LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

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  25 REASONS I OWE MY MOTHER 

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning." 

2. My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet." 

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't stop that, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" 

4. My mother taught me LOGIC." Because I said so, that's why." 

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me." 

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." 

7. My mother taught me IRONY "Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about!!!"

 8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper." 

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" 

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone." 

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks like a cyclone went through it." 

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.  "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!" 

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.  "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out." 

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR  MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!" 

15. My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do." 

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."  

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!" 

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to stay that way." 

19. My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?" 

20. My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."  

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." 

22. My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father." 

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.  Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?" 

24. My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."  

25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE  "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you.

ACTUAL WRITINGS ON HOSPITAL CHARTS BY DOCTORS:
1. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night. 

2.  Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for  over a year.

3. On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared. 

4. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

5.  The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

6.  Discharge status:  Alive but without my permission. 

7.  Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

8.  The patient refused autopsy. 

9. The patient has no previous history of suicides. 

10.  Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital. 

11.  Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.  

12.  Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.  

13.  She is numb from her toes down.  

14.  While in ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home. 

15.  The skin was moist and dry. 

16.  Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches. 

17.  Patient was alert and unresponsive. 

18.  Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid. 

19.  She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.

20.  I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for  physical therapy. 

21.  Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation. 

22.  Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

23.  The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

24.  The patient was to have a bowel resection.  However, he took a job as a stock broker instead.

25.  Skin:  Somewhat pale but present.

26.  The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

27.  Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who feltwe should sit on the abdomen and I agree.

28.  Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.29.  Patient has two teenage children, but no otherabnormalities.   

 A BRIDGE TO HAWAII 

A man was walking along a California beach when he stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it and out popped a genie. The genie said, "OK so you released me from the lamp blah blah blah, but this is the fourth time this week and I'm getting a little sick of these wishes, so you can forget about three. You only get one wish." 

The man sat and thought about it for a while and said, "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii but I'm too scared to fly and I get very seasick. So could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over there?"

The genie laughed a replied, "That's impossible. Think of the logistics of that. How would the supports ever reach the bottom of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete... How much steel!!! No think of another wish."

The man agreed and tried to think of a really good wish. He said, "I've been married and divorced four times. My wives have always said I don't care and that I'm insensitive. I wish that I could understand women. To know what they are thinking when they give me the silent treatment, to know why they are crying, to know what they want when they say, 'nothing'..."

The genie replies, "You want that bridge two lanes or four?" 

ONE LINERS

· Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things. 

· One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. 

· One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people. 

· To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated but not be able to say it. 

· Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. 

· The older you get, the better you realize how good you were. 

· I doubt, therefore I might be. 

· Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. 

· Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

· Women like silent men, they think they're listening. 

· Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. 

· Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit    in a boat and drink beer all day. 

· A fool and his money are soon partying. 

· Do pediatricians play miniature golf on Wednesdays? 

· Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

· If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? 

· If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2? 

· If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it? 

· If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry? 

· If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

· Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them? 

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED FROM MY CHILDREN The following came from an anonymous Mother in Austin, Texas. (honest & no kidding):  

1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep. 

 2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.  

3. A 3-year olds voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.  

4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.  

5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.  

6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.  

7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh," it's already too late.  

8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.  

9. A six-year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old man says they can only do it in the movies.  

10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4 year old.  

11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence. 

12. Super glue is forever.  

13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.  

14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.  

15. VCR's do not eject Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.  

16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.  

17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.  

18. You probably do not want to know what the odor is.  

19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on  plastic toys do not like ovens.  

20. The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.  

21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.  

22. It will, however, make cats dizzy. 

23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.  

24. The mind of a 6-year old is wonderful. First grade . true story: One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of The Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read,"... and so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'" The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?" One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said...'Oh crap! A talking pig!'" The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.

25. 60% of the men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.