” If You are too Busy to Laugh… You are too Busy!”

Dear Reader:

I woke up yesterday thinking I was just in the mood for humor… ( felt like Abraham Lincoln) so I ” traveled” back in time through Chapelofhopestories… picking out some of my favorite one-liners, jokes, and tall tales from years past! Hope you enjoy!

When Rutledge and Eva Cate were little… both their favorite animals were elephants– Eva Cate because this large animal’s name starts with an E- Rutledge because he has an adopted elephant from the Kenya Wildlife Preserve!

On the search for the ferocious Alabama Elephant!

Elephant joke:

A teacher asked her class for the name of an animal that starts with an “E”? One little boy answers ” Elephant!” Then the teacher asks for an animal that starts with a “T”? The little boy replies again ” Two elephants!”

As the class laughed, the teacher placed the little boy in the hall outside the classroom for being a ” smart aleck.” She then asked for an animal’s name that started with a ” M.” The boy stuck his head in the classroom and shouted ” MAYBE an elephant?”

Wrong Email Address:

A couple was going on vacation but his wife was still on a business trip, so the husband went on to the vacation destination first-his wife would arrive the next day.

When he got to the hotel he decided to send his wife a quick email. Unfortunately, while typing her address, he mistyped one letter and his note was re-directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife- whose husband had sadly passed the day before.

When the grieving widow read her email-she let out a piercing scream and fainted dead away. At the sound, family members rushed into the room and started reading the monitor.

Dearest Wife,

Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow. P. S. Sure is hot down here!

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Copy Cat

Teacher: ” I hope I didn’t see you looking on Fred’s paper, Tommy.”

Tommy: ” I hope you didn’t see me either, sir.”

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One last one….

Enterprising Young Entrepreneurs

A police officer found a perfect hiding place watching for speeding motorists. But to his surprise everyone was driving under the speed limit! He decided to investigate.

A ten-year old boy was standing on the road holding a large hand-painted sign that read ” Radar Trap Ahead.”

A little more investigative exploring lead the officer to the boy’s accomplice. The second boy was about a hundred yards beyond the radar trap with a sign reading TIPS with a bucket at his feet filled with change!

So until tomorrow… I hope I was able to get at least a grin or snort out of everyone! 😂

Today is my favorite day – Winnie the Pooh

Look! My moonflowers have not given up … they are survivors against all the odds-meaning getting eaten repeatedly by squirrels 🐿️!
Flower’s welcoming me home!
Even flowers can have funny names… Cuckoo Flowers!

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”
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4 Responses to ” If You are too Busy to Laugh… You are too Busy!”

  1. Thanks for the laughs. Your grandchildren are growing up like shoots. I am returning to teaching at a small local college. I just wanted to encourage and inspire for a few more years. Always a wonderful morning when I read your posts. So positive and encouraging. Thank you.

  2. Gin-g Edwards says:

    😁😅🤣😍 Great way to start the day and week. Smart young men.

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