We unlocked the secret word of the day and it turned out to be
Tuesday. And, that it is, on this
May 12, 2026. I thought it might be a good day to try my hand at a little levity to lighten us all up a bit. Okay. Here we go: Why was Cinderella so bad at playing soccer? Because she kept running away from the ball. ~ What did the horse say after it tripped? "Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t giddy-up!" ~ RIP, boiling water. You will be mist. ~ I ordered a chicken and an egg online. I’ll let you know what comes first. ~ What does corn say when it gets a compliment? "Aw, shucks!" ~ (Just so you know you do have the ability to use the electronic hook to get me off the stage, it's called the skip function. FYI) ~ What’s red and bad for your teeth? A brick. ~ What’s Forrest Gump’s password? 1forrest1. ~ What do you call a pig that practices karate? A pork chop. ~ What do sea monsters eat? Fish and ships. ~ Why do seagulls fly over the sea? If they flew over the bay, they would be bagels. ~ One to honor my alter ego, the jolly old elf himself: If athletes get athlete’s foot, what do elves get? Mistle-toes. ~ Okay. I know. These were not as funny as maybe others. They came from a listing of corny jokes on the Good Housekeeping website. My point? Well, let me tell you what the greatest to walk on planet earth, excepting Jesus, of course, none other than Solomon himself, where he either observed this or catalogued it via Holy Spirit inspiration, from the Berean Standard Bible, Proverbs 17:22 "A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
" I am reminded of the children's song, "If you're happy and you know it, then your face should surely show it." We all need to lighten up and smile more. I will be honest here: I actually practice smiling beginning in November in order to present myself as the jolly old elf. Problem? I should smile more. Like, most of the time. I should. I really should.
As some young people would have said at one time: How lame is that? Well, the Tick-Tock generation of today do actually have a way today to make their point and mock the now ancient to them term. They do it this way, "Lame-o". In a way they may not realize it but they are in a backhanded sort of way paying tribute to the language used by their parents or grandparents, but, they would not like to know that. Ha! Oh yeah, that reminds me of something I wanted to write yesterday. The doctors at Kelsey Seybold are now using, with patient permission, an artificial intelligence app to record the conversation between them and their patients. That application will evaluate the content and then it will produce a detailed assessment and a final report. We will reach a time when we will not be able to recognize "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" (Notice: dated reference from a 1970's TV advertising gimmick. Look it up.) We most likely are already there. According to Elon Musk, his company now uses a helpline response no longer staffed by real people but the people calling can have an interactive conversation with the artificial intelligence robot on the other end without knowing it is not a real person. The caller can no longer tell. I just hope we have not reached the thought expressed by the comic strip character Pogo on a poster from 1970 in recognition of Earth Day: "We have met the enemy and he is us." Only time will tell and since mine has run out for today, join me next time where you will no doubt hear the words of my wife, "You are not, I hope, going to share any more jokes anytime soon, are you?" I will give that some consideration. And, as we all know and I affirm, how God is the answer, period.
Amen.
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