at my self, u know!

Answer 8

uuummm.....wat u were sayin brought a smile on my face...i guz i gotta agree wid u...u got a pretty strong point ova dere...heyy!!!....thnxx 4 da whole offerin 2 b my friend....but where can i view ur blog???...and oh...haha....ur rhyming is awesum man...haha....

Answer 9

to the white house

Answer 10

the fear of causing offence has dampened much of today's joviality. Political correctness and all that spiel......