Do you know that laughter can add +8 years to your life (according to an AIG ad I read in Newsweek)? If that is true, we all need to stop taking ourselves so seriously and laugh it up a bit more…
Anyway, here is a joke in the AIG ad (pg. 67 of Newsweek pictured above). The next time your lead pastor asks you to speak or report or whatever to the whole congregation you can use this one to calm your nerves and lighten the room up a bit…
A guy joins a monastery and takes a vow of silence:
He’s allowed to say two words every seven years. After the first seven years, the elders bring him in and ask for his two words. “Cold floors,” he says. Seven more years pass. They bring him back in and ask for his two words. “Bad food,” he says. Seven more years pass. They bring him in for his two words. “I quit,” he says. “That’s fine,” the elders say, “You have done nothing but complain since you got here.”