A Bit on the Funny Side

When Pope Benedict XVI revealed his appreciation for the “Funny Side of Life” (scroll to end of article), I believe it’s safe to say he was NOT talking about this — a sad and pathetic story of two men, Episcopal priests, wanting to get “married” to each other.

Now that’s just not funny!

What would be funny about gay marriage?

But, there’s a lot of laughs allotted the married state and I believe the Pope probably had something more like these in mind:

While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing with communication, Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor, “It is essential that husbands and wives know each other’s likes and dislikes.”

He addressed the man, “Can you name your wife’s favorite flower?”

Tom leaned over, touched his wife’s arm gently and whispered, “It’s Pillsbury, isn’t it?”

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Morris and his wife, Esther went to the State Fair every year. Every year, Morris would say, “Esther, I’d like to ride in that helicopter.” Esther always replied, “I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is 50 dollars … and 50 dollars is 50 dollars.”

A few years later, Esther and Morris went to the fair. Morris said, “Esther, I’m 85 years old. If I don’t ride that helicopter now, I might never get another chance.”

Esther replied, “Morris, that helicopter is 50 dollars and 50 dollars is 50 dollars.”

The pilot overheard the couple. He said, “Folks, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say a word, I won’t charge you! But if you say one word, it’s 50 dollars.”

Morris and Esther agreed — and up they went.

The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word.

When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, “By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn’t. I’m impressed!”

Morris replied, “Well, I was going to say something when Esther fell out, but 50 dollars is 50 dollars.”

Both the beyond-the-pale Episcopalian link (sad, not funny) and the clean jokes are thanks to e-notes from parishioners.