I may be old, or just prejudiced, but I think young folks have really missed so much humor from the days when humor was really funny, not hurtful or dirty. The days of carol Burnett, red Skelton, Phyllis diller....when comedians had to be funny as they couldn't just drop the f bomb and get a laugh. I still remember one day we were going to the mall and public radio had an old broadcast of Phyllis diller telling this story about her drivIng....well we got to the mall and sat in the car for another 15 minutes roaring our fool heads off as the story just got funnier as it went on....such a pleasure! Somehow dumb and dumber can't compare. And posting in a nonprofessional way is a good way to keep yourself from getting your dream job...more and more employers are using those venues as part of their interview process. Thanks for Mrs. Brown...that was very funny. If you haven't seen this, you're in for a real treat! Here is a link that might be useful: Mr. Bean Xmas turkey

Well, DS#4 is our wild thing. He's only 5 now, so the worst might be yet to come. Couple years ago he cut the cat's whiskers off. I noticed the cat missing one side's whiskers and gasped "What happened to the cat?!" DS says calmly, "I cut his hair things off. Come here, I'll show you." And showed me the "safety" scissors and whiskers on his bed. I scolded him and explained the cat needs his whiskers. DS told me "You can get him new ones at Target." He came outside one day, age 4, covered w/band-aids. Must have had 15-20 stuck all over his body. The neighbor asked him what happened. DS went into a story, very dramatic, gestures and all, about falling in the driveway and bleeding, lots of details. The neighbor looked at me questioning, but I just shook my head and said "Didn't happen, he just likes band-aids." One afternoon the older kids shouted for me to come downstairs, that the youngest was a mess and smelled bad. They each told me something different, he smells like cat poop, he smells like puke, he smells like trash... I sniffed and said no, he smells sweet... DS said "I think I smell like pancakes!" Sure enough, he was covered in syrup and the bottle was tipped over on the kitchen table, leaking down the table, chair, pooled on the floor. Second day of kindergarten... the kids were lined up single file facing one direction. The teacher told them all to turn around, face the other way. Doing that put the kid who was behind DS in front of DS. DS was furious, yelling that the kid "cut in line." He also had a flush-it-down-the-toilet phase. Luckily, we did not have a tiny kitten! I think his best was one of those poofs for body wash.. it unravelled, it just kept coming out like a magician's scarf. The other kids caused trouble, too, though. DS1 and DS2 at ages 6 and 3 would build swords with, of all things, lego. One clash and legos would go flying to all corners of the room, behind/under furniture, everywhere. DH had recently discussed their behavior with me, saying I needed to be more strict with them. So when the sound of flying legos came from their room, DH went to "handle" it. For a couple minutes his voice boomed about respecting property and playing nicely, picking up after themselves, etc. Then a couple seconds of silence. Then the 3 y/o says "What-ever, Dad." I had to walk away I was laughing so hard! It was the fact that DH went in there to show me how to be more strict that did me in! When my brother and I were little, we sometimes stayed w/my mom's sister, who was unmarried and childless. I wonder if we maybe had some influence in the fact the remained childless! One visit she came in the room to find us throwing every crayon in a box of 64 against the wall with all or might. On the floor were all the broken pieces. As an explanation, we showed her the claim on the box, "Unbreakable!" We were just testing... and the claim was false! We know, we tested every crayon in the box. When I look at my kids and want to know "What on earth were you thinking?!" I try to remember those crayons and how it feels to think like a kid. ;o)

Numbers 1, 4, and 6 for NYC are so true! I remember somebody asking if I'd ever been to Philadelphia, and I thought, Why would I want to go to Philadelphia? How chauvinistic can you get? LOL According to those descriptions, I live in the Midwest. I don't, but it comes awfully close (except for "at"). Loved the one about Colorado Granola!

Could we maybe start a new thread "Covid Humor 2"? This one has so many funny things, but it's gotten so large it freezes up my computer when I try to open it. I don't know if that's a problem for anyone else, but if so, what do you think about starting a new thread instead of posting here?