Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to learn to tell a few jokes well
Speaker 1: enough to reliably make people laugh. Jokes can help you
Speaker 1: connect with people, pass the time, or lighten up a situation.
Speaker 1: Very few people are spontaneously funny. Researching and practicing a
Speaker 1: few jokes can help you seize moments when a little
Speaker 1: humor would go a long way. There are a lot
Speaker 1: of things that people need to be able to do passively,
Speaker 1: even if they don't do them professionally, things like giving
Speaker 1: a toast or even gift wrapping. I would argue that
Speaker 1: telling a joke or too belongs on that list. There
Speaker 1: are many reasons for this. First, you may be around
Speaker 1: kids at some point, and many kids love telling and
Speaker 1: hearing jokes, so it's smart to have a handful of
Speaker 1: jokes ready to offer. When a young friend asks, if
Speaker 1: you say you don't know any jokes, the response may
Speaker 1: be disbelief, similar to if you'd admitted that you don't
Speaker 1: know the capital of South Dakota. I'm sure you know
Speaker 1: the capital of South Dakota, right. Sometimes adults could use
Speaker 1: a few jokes, Especially if you don't have a lot
Speaker 1: of shared interests to chat about, like you're talking with
Speaker 1: your great uncle that you don't see very often, a
Speaker 1: joke or two can go a long way toward easing
Speaker 1: the silence. Then there are the awkward, boring, and grouchy moments.
Speaker 1: If your whole family is in a bad mood on
Speaker 1: a car trip, a little levity can help, so come
Speaker 1: up with a few favorites. Search the internet for dad
Speaker 1: jokes or dumb jokes or story jokes. Be sure to
Speaker 1: keep it g rated for all audiences. Avoid political jokes
Speaker 1: or ones that people might find offensive. And while complicated
Speaker 1: humor can be awesome in the right circumstances, that's probably
Speaker 1: not going to be the case with your great uncle,
Speaker 1: So keep it simple and make sure your jokes don't
Speaker 1: have victims. You want to laugh with people, not at people,
Speaker 1: So a few to have you groaning while listening to
Speaker 1: this podcast. What did the zero say to the eight
Speaker 1: that belt looks good on you? A skeleton walks into
Speaker 1: the bar and says, Hey, I'll have a beer and
Speaker 1: a mop. Or if someone asks did you get a haircut?
Speaker 1: You can always answer nope, I got them all cut.
Speaker 1: Or when you're at a pizza party, try I could
Speaker 1: tell a joke about this pizza, but it's a little cheesy.
Speaker 1: Or there's this one. The pessimist says, it can't get
Speaker 1: any worse. The optimist says, yes it can. You get
Speaker 1: the idea. Just look up a few that tickle your
Speaker 1: fancy and think about when you could use them. Make
Speaker 1: sure to memorize them. You might even practice a little
Speaker 1: bit of levity can help a lot of situations, so
Speaker 1: it's worth giving it a try. In the meantime, this
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear
Speaker 1: from you. You can send me your tips, your questions,
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Speaker 1: Thanks so much, should I look forward to staying in touch.
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