Cancer humor....first grade style....
Like I said, yesterday's office visit was uneventful but very busy. There were a number of new people and also some "new to me" people. One older woman slowly made her way into through the office door and signed in even more slowly. Then she walked over to where three of us were sitting, waiting to be called back. She haltingly began her message:Old lady: "Do you know what be-nign means?"
Younger lady sitting to my right: "Benign?"
Old lady: "Be-nign."
Younger lady: "It means not malignant."
Old lady: "No, it's what comes after you be-eight.....you be-nine!!"
We all chuckled as this little old lady made her way slowly to a seat across the room. She laughed all the way as she sat down. I hope we made her day. She told us then that these are the kinds of jokes told by retired first grade teachers. I bet so.
This was my very first cancer riddle. I wonder how many more of them are out there.
posted by Kim @ 3:47 PM
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"A joyful heart is good medicine" Proverbs 17:22
It is good to "hear" your laughter in the midst of this trial. It will be good medicine for your body.
You remain in my thoughts and prayers.
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Well, if you're in the mood, I could come up with some cancer jokes...
Thank you for my bouquet. You're the tops. The struggle with sin sometimes gets me a little exhausted. But friends like you make the race a little easier to run.
Please don't let Ryan make up any cancer jokes...I din't get the last ones he posted. remind him that there are Aggies reading y'all's (that's southern for youse guys's) blog.
I know better than to let Ryan come up with cancer jokes....I still remember the names he offered when I was stuck for a name for this blog (shuddering now!).
Oh yes, by the way.....we don't say "youse guys".....that's a Jersey or NY term.....now "you guys" is Chicago-ese, for sure....now about "y'all's"....can a word actually have 2 apostrophes in it and be grammatically correct?
I've often thought about that because I firmly belive that there is a lot of apostrophe abuse going on out there -- but ... somehow justification comes from the fact that y'all is a real word anyway.
I am following the "y'all" discussion with interest... we are yankees in the "younz guys" area but don't use that phrase in our house... we use "y'all" to translate Latin plurals. English really *does* need "y'all."
And (flaunting my ignorance here) I don't know who Melvin Udall *or* Bob Wiley are... but I sure liked Ryan's post about his traumatic dining experience at Texas Roadhouse. I even had to do a search to see what the Chicken Critter Salad is... looks good to me. :)
A little humor goes a long way! I have a friend that was just in a car accident and broke her pelvis in three places. Our other friend said, "Oh, I need to make up some broken pelvis jokes!" I informed her that there is NOTHING funny about it, but more importantly, I don't think it will feel good to LAUGH! Sheesh! lol
Y'all be good now.
Leni the Yankee, influenced by Rebel friends
Melvin Udall is the Jack Nicholson character from the movie As Good as It Gets. Bob Wiley is the Bill Murray character from the movie What About Bob? Both are classic, and hysterical OCD cases.
Well, now this blog entry has sure been hijacked. Thanks to Ryan for increasing my cultural literacy. I have seen What about Bob? but did not remember the last name, but did not see As Good As It Gets. And what about Monk? Do you like him, too?
Oh, and Leni, sorry. I'll try to behave, Ma'am.
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