Ken,

    Welcome back, it is good to have you and Kyle back onthe list. We were
really humor impaired for a while.

Bobby

Barber, Kenneth L. wrote:

> i have been gone for four days, (actually  i am pretty much gone all the
> time, but let's not get to my mental condition.) just picking up on this.
> humor is about the only servival tecnique.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen K. Perlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:30 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: sense of humor
>
> The fact that one joke sparked so much discussion awhile ago reminded me
> that
> humor is a great survival tactic for PWDs..especially self deprecating
> humor..I have a story that proves my point.
> I was in charge of planning my 15 yr high school reunion.We decided to
> charge
> $20 a person..4 people called & said they couldn't attend the dinner , but
> would be there later that evening.We decided it was only fair to charge them
> $7 a person since the picnic , postage & printing were also covered by the
> fee we collected. It was my job to go up & ask a classmate's spouse for the
> $14.He said , "I need to get change.Where will you be ? I'll bring it to
> you." To which I replied, " Rick, I don't walk like anyone else in the
> room..You can't miss me." I turned & saw his wife's jaw drop to the
> floor.She
> couldn't believe I said that because she had witnessed the teasing I got in
> grade school! Neither could anyone else when I told them the story. I
> learned
> that the ability to laugh at myself ..or to laugh at anything is a GREAT
> survival technique..Life is too short to be serious all the time.
>
> Karen