Comedy: January 29, 2025 Issue [#12955]




 This week: How to Cope
  Edited by: Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
         —Henry Ward Beecher

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
         —Francis Bacon

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
         —Mark Twain


Letter from the editor

In these times of political, economic, and climatic uncertainty, it's only natural to wonder, "Well, now. How am I supposed to get through this?"

The answer, of course, is Comedy.

Whether you're suffering through the depths of winter up north, or the oppressive heat of summer down south, the one thing you can count on to warm you up or chill you out is a good bout of laughter. Comedy is there for you.

Don't like the results of the last election? Don't live in a country that allows elections? There's still something to chuckle about. Dark humor is still comedy.

Can't deal with the price of eggs? Need someone to blame? Nah, just make a joke out of it. Comedy to the rescue!

Detractors will say "It's a defense mechanism!" As if that makes it somehow bad. If you're going into battle, will you accept being ridiculed for wearing armor and a shield? No? Then, in the battle of life, don't put up with the humorless goons trying to harsh your buzz. Also, don't strap toddlers to your chest and back; they don't actually make very good armor.

So, remember to ask your doctor if Comedy is right for you. If they say "No," then find a new doctor.

Warning: side effects may include political oppression, social ostracism, a trip through the sewers, and death. But it's worth it.


Editor's Picks

Some Comedy cures for what ails you:

 A Simple Choice  [E]
Thelma decides to opt out. (Flash Fiction)


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by A Guest Visitor


 Love Hurts  [E]
Cupid why am I still alone? Can we talk?


 
King Ormolu-Meerschaum Bong  [E]
A very odd, and coffee obsessed, king holds court.


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by A Guest Visitor


 
VANITY VARMINTS  [E]
a critter-cally acclaimed flash fable where vanity refuses to yield to reality


 
Ornithologist Ostrasized  [E]
An article from the June 29, 2020 issue of The Local Gnus --- It's always local somewhere.

 
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Ask & Answer

Last time, in "Resolute" , I talked about New Year's resolutions.

🌝 HuntersMoon Author Icon: Thanks for the highlight, Bob. Unfortunately, it was too close to the truth and I almost listed it as Biographical rather than Comedy. *Rolling* Happy 2025.

         I could only hope that my biography would be filed in the Comedy section.

So that's it for me for January! See you next month. Until then,

LAUGH ON!!!



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