The best antidepressant of all (that’s laughter)
It takes a great deal of effort to stay depressed while laughing. See if these three 100-word stories manage to lift the gloom.
Genius
PRESS RELEASE
This year’s Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Emma Smith of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, for instantaneously doubling the global economy, an act of genius that has revolutionized the science of Economics.
She has evaluated the monetary worth of house cleaning, cooking, child care and early child education, dispute resolution and mediation services, taxi services at Uber rates, and information networking.
These services are provided within each family.
By assessing their value, she has managed to double the global Gross Domestic Product.
She has achieved this miracle without even including the monetary value of sexual services.
You meet the nicest people in the oddest places
Molly looked at the clock. Heavens, last night when she’d checked in at 2 a.m., a sign stated, they served breakfast only till 10 o’clock. She hadn’t bothered to take out her contact lenses, and now her eyes stung. She popped them out and smeared that soothing cream on. Eyes closed, she grabbed her toiletry bag and ran for the bathroom.
Through barely slitted eyes, she plotted the path to the toilet, turned and plonked down — onto something resilient.
Strong arms gently closed around her. A deep, laughing voice said, “Darling, welcome. Didn’t you know, neighboring units share a bathroom?”
Ancient Wisdom
By Murphy’s law, my husband’s dentures were being repaired just when our interstate daughter paid us a visit, but he put a good face on it. He soon made friends again with the grandbabies. Three year old Tommy became an instant admirer as the old boy pushed him on the swing, read him stories, and showed him some of the safer wonders of the workshop.
Dinner time came around, and Tommy noticed a little difference about Granddad. “Why don’t you have any teeth?” he asked.
Very seriously, my beloved looked at him. “Well, you see, I was born without teeth.”
HIG: the new energy source
When my daughter Anina was
