From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Joke de Jour

December 24, 2007

A man swallowed a mouse while sleeping on the couch one day. His wife quickly called the doctor and said, “Doctor, please come quickly. My husband just swallowed a mouse and he’s gagging and thrashing about.” “I’ll be right over,” the doctor said. “In the meantime, keep waving a piece of cheese over his mouth [...]

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Humor develops from aggression caused by male hormones

December 20, 2007

Sex, aggression and humor: responses to unicycling
{{ Editor’s note: So, I was wondering what to write today when I came across this article. At first I was going to summarise it but then I realised I didn’t need to. It was perfect as it was. It’s the story of an English professor – hence all [...]

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Joke of the Day

December 19, 2007

Did you hear about the nurse who swallowed a razor blade? She gave herself a tonsilectomy, an appendectomy, a hysterectomy, and circumcised three of the doctors on her shift.

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The Gift of Love In Vein

December 19, 2007

At a time of year when everyone is stressing out over what to give someone for the holidays, there is one gift that won’t cost you a penny, and could save three lives. It’s blood.
Let’s face it, you’ve got lots of it, around ten pints if you are like the rest of us. Most of [...]

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Joke of the Day

December 18, 2007

A woman told the vet that something was wrong with her dog. He examined the animal and told her the dog was dead.
“I don’t believe you”, she said, “I’d like a second opinion”
The vet said that would be fine. He went into the other room and got a cat. He put the cat up on [...]

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The Royals, Late Nights and Cancer: Latest Health News

December 18, 2007

Do Late Nights Cause Cancer
David Letterman and Jay Leno might thank their writers for going on strike. It could save their lives. How? Well, the English Royal Commission is looking into evidence that late nights can increase your risk of cancer.

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What Does it take to Change

December 17, 2007

I once interviewed a man who had been a smoker for much of his life. He’d tried to quit a number of times – “half heartedly” – he told me, but never managed to stop for long.
When I met him he was recovering from surgery. He’d been diagnosed with lung cancer and had had half [...]

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Joke of the Day

December 17, 2007

Bad Temper
A man walks into a doctor’s office and says “Doc you gotta help me. I’m under so much stress at work and home that my nerves are shot and I’m angry and short tempered all the time.”
The doctor says “Mmm, so tell me what’s the problem”
The man says “I just did you idiot, [...]

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