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Daily Delights<\/a> > Laffirmations<\/a> > Today’s Humor Article<\/a> > Today’s Interview<\/a> > Readers Di-Jest<\/a><\/p>\n

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Reader’s Di-Jest<\/h2>\n

How to Handle Stress<\/h3>
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We love getting mail — especially because we receive so much joke mail! Thanks to all the readers who add to our humor repertoire.<\/p>

“Readers’ Di-Jest” is a chance for you to do some networking and nutworking with other subscribers. Feel free to send in your own humorous gems and examples of how you’ve used humor in your life and work. Once we receive ’em, we’ll spread the positive contagion of laughter through “Readers’ Di-Jest.” Elliott Blauvelt, Sr. from Horseheads, New York has been horsing around with humor for quite a while. He passes along some words of wit and wisdom for our readers: Everyone would like to live a long life, but no one wants to be old.<\/p>

Rev. Dick Jesse from Sidney, Ohio<\/strong> passes along the following directions for how to handle stress:<\/p>

  • Use your MasterCard to pay your VISA bill.<\/li>
  • Pop some popcorn without the lid on.<\/li>
  • Put your toddler’s clothes on backwards and send him off to preschool as if nothing was wrong.<\/li>
  • Read the dictionary backwards and look for subliminal messages.<\/li>
  • Bill your doctor for the time you spent in the waiting room.<\/li><\/ul>

    Charlotte MacKay from San Jose, California<\/strong> has some additional tips that fit the bill. Along with her recent renewal, she included several things she does to renew herself and lighten up:<\/p>

    • I wear two pins– (1)a small charm of the comedy\/tragedy theater masks to remind me there are two sides to every situation; (2)a Museum of Cartoon Art pin to remind me that every experience could be made into a cartoon (see the next issue of LAUGHING MATTERS for an exciting update on the Museum of Cartoon Art).<\/li>
    • In my office, I have placed a mirror which has Minnie Mouse’s picture on it at my eye level. Now every time I look in the mirror, I see Minnie’s head on my body.<\/li><\/ul>

      Cardiologist and long-time LAUGHING MATTERS subscriber Steve Yarnall from Edmonds, Washington,<\/strong> takes another look at the mind-body connection. His medical transcriptionist, LeeAnna Nicholson<\/strong>, has captured such dictation gems as:<\/p>

      • “She used to live with her husband who died four years ago and now lives with their daughter.” (Where will he go next?)<\/li>
      • “Her automobile swiped a tree.” (Let’s hope she gives it back!)<\/li>
      • “He notes a great deal of pain when raising his shoulder above his head.” (Who wouldn’t?)<\/li>
      • “He complains of a headache that affects his low back.” (Ouch!)<\/li>
      • “She has a pain in the ball of her foot that is worse with constipation.” (At least she doesn’t have a headache or low back pain!)<\/li>
      • “He handles himself carefully.” (Thank God!)<\/li>
      • “He eats vociferously.” (I just wish he wouldn’t talk about it so much.)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
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