Mama Peavy Proposes Solution to Curtail the Divorce Rate in America and Produce Longer Happier Marriages
March 29th, 2011 by mariodm

Mama Peavy Proposes Solution to Curtail the Divorce Rate in America and Produce Longer Happier Marriages
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 5, 2007
With the divorce rate steadily increasing each year, experts say that 1 in every 2 marriages will end in divorce. According to the website, Divorce.org, the distribution in divorce among gender and age is even more alarming. Women in America that marry before the age of 25 have a sixty-four percent chance of divorce, while men have a 50% chance. For women that marry at age 25 or over, the divorce rate is 30% while for men in the same age group, it is 40%. Given this information, it can be said that 9 out of 10 married couples will either consider divorce or even serve papers to the unsuspecting spouse. Clearly, divorce is a problem that needs to be tackled like so many other issues that face our country.
Mama Peavy’s solution to curtail divorce and to help women be more content in relationships is to marry an ugly man. To some, this seems like a joke. However, many women agree and testify that an ugly man will do everything in his power to make and keep his mate happy. In return, more women are happier in their relationships and marriages. Mama Peavy adds that ugly men are the overlooked cure for loneliness, depression and singleness. Her new book titled “Women, It’s OK to Marry an Ugly Man” lists five hilarious reasons why a woman should consider marrying an ugly man and how it benefits her for doing so. Mama Peavy says it’s a win-win situation for both parties. The man receives companionship and friendship while the woman receives just about everything she is looking for in a mate minus the looks. “An ugly man may not be your idea of prince charming but they are the next best thing,” asserts Mama Peavy.
Mama Peavy is the onstage comedic character created by Mary R. Butler. Mama Peavy is a not-so called minister that founded a church for single women only called Tabernacle of Sorrow. The mission of the church is to get as many single women married off as soon as possible. Mama Peavy’s first book, “Mama Peavy says, ‘Women, It’s OK to Marry an Ugly Man’ — 5 Good Reasons Why It’s OK” is available everywhere books are sold. The book is based on the stand-up comedy of Mama Peavy. The publisher is Green Olive Tree Publishing. The mailing address is PO Box 337, Barnesville, GA 30204. For more information, visit http://www.mamapeavy.com or http://www.got-publishing.com or call 1-888-665-7326.
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Stimulate Your Thoughts With Funny Pictures
March 27th, 2011 by mariodm
What Laughter Does
They say laughter is the best medicine. After all, there’s no better feeling than laughing your heart out at something that’s really funny. What’s more, the funny things tend to stimulate your brain and make you think more actively. That’s because humor and laughter also take a certain level of intelligence. However, with all the jokes getting old these days, it might just be a little harder to find something that’s comical enough to make you laugh or even just smile. So how about trying out something new by learning to have fun with visual stimulation?
Knowing What Makes You Laugh
There are different things that could make a person laugh, and since pictures could say a thousand words, photos can communicate a lot of laughable things effortlessly. From things that have gone wrong to clothes that don’t fit, or from simply awkward ideas to some obviously laughable truths, there are a dozen of things that funny pictures could mean without losing its sense of being funny. There could be double meanings, silly propagandas or just plain weird ideas that could make you go crazy. Nonetheless, the funny stuff could simply make you feel better and make you look at things from a different perspective.
Finding Funny Pictures
One sure site that delivers funny pictures is none other than Topick. The site has this concept of putting a certain Topick or something like a theme or topic really (topic or top pick, you decide) and then people get to post pictures that are related to that Topick. For instance, when the topic is about computers gone wrong, you’ll get to see pictures like Linux computers literally working right out of the box. The pictures are certainly interesting, at times shocking and even ridiculous. It will take your mind off whatever it is that is bothering you and will give you something else to think about.
What the Funny Pictures are About
The funny pics could be about anything from funny Christmas pictures to bad hair days. There are pictures about funny signs, funny dog moments, evolution of robots, computers that went wrong, wedding failures and a lot of other things. When you get to the site, be sure to check out the archives. You’ll be going through one topic to the next and pretty soon you might as well be posting your own version of entertaining stuff.
Visit the Topick site and see for yourself if you too have what it takes to be ridiculously funny, or if you simply want to have a few good laughs as you while away the time. You can also get some new and creative ideas from the pictures in the site and you can be sure that it doesn’t take a genius to understand what every picture is all about. Share a couple of funny images of your own and see how people would react to it too. Share the site to a friend or two and before you know it, you’re going to have so much fun just browsing through all the curious, funny and interesting things in the site.
For more information on funny stuff, visit the funny pics blog
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Having the Gift of Laughter With Funny Wedding Cake Toppers
March 27th, 2011 by mariodm
At the reception the cake is almost always an important point of attraction. You would want your guests to come in and just give out expressions of appreciation for your classic and elegant wedding cake. Some couples however simply just prefer the gift of laughter from their friends as each takes a look at funny wedding cake toppers.
Moving Away From Tradition
We all know how a traditional cake topper looks like. We have had more than our fill of the dignified upright bride and groom in wedding attire on a pedestal. Other serious couples may still opt for formal cake pieces that are not exactly traditional. Cakes can now be topped with figurines of doves, dolphins, horseshoes, real flowers and monograms. Those who are really out for some humorous fun however may have funny wedding cake toppers. Funny wedding cake toppers are sure to catch the guests’ attention and keep them talking even after the end of the reception.
Looking at Your Combined Personalities
Funny wedding cake toppers are not for everyone. Couples may find funny wedding cake toppers amusing and may wish to have funny toppers but couples should first take a look at their individual personalities. It would also be a good idea to check your kind of social circle or who your guests are. If you and your friends and loved ones are fun loving people who would appreciate a good laugh, you would do well to consider some funny wedding cake toppers. A stiff and socially rigid crowd however may become scandalized by the groom in ball and chain or the groom on a fish hook.
Looking at Your Overall Theme
Before you get some sample funny wedding cake toppers you should look carefully at your overall theme. Some funny wedding cake toppers just won’t go well at certain set ups. If you have an ultra formal affair you might want to ditch funny wedding cake toppers altogether. You may however pick funny wedding cake toppers that still have an air of formality by having your funny figures in full wedding attire. You can also have funny wedding cake toppers in subdued poses such as the bride and groom in a tiff. If your wedding venue is at the beach or some other unusual place then you can probably have more unique designs for funny wedding cake toppers. You can pick funny wedding cake toppers in tropical attire or casual dress with the groom taking the plunge.
Having it Personalized
More and more craftsmen are getting into the business of sculpting personalized toppers. Have your funny topper made especially for you. Hand made and personalized funny wedding cake toppers have better details. You can even have your topper figures look like you and wear the exact same clothes that you will be wearing on your wedding day. You can also determine the material and the funny pose yourselves. One other advantage to personalized funny wedding cake toppers is that they can last for a long time and can be great pieces to display prominently in your new home instead of in the attic.
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Victoria’s Secret Models Back on the Runway
March 26th, 2011 by mariodm
How the models did easily transforms their post-pregnancy body to a hot smoking runway-ready body. One notable case is Heidi Klum. She wowed the audience while on the catwalk wearing Victoria Secret lingerie collection just weeks after she gave birth.
Adriana Lima Motherhood Bliss
Another Victoria Secret Angel, Adriana Lima proudly introduces Valentina Lima Jaric, her (almost) 7-month-old baby girl. The spilled image of her father, Marko Jaric, Serbian basketball player, Valentina looks every inch an angel. Diagnosed with preeclampsia while pregnant the mother and the baby are happy and healthy now. Lima was proud to say how she was blessed and fortunate to have a loving and supportive husband and family, including her mother who helps her out; making motherhood and her career as a runway model more manageable.
Pictures circulating over the web are the pictures of the family in blissful state, baby Valentina wearing a cute pink dress. Cute celebrity baby girl gifts create and attract media and public attention in any occasion or gathering. Celebrity baby style attracts media and public attention and often became a fad and trend.
Karolina Kurkova: The Juggler
Just like Klum and Lima, Kurkova is a Victoria Secret Angel as well. As expected, Kurkova is back looking slimmer than before she gave birth. It’s in the tradition started by Heidi Klum and no wonder co-angels diligently follow through. The model gave birth to her son with his husband former Marine Archie Drury, last Oct. 29, in New York. The baby was named Tobin Jack Drury, and weighed 6 lbs. 3 oz. The model takes on a different attitude and proud of her transformation. She jokes that she is now “I a powerful mama who can deal with anything, do everything, I take care of the house, I cook, I work, I walk the runway.”
One thing that the celebrity’s constantly dealing is competition. Actually it is the fans that compares who dresses well, who wore better. That is the case with Kurkova and her co-angel Gisele Bundchen, who both posed for magazine just weeks after giving birth with babies on their arms. The later received mixed reviews as the pictures turned out too high fashion, setting aside the real essence of motherhood and that element was captured in Kurkova’s photo shoot. Baby boy gifts add prominence to the baby. With the advent of baby gifts online store, celebrity baby style widens its scoop as it reaches the mass shopper as well.
Blissliving.com has a variety selection of personalized baby gifts offered direct to consumers. For information about baby gifts, please visit the company’s web site at http://www.blissliving.com.
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‘Shoe Horn Shout Outs’ Engage Youth in Making Sound Wellness Decisions
March 25th, 2011 by mariodm

‘Shoe Horn Shout Outs’ Engage Youth in Making Sound Wellness Decisions
Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) March 10, 2011
A series of animated shorts called the “Shoe Horn Shout Outs” aim to educate and empower children when it comes to health, wellness and overall self-esteem.
The Shout Outs, which are 90-second, culturally relevant educational shorts, feature characters called the “Shoe Mates,” which are animated shoes that include soccer cleats, hiking boots, ballet toe shoes and more. The videos are available at no cost via mainstream media sources to educators and caregivers for use in educating kids about important issues.
“The Shoe Horn Shout Outs were borne from a need for readily available, engaging public health awareness messages that impact basic behavior as it relates to health and wellness,” said Deanne Monaghan, Principal at Active Across America, one of the organizations that produce the videos.
Much like the well-known “Schoolhouse Rock” animations, Shoe Horn Shout Outs are relevant and grounded in science, yet are engaging, memorable and entertaining. Its main character is Stinky Shoe, a lime green high top who loves to joke around with his mentor, Coach LaRoo.
The videos are the result of a collaborative effort from Active Across America and Milwaukee Area Technical College.
“We have seen a drastic rise in obesity in our youth,” said Meg Miller, Principal at Active Across America. “Although there are many contributing factors, one thing we can do is empower our youth to make better decisions for the things over which they have control.”
The Shoe Horn Shout Outs will be available for free once available.
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Secret Fish Bait Formulas Revealed.
March 24th, 2011 by mariodm
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$1000 for a Joke?
March 24th, 2011 by mariodm

$ 1000 for a Joke?
(PRWEB) November 10, 1999
GoAce.com Announces the Release of
ACE Talking Jokes & Quotes
Click on a joke, or famous quote from the ACE database and watch small pop-up cartoon characters entertain and educate you.
Customize what they say and how they move and speak.
SAN DIEGO â November 1, 1999 â GoAce.com announced its newest release, ACE Talking Jokes & Quotes, which features Microsoft Agent animated cartoon characters that pop-up on the screen and recite hilarious jokes, and famous quotes. In addition, TJ&Q proof reads your letters, tests your vocabulary, helps your children study for tests, reminds you to be on time for important events, and announces the time by reading the message you want on the half hour. Talking Jokes & Quotes can be downloaded from the ACE website at no charge â http://www.goace.com
Itâs easy to customize the movements and speech patterns of the nine animated Microsoft Agent cartoon characters. You can make them smile, look sad, uncertain, surprised, etc., and modify their speech characteristics, which include voice inflections, pauses, pitches and speed changes. Excite your creative juices with the challenging game of making your favorite cartoon character read, and act out quotes and jokes in your own style.
Email your customized jokes to friends and win prize money by submitting them to the ACE website. After you download the best new jokes, (quotes, vocabulary tests, trivia questions, spelling tests, etc.) from the ACE website, Talking Jokes & Quotes automatically appends them into your extensive database. Did you forget the great jokes you heard yesterday? Now you have a place to keep them. (Includes password protection so children cannot read adult jokes, or children can hide adult jokes from their parents.)
In addition to an endless supply of jokes, you can listen to famous quotes from Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and the sage of sages, Yogi Berra. These quotes are sure to add to your knowledge and you can impress your friends by repeating these pearls of wisdom. How many famous quotes do you know? Itâs easy to test yourself and your children. For example, who wrote? âYond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.â Yes, Shakespeare, but from what play were these famous words uttered? (Julius Caesar).
Not only is Talking Jokes & Quotes entertaining and educational, but it also has a very practical use.
Students and business people will love Talking Jokes & Quotes, because it is a useful business tool and study aid. Tired of proof reading that letter over and over? If you hear a letter or article read to you, itâs easier to find omitted words and poor sentence structure. So sit back, relax, and take a sip of coffee, while the cartoon character reads your letter, book report, or essay.
Students can use Talking Jokes & Quotes to learn spelling, vocabulary, and study for that important history test. They are sure to absorb more when they listen to the character repeatedly ask a question, and then give the answer.
In addition to reading jokes and quotes, Talking Jokes & Quotes functions as an alarm clock, but in a far more entertaining manner. A cartoon figure pops up on the screen and reads the reminder, which the user typed into the message line. Never again forget to run an errand, make a call, or be late for an appointment.
ACE JF&Q is similar to a classic grandfather clock, in that, instead of
chiming on the hour, the cartoon character pops up, reads your message,
and announces the time: every 15 minutes, half hour, or hour. Again, you have a chance to build your self-esteem by customizing it to say, âDudette, it looks like another good hair day, youâre looking better every minute, the time is 12 noon.â
Talking Jokes & Quotes reads only what you type, so you can build your self-confidence everyday, every hour, or if you really are desperate, every five minutes. Just like a lovable pet, the cartoon characters will become your faithful computer companion.
Talking Jokes & Quotes is free on the ACE web site http://www.goace.com and a Free CD is available with all the ACE programs (there is a shipping and handling charge). Another GoAce.com program, ACE Talking Email, will be released next month.
Designed to work on Windows 95, 98 & NT (with a CE version due out shortly), Talking Jokes & Quotes will also minimize to the system tray and will pop up on the screen at the scheduled time. ACE is year 2000 compliant. The recommended environment is 8 MB of RAM, 10 MB of hard disk space, and an IBM or IBM clone computer.
About Goace.com
Goace.com has been making ACE Contact Manager and related programs since 1986. ACE Contact Manager demo is available free at http://www.goace.com. ACE also makes Real Estate Assistant the leading contact manager made for commercial real estate agents http://www.gorea.com.
Goace.com
Max Gascoine
858 503 7406 Ext. 721
Max@goace.com
GoAce.com
5950 Santo Road, Suite O
San Diego, Ca. 92124
858 503 7406 Ext. 721
Fax 858 503 7405
http://www.goace.com
©Copyright 1997-
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Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
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$1000 for a Joke?
March 23rd, 2011 by mariodm

$ 1000 for a Joke?
(PRWEB) November 10, 1999
GoAce.com Announces the Release of
ACE Talking Jokes & Quotes
Click on a joke, or famous quote from the ACE database and watch small pop-up cartoon characters entertain and educate you.
Customize what they say and how they move and speak.
SAN DIEGO â November 1, 1999 â GoAce.com announced its newest release, ACE Talking Jokes & Quotes, which features Microsoft Agent animated cartoon characters that pop-up on the screen and recite hilarious jokes, and famous quotes. In addition, TJ&Q proof reads your letters, tests your vocabulary, helps your children study for tests, reminds you to be on time for important events, and announces the time by reading the message you want on the half hour. Talking Jokes & Quotes can be downloaded from the ACE website at no charge â http://www.goace.com
Itâs easy to customize the movements and speech patterns of the nine animated Microsoft Agent cartoon characters. You can make them smile, look sad, uncertain, surprised, etc., and modify their speech characteristics, which include voice inflections, pauses, pitches and speed changes. Excite your creative juices with the challenging game of making your favorite cartoon character read, and act out quotes and jokes in your own style.
Email your customized jokes to friends and win prize money by submitting them to the ACE website. After you download the best new jokes, (quotes, vocabulary tests, trivia questions, spelling tests, etc.) from the ACE website, Talking Jokes & Quotes automatically appends them into your extensive database. Did you forget the great jokes you heard yesterday? Now you have a place to keep them. (Includes password protection so children cannot read adult jokes, or children can hide adult jokes from their parents.)
In addition to an endless supply of jokes, you can listen to famous quotes from Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and the sage of sages, Yogi Berra. These quotes are sure to add to your knowledge and you can impress your friends by repeating these pearls of wisdom. How many famous quotes do you know? Itâs easy to test yourself and your children. For example, who wrote? âYond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.â Yes, Shakespeare, but from what play were these famous words uttered? (Julius Caesar).
Not only is Talking Jokes & Quotes entertaining and educational, but it also has a very practical use.
Students and business people will love Talking Jokes & Quotes, because it is a useful business tool and study aid. Tired of proof reading that letter over and over? If you hear a letter or article read to you, itâs easier to find omitted words and poor sentence structure. So sit back, relax, and take a sip of coffee, while the cartoon character reads your letter, book report, or essay.
Students can use Talking Jokes & Quotes to learn spelling, vocabulary, and study for that important history test. They are sure to absorb more when they listen to the character repeatedly ask a question, and then give the answer.
In addition to reading jokes and quotes, Talking Jokes & Quotes functions as an alarm clock, but in a far more entertaining manner. A cartoon figure pops up on the screen and reads the reminder, which the user typed into the message line. Never again forget to run an errand, make a call, or be late for an appointment.
ACE JF&Q is similar to a classic grandfather clock, in that, instead of
chiming on the hour, the cartoon character pops up, reads your message,
and announces the time: every 15 minutes, half hour, or hour. Again, you have a chance to build your self-esteem by customizing it to say, âDudette, it looks like another good hair day, youâre looking better every minute, the time is 12 noon.â
Talking Jokes & Quotes reads only what you type, so you can build your self-confidence everyday, every hour, or if you really are desperate, every five minutes. Just like a lovable pet, the cartoon characters will become your faithful computer companion.
Talking Jokes & Quotes is free on the ACE web site http://www.goace.com and a Free CD is available with all the ACE programs (there is a shipping and handling charge). Another GoAce.com program, ACE Talking Email, will be released next month.
Designed to work on Windows 95, 98 & NT (with a CE version due out shortly), Talking Jokes & Quotes will also minimize to the system tray and will pop up on the screen at the scheduled time. ACE is year 2000 compliant. The recommended environment is 8 MB of RAM, 10 MB of hard disk space, and an IBM or IBM clone computer.
About Goace.com
Goace.com has been making ACE Contact Manager and related programs since 1986. ACE Contact Manager demo is available free at http://www.goace.com. ACE also makes Real Estate Assistant the leading contact manager made for commercial real estate agents http://www.gorea.com.
Goace.com
Max Gascoine
858 503 7406 Ext. 721
Max@goace.com
GoAce.com
5950 Santo Road, Suite O
San Diego, Ca. 92124
858 503 7406 Ext. 721
Fax 858 503 7405
http://www.goace.com
©Copyright 1997-
, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
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Celebrity Nip Slip Funny Pictures
March 23rd, 2011 by mariodm
All funny pictures exist to make us laugh and feel good. Itâs such a relief to know that there are thousands of websites posting hilarious, droll, crazy or silly images. But the most popular and sought after by most of the people are the celeb pics, especially celebrity nip slip funny pictures.
Why are there so many funny stuff websites and what do they want from us? Thatâs easy: funny staff sites are the future of the entertainment of the internet. For instance, uvug.com clearly states on its home page that it is in the business of âthe funniest videos, photos, ebay auctions, and any other weird stuff we findâ. These sites have non-commercial purposes and whatâs more the funny pictures and others alike are all for free. Sure, they have sponsors who place banners on their sites and it would be a courtesy from us seeing what they are all about. But for the rest, this is what webmasters of funny pictures sites would like from us: view, giggle, or burst into laughter⦠maybe find a good tip or two⦠download whatever we find interesting, humorous or worthy to be send to the others⦠then walk away in a good mood. Thatâs it!
Entertainment sites have many categories of funny stuff. So anyone can choose from funny pictures or videos with animals, babies or celebs, games, jokes, fights, deals or George Bush. If try to make a statistics, youâll find that the most prosperous and abounding of all categories would be the one showing celebs pics. Why? Common, itâs not everyday you see a celebrity without makeup, smoking, eating with a big wide-open mouth or giving the finger. And whatâs more, the entire masculine community in the universe and the Hollywood gossip would kill to have the hottest and up-to-the-minute celebrity nip slip funny pictures.
Celebrity nip slips are considered more or less accidentally revealed. Although the degree of intentionality with some of the celebs is to be argued. Since all the celebs, especially female celebs, are constantly chased by armies of paparazzi, it is quite normal after all for such innocent accidents to happen and be promptly put on tape. The more famous a celeb is, the more paparazzi and cameras are around her and the quicker the celebrity nip slip, when it happens, is broadcasted.
But why are paparazzi so crazy about shooting celebrity nip slips? Simply because nipples are âforbidden fruitsâ and that is what makes them so appealing and tempting. There is one thing that needs to be clarified though: nobody swarms for funny pictures showing male celebrity nip slips, because men shirtless pics are readily available anytime almost anywhere, while celebs women nips are not always willingly presented. One more reason for paparazzi to exist and do their job: taking funny pictures of celebrity nip slips on various places, such as beaches, red carpets or movie shooting places.
Some of the celebs are famous for their frequent nip slips. Take Lindsay Lohan for example! When it comes to celebrity nip slips, this young, artistically gifted and big tited actress rules! One occasional slip happen one night on the way to her car, while another âinnocentâ mishap occurred precisely during a televised show. These accidents granted miss Lohan the pool position in the celebrity nip slip competition and a lot of advertising. Naturally, we wonder: were they really accidents? Maybe at the beginning.
The long series of celebrity nip slip funny pictures only confirm the suspicion that most of these âaccidentsâ are carefully thought-out and very much intentional, thus generating a true nipples slip fashion and nobody seems to have something against that.
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How to be Funny Without Telling Jokes
March 21st, 2011 by mariodm
Here is how to find humor in not-so-funny stuff. Before long, you will have people laughing a lot at your presentation without telling jokes. Below are some ways to get people to laugh.
Steps
1. Set the scene for laughter. If you want to lighten up your program, you might want to let the audience know this, even before you say one word. Project some lighthearted visuals as the audience is entering the room. Play some uplifting music as they enter. Or, add some humor to your presentation title or program description. Your bio, for example, can have a list of accomplishments, playfully followed by “His mother is very proud of him.”
2. Poke fun at yourself. Again, even before you open your mouth, you can show the audience that you do not take yourself too seriously by adding some playful things about you in your introduction. For example, have the introducer tell the audience that you are the author of seven books which have sold well over 30 copies. Then the person corrects their mistake and says, “Oops, that is 300,000 copies.”
3. Get some laughs with a prop. It has been said that learning is enhanced with visual aids. If this is true, then speakers need to enhance their talks with something to visually illustrate what they are saying. A prop is a great way to do this because it not only makes your message memorable but it can also get a laugh. Use balloons to illustrate how people can let go of their stress; an inflatable globe to illustrate how we often carry the world around on our shoulders; and a plastic hammer with which to hit yourself on the head when you goof up. All make a point and all get a laugh.
4. Tell your humorous stories. Open your humor eyes and ears and look and listen for the funny things that happen all around you. Families are an especially good resource for finding humorous stories. One such story involves the author’s 93-year-old mother. Every time she goes to the doctor, she hires a van service to take her there and back. One late afternoon, it did not show up to take her home. Since the doctor had to close the office for the day, he suggested that she wait for the van in the pizza parlor next door. After waiting a long time without the van arriving, she went up to the counter and asked, “Do you deliver?” When the man behind the counter replied, “Of course, we do. We’re a pizza place.” She said, “Great. Then I’d like a pepperoni pizza and I’d like to go with it.”
5. Borrow some witty words. While waiting for your own humor-related stories to appear, you might want to borrow some funny short quotes from famous people to lighten up your talks. Quotation books, the TV, newspapers, and magazines such as Reader’s Digest are great resources for locating great quotes. For instance, if you frequently speak to hospice groups, Woody Allen’s comments about death and dying are appropriate (e.g., “There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?”).
6. Collect audience anecdotes. Sometimes audiences say the funniest things. When they do, write it down. It could be a big laugh in your next presentation. For years, I have been asking audiences, “How do you spell relief?” My answer is “L-A-U-G-H”. Then one day a woman in the back row called out, “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” It got a huge laugh for her that day and continues to get a laugh for me when I retell it.
7. Remember the bottom line. For non-humorists, some of the ideas presented here may seem too frivolous for your subject matter. Nevertheless, I would still encourage you to seek some way of upping the entertainment value of your talks because it might also increase what you can charge. As Steve Allen once noted, “People will pay more to be entertained than educated.”
8. Make it relevant. One final word about using humor in your presentations–make sure it is relevant. Amusing an audience for the sake of getting a laugh might be ideal for a stand-up comedian or an after-dinner humorist but it’s probably not okay for most speakers. If your humor does not make a point or have a purpose, do not use it!
Tips
· When speaking to a group of people, sweep the room with your eyes so that everybody pays attention to you
· In sweeping the room, periodically make eye contact for a few moments with one person, then with another – don’t appear too animated and speak to that person as though they were the whole room, then break contact and look at someone else.
· In Powerpoint presentations or similar situations, use crudely drawn pictures you threw together in MS Paint (or similar program). Make it quite obvious that you are not an artist with stick figures, incoherent blobs, and poorly drawn simple pictures, all with the brush tool. No predefined shapes, text tools, or anything of that sort. The idea of this is that you threw this picture together in paint in 30 seconds. Present it as you would any other slide, starting off with “this diagram I put together…” or anything that mentions that you did it.
Warnings
· Be careful while poking fun at yourself (step 2). If you do it, do it without losing credibility, or else no one will take the rest of your presentation seriously.
· Do not dress funny for, let’s say a presentation. That is a surefire way for people not to take what you say seriously. You should be able to make people laugh and still get your message across. If you look like a clown you will be perceived as a clown.
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Stanley Lyndon is a well established comedian/writer and author of “How to be Funny”. His website can be found at: How to be Funny
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