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Jokes
One of the funniest jokes I heard was when I was listening to a comedian describe his experience of watching an eagle. He had brought the tone of his presentation down from hilarity to introspection. He said that he was really feeling down because of some personal issues. He felt like a huge boulder was crashing down on him and he didn’t know what to do. Suddenly, he looked up in the sky and saw an eagle soaring on the wind’s updrafts. It floated and circled as if it didn’t have a care in the world. He noticed that a storm was blowing in and the closer it came, the more soaring the eagle did. The comedian said that it hit him that even though the storm winds were raging, the eagle chose to use the breezes to soar even higher. “…and as I got closer and closer to the eagle, I could hear him say to me … CAAAAWWWW!!! CAAAAWWWW!!!” I fell off my chair laughing. The comedian effectively created a mood with his tone, hooked the audience and clobbered us with the unexpected! Jokes help grab the audience if placed well in the presentation. The purpose of a good joke is to tap into the human side of us. They break the ice, allow us to laugh and help us connect, via humor, with the presentor. Here are some jokes that are helpful in illustrating your points: ***** WHEN TALKING ABOUT YOUR BOSS: A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, "The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars." "Why does that parrot cost so much?" the man wondered. The owner replied, "Well, it knows how to use a computer." The man asked about the next parrot on the perch. "That one costs 1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system." Naturally, the startled customer asked about the third parrot. "That one costs 2,000 dollars." "And what does that one do?" the man asked. The owner replied, "To be honest, I've never seen him do a thing, but the other two call him boss!" ***** BEING LATE FOR WORK Tom had this problem of getting up late in the morning and was always late for work. His boss was mad at him and threatened to fire him if he didn't do something about it. So Tom went to his doctor who gave him a pill and told him to take it before he went to bed. Tom slept well and in fact beat the alarm in the morning by almost two hours. He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work. "Boss", he said, " The pill actually worked!" "That's all fine" said the boss, " But where were you yesterday?" ***** WHEN TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN: Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids. After creating Heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was: "Don't." "Don't what?" Adam replied. "Don't eat the forbidden fruit," God said. "Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve...we got Forbidden Fruit!" "No way!" "Yes WAY!" "Don't eat that fruit!" said God. "Why?" "Because I'm your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants. A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry. "Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" God asked. "Uh huh," Adam replied. "Then why did you?" "I dunno," Eve answered. "She started it!" Adam said. "Did Not!" "DID so!" "DID NOT!!" Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.
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