Is there anything better than humor?
Wait, don’t answer that.
There are.
There are things better than humor.
All those truly, deeply good things in life:
-The kind of love that comes alongside you and wraps around your soul.
-The idea of redemption: The way something broken and torn can be not just healed, but molded into something even more beautiful and strong and whole than what it used to be.
-Real, honest friendship.
-Hot coffee in the morning with vanilla creamer.
BUT, is there anything better than humor at making all things better, just by adding a dash of it?
Yes, I hear you, coffee works here too.
But humor makes almost any book, movie, tv show, or life event better. No matter how serious the subject matter, a little humor can make the entire thing…better.
This week my husband and I stayed up WAY too late this week watching hysterically funny videos by the Holderness Family. (I recommend Adulting and the Dad Song if you’re looking for a place to start.)
I happen to think humor should be sprinkled liberally into all of life.
If you’ve read my books, you know I think humor should also be sprinkled liberally through all parts of a story. The light parts, the heavy parts, even the sad parts. Because there’s just something about a laugh that lightens your heart.
In the spirit of humor, here’s one more video of Dad Jokes that made my husband and I laugh hard enough the kids were worried: Dad Jokes
My favorite joke from the video:
My Friend: What rhymes with orange?
Me: No it doesn’t.
And, since we like words around here, a few grammar jokes to wrap things up.
Thanks to Stephan for sending me a long, very funny list of these:
- A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
- An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
- A question mark walks into a bar?
- A synonym strolls into a tavern.
- At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar — fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.
- A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony.
So, hit me up with the best joke you’ve heard lately in the comments!
