Editors Humour.
You’d die of embarrassment if these phrases appeared in your obituary:
“She leaves behind a brother and 117 cats.”
“Passed away in a failed stunt that has already been viewed more than 40 million times on YouTube.”
“Was always quick to point out others’ grammatical errors.”
“Survived by his parents and his animatronic wife, Elizabot.”
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There are people who have green thumbs. And then there's me, Mrs Susan Black Thumb. I didn't think anyone else noticed until the day my sister visited. "I found this in the yard," she said, handing me a potted plant as she came in the door. "I think the wind blew it off your deck." "It wasn't the wind," my husband joked. "It jumped."
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Few people know what a quartermaster does. So during his aircraft carrier's Family Day, he demonstrated a procedure called semaphore—he grabbed his flags and signalled an imaginary boat. When finished, he pointed to a little girl in front and asked, "Now do you know what I do?" "Yes," she said. "You're a cheerleader."
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She's only in her 40s, but my friend Mary has bounced back from cancer, heart problems, and even a stroke. Through it all, she and her husband, Mark, have kept their sense of humour. One day she said, "You know what kills me ... ?" Smiling, Mark teased, "Apparently nothing."