What is the secret of life?

[Geoff-Allen]

From Dave Allen - a shortened version -

First Man: "The secret of life is to never disagree with anyone."

Second man: "That's not the secret of life!"

First Man: "Okay. That's not the secret of life."

 

[Geoff-Allen]

I guess that a healthy sense of humour would be high on my list.

Without it, life can be a real drag.

Sometimes the only sane response is laughter.

A healthy sense of humour means that you laugh WITH people - you don't laugh AT them.

Sorry if that idea spoils your fun

A healthy sense of humour doesn't mean that you can't be serious when it is appropriate.

Here's a dude who really enjoys a good laugh -

All the best!

 

[Sunstone]

I largely agree with you about the importance of humor to the quality of one's life. I'd even go so far as to say it is more important than you've let on here (shame on you for not posting a whole online book on the subject!).

For instance, I have noticed that, without humor, it becomes much more difficult for me to adapt to changing circumstances -- and changing circumstances have been all but the single most prominent feature of my life, the most prominent feature being the sight I had of Terri's breasts in the moonlight.

Humor is the lubricant of life.

 

[Enoch07]

I guess that a healthy sense of humour would be high on my list.

Without it, life can be a real drag.

Sometimes the only sane response is laughter.

A healthy sense of humour means that you laugh WITH people - you don't laugh AT them.

Sorry if that idea spoils your fun

A healthy sense of humour doesn't mean that you can't be serious when it is appropriate.

Here's a dude who really enjoys a good laugh -

All the best!

I don't know about the secret of life. Well I have a hunch, but whatevs.

Anyways since you brought it up. The secret of comedy is its ok to laugh at anyone. So long as you can laugh when someone else makes fun of you.

So the phrase "Don't dish it, if you can't take it" would be the secret of comedy.

 

[Rival]

Hummus & watching @Tumah debate.

 

[Sunstone]

A healthy sense of humour means that you laugh WITH people - you don't laugh AT them.

Sorry if that idea spoils your fun

To me, the key distinction is not whether one is laughing at or with people, but whether or not one's laughter is condemning. Of course, that's largely a subjective matter. Only you can really know if you feel condemnation for someone.

 

[icehorse]

According to James Taylor:

"the secret to life is enjoying the passage of time,
any fool can do it, there ain't nothing to it"

works for me

 

[Skwim]

Q. What is the secret of life?

A. Chew your food ten times and swallow once.

A. Brush your teeth for five minutes and spit twice.

A. Poop once and wipe five times.​

Notice the changing inverse relationship between the two major necessities of life? It's no coincidence.

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[SabahTheLoner]

The secret to life is...

A sofa!

 

[shunyadragon]

There are no secrets of life only people pretending to keep secrets.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

You could always do a google search for laughter is the best medicine.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Try this thread for a few more gags -

Looking for a few laughs?

Enjoy!

 

[Mock Turtle]

The secret(s) of life? (three at least)

Don't believe everything you read or think is necessarily true or that your behaviour (and others) can be explained away rather easily. It often takes time for any truths to emerge.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Be Considerate

Accept others for who they are as well as where they are in life. Respect them for who they are. Touch them with a kind and generous spirit. Help when you are able, without trying to change the other person. Try to brighten the day of everyone you come into contact with.

Comes from this site -

21 Habits of Happy People | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement

All the best!

 

[Jedster]

The answer is can be found in this around 2:33

 

[Mock Turtle]

The answer is can be found in this around 2:33

Ah, Little old Charlie - much on TV earlier ..

What I get from this is .. what goes around comes around ... and usually to hit one on the back of one's head whilst looking elsewhere!

.. which happened to me once - not a boomerang - but a half-brick that I had catapulted into the air and, losing sight of it, it did indeed fall back to hit me squarely on the head - such is childhood.

.. and probably accounts for many of my contrary views ..

 

[Jedster]

Ah, Little old Charlie - much on TV earlier ..

What I get from this is .. what goes around comes around ... and usually to hit one on the back of one's head whilst looking elsewhere!

.. which happened to me once - not a boomerang - but a half-brick that I had catapulted into the air and, losing sight of it, it did indeed fall back to hit me squarely on the head - such is childhood.

.. and probably accounts for many of my contrary views ..

I can relate.
At the age of 12 I was walking briskly along a road when I noticed my friend in a car.So, I turned my head as the car went by and we wre waving at one another......then crash, not the car, I walked into a lamppost.

Moral: don't turn your head when waving at a passing car and always watch out for those lurking lampposts.

 

[Sunstone]

The secret of life? Humor is quite important I think, but humor takes second seat to love. Of course, I'm not talking of the most common kinds of love, but rather of that fairly rare kind that in a single moment renews, restores, and rebirths you.

 

[Shaul]

Maybe the real secret to life is that there isn’t one.

Or maybe it’s the hokey pokey.

I know someone that was addicted to the hokey pokey but he turned himself around.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

The secret of life? Humor is quite important I think, but humor takes second seat to love. Of course, I'm not talking of the most common kinds of love, but rather of that fairly rare kind that in a single moment renews, restores, and rebirths you.

I feel similarly!

Did you like the gag? Dave Allen is a personal favourite or mine. Along with Monty Python.

“I believe that the ability to laugh at oneself is fundamental to the resiliency of the human spirit.”

Jill Conner Browne

Cheers!