I ordered it I couldn't stand it. Waiting for the hard copy to arrive, I'm not impatient enough to do Kindle, might need hard copy for research and I still haven't figured out how to do Kindle notes (absolutely impossible for research needs!!!) Will let you know.

HA indeed..........

Reading the reviews for the book......... I was put in mind of Heinlein's masterful scenario on humor in *Stranger in a Strange Land* it's about mid point in the novel, they're at the zoo watching monkeys; if you've read it you won't forget it.

Something to the effect of "Man laughs because he HAS to"...............

Have the book *HA!* now. It's very good, indeed professional for me. As I suspected all along, laughter is an "adjustment" thing......... it might bore you unless you're into psychology stuff on a professional level. (some are some aren't)

I started thinking about "funny moments that shouldn't have been funny" in my life. One was when we were trapped in our barracks room, and one of our roomies was on the microphone in the watch office downstairs. She dialed us in on the intercom and started telling dead baby jokes in a very flat voice. It was horrible and we couldn't turn her off nor escape the room. We all ran around the room screaming "stop stop!!!" Another time the Blue Angels flew right by our window, peeking in I presume........... (truly)

Another was during the first time I saw Top Gun in the theatre. There is a scene between Kilmer and Maverick...... in the sauna. Right between them was my squadron's old POD said "Have a Bandit Day". I fell to the floor in hysterics (huge inside joke at our squadron), and some people in the packed movie house looked over the seat in concern. Such a serious scene too.......... huge huge joke at Miramar. One of the directors had a very warped sense of humor.

sorry I digress.......... time for work!

according to the book, laughter resolves conflict.

Ew. Gives a whole new meaning to "that yeasty smell"...............

Hey BTW nice to see you pop up Sphinx. I ran across a book I bought and forgot the other day......... *The Sphinx at Dawn* wonder if you've read it? By Madeline L'Engle. Quite profound.

Hey Sphinx, leslee and I are going to drop out of sight here shortly, going to see the shows. We'll try to check in from the road.... are you doing any Justin shows?

HEY Sphinx here I am! In lovely Los Angeles..................... Justin was pretty happy tonight, he got to doing the boogie dance once. Many couldn't see what I could see.... there was some gal with a huge Ipad grinding away.... gosh I've forgotten which song now. But I think Justin was doing his dance and deliberately staying behind the mike stand to mess up her shot.

I may be wrong of course. Anyway it struck me as really funny, and then Justin started laughing too, and several were really hooting and hollering. Will be interesting to see if that video pops up on line.

Now Now............

you had the wrong objective if you paid ALL that money for the grand photography moment. I bought the ticket to have a good seat!!! (OH BOY did I!!! thank you someone!)

I just went through the motions so everyone would be happy with that photo moment. I should have asked if they would all stick their tongues out or something. Next time if there IS a next time maybe I will. Mike and Julie were real robots and held still. Udo was cool enough to take two photos of me each night (maybe he did with everyone, I don't know, probably), and Justin and I are both changing expressions, it's a bit fun to analyze (nothing serious of course). Justin's mind is in constant motion.

which is possibly the conclusion that was reached Sunday night. How many people showed up Sunday night?

I will not allow the joke thread to be hijacked. I have jokes all sorts of jokes........... most of them in very bad taste.

I'm so tempted to tell a bad joke about Micky and Minnie Mouse. I shall. You will just have to put up with it. They were getting a divorce. Micky was mystified, and Minnie was in tears. Upon query, Minnie finally told the judge "He said I was running around on him!!!" BOO HOOOOOO............... sob weep

"No I didn't" said Micky, finally getting the gist of the situation. "I said you were {bleep}ing goofy!!!!!"

Let this be a lesson to everyone on the subject of good communications.