Reading and Humor: A Nice Partnership
Of the many benefits of reading, one is its power to expand the sphere of humor. For example, consider a one-liner like the following:
Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
With this sort of material, print--rather than speech--is the perfect medium.
If you would like to SEE some more of this ilk, just read on. (And, if you would like to get serious about this material, you can see how much time it takes you to spot the key word in each sentence.)
Seven days without a pun makes one weak.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
There was once a cross-eyed teacher who couldn't control his pupils.
Two peanuts were walking in a tough neighborhood and one of them was a-salted.
What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing - but it let out a little whine.
Old doctors never die they just lose their patience.
A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
I get my large circumference from too much pi.
The roundest knight at king Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U C L A.
