The research is in: humor boosts creativity. Laughing is a great way to bust through writer’s block.
I could cite the research and I will next week, but it’s Friday afternoon, so let’s cut to the chase.
A panda walks into a diner and orders a bamboo sandwich. The waitress brings him a sandwich. After he eats it, the panda pulls out a pistol and shoots up the place.
“What did you do that for?” the waitress screams when the panda stops shooting. “Didn’t you like the sandwich?”
The panda tosses her a dictionary and as he walking out, he says over his shoulder. “I’m a panda. Look me up.”
The waitress picks up the dictionary, flips to ‘panda’ and reads “Panda: native to China, eats, shoots and leaves.”
Ah, the power of a misplaced comma.
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It’s your turn. Please post a comment with a writer-related joke, image or link. Let’s laugh all weekend long.
Bane of Your Resistance 
Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior.
You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy – will you let me be yours?
Gloria
Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior.
You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?
Yours,
Gloria
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Great demo of the power of punctuation! Thanks Cia!
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A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
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Thanks Sammi! I love this one.
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That’s the one I usually tell. (Love Lynne Truss’ book by that name.)
I’ll come back when I have another one.
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I’m looking forward to it Joel!
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