Silly Joke Friday

Silly Joke #1

Teacher: “Little Johnny, why are you late this morning?”
Mischievous Little Johnny: “Its my alarm clock. Everyone got up except me!”
Teacher: Can you please tell me how did the alarm clock made you the only one not to get up?”
Mischievous Little Johnny: “Well, you see, there are eight of us in the my family and the alarm clock was only set for seven!!!”

Silly Joke #2

A man went to apply for a job. After filling out all of the paperwork, he waited anxiously as the employer reviewed it all. Once the employer was done, he said, “We actually do have an opening for someone like you…” “That’s great!” he said, “What is it?” “It’s called the door!”

Silly Joke #3

Three nuns died and visited St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter said he would admit them if they each answered one question.He turned to the first nun and asked, “Who was the first man?” “Adam,” the nun confidently replied. The trumpets sounded and the angels sang as the gates swung open and she walked into heaven. St. Peter turned to the second nun. “Who was the first woman?” “Eve,” she replied. The trumpets sounded and the angels sang. Then St. Peter turned to the last nun. “What was the first thing Eve said to Adam?” The nun paused for a moment. “Gee, that’s a hard one!” The trumpets sounded and the angels sang and the gates swung open for her.

Bonus Silly Joke

An elderly married couple was traveling by car on a road trip. After almost 11 hours on the road, they were too tired to continue and decided to take a room in a nice hotel. They told the manager their intentions was just to get a few hours of sleep and then get back on the road. When they checked out five hours later, the manager handed them their room bill for $350.00. The husband exploded and demanded to know why the charge was so high. He told the manager that though it’s a nice hotel, the rooms certainly weren’t worth $350.00 for five hours. The manager nodded and told him that $350.00 was their “standard room rate.” The husband wasn’t happy with the explanation and demanded an adjustment to their bill. The manager then explained that the hotel has an Olympic-sized pool, a workout room, and a sauna that were available for them to use. “But we didn’t use or have time for any of them,” the husband said. ”Well, they were here, and you could have,” explained the manager. The manager went on to explain that the couple could also enjoy their huge complimentary breakfast buffet before they leave. “We really do have the best breakfast around!” he said. “But we don’t have time for that and need to get back on the road!” the husband said. “Well, it’s there and you could have enjoyed it if you want…” the manager replied. The manager obviously unmoved by the couple’s pleas wouldn’t budge. Eventually the husband gave up and agreed to pay the exorbitant amount. But he didn’t have the money so he asked his wife to write a check. She did and gave it to the manager. The manager looked at the check and said, “Ma’am, your check is only made out for $50.00!” he said. ”That’s correct. I charged you $300.00 for sleeping with me!” she replied. “What?! I didn’t sleep with you!” exclaimed the manager. “Well, too bad. I was here, and you could have.”

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson

Question For The Day

Today’s question is…

If you somehow secretly discovered an elixir or fountain of youth that would grant you immortality, where you’d live forever on this plane of existence, would you drink it?

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson


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From Seeking Immortality To Accepting Mortality…

There’s a short story by a man named Jorge Luis Borges from Argentina, which tells of a soldier from Rome who drinks from a secret river that provides immortality. Over time the soldier realizes immortality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, that life without limits is life without significance. Eventually, he comes to understand that it’s death itself that gives meaning to life and so thus begins his search for an antidote to his immortality, which ends up being in a secret spring that restores both his mortality and ultimately, his peace.

Gaining immortality is definitely something that has fascinated me ever since I was a kid. I have watched countless science fiction and fantasy-based TV shows and films on the subject including “Forever”, “Highlander”, “Tuck Everlasting”, and “The Age of Adaline”. And now having turned 50 in 2022, I find the subject even more alluring. While I used to think if I ever found some elixir or some fountain of youth that could create immortality for me that I’d drink from it as quickly as I could, today I find myself rethinking that notion quite differently.

Truth be told, what I hope for now is to live another half century of life where I am focused on three things. Selfless giving, spreading love and joy around the planet, and spending every second of it growing old with just one person to love who I get to share my entire heart and soul with, who shares the same with me in return. And I believe that will happen. I truly do. But to think of doing this with someone I love that deeply who I’d eventually outlive, who I would endure having to watch wither away and die while I continue to go on, brings up a great despondency within me.

I don’t think I’d ever want to experience a love as deep as this leave this planet of existence while I continue to go on forever, only to repeat the cycle again eventually with another and another, watching love repeatedly turn to heartbreak, until life itself becomes lonely and pointless.

On some level, this is precisely how I feel about what I did with the first half century of my life, as I made it pointless. I spent the first half of my life mostly pleasing myself, my carnal senses, fulfilling all my selfish desires, only to leave me feeling broken and alone time and time again. But through it all, I’ve learned one invaluable lesson.

What really matters in this world is not in attempting to remain youthful, trying to look immortal, or buying and consuming anything that makes you appear or feel temporarily better. What really matters is simply just being close to another’s heart and soul, in sharing love with them from the deepest of places, spending countless hours talking about life, and being close in a way that words just can’t describe.

Words for this type of love come from something Greater and are something I am only just coming to learn about now at my half-century mark in life. So, as I begin the next half century of my life, I find myself no longer interested in immorality or attempting to remain youthful through any of what this world has to offer to elongate life. I’m simply looking to share what I have left on this plane of existence with someone to age with, who wants to live life to its endless possibilities, embracing what matters most through it all, and that’s one thing and one thing only, it’s unconditional love, and it’s the only thing that matters to me anymore when it comes to accepting my mortality.

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson