Archive for the 'Funnies' Category

Laughter is Good Medicine: Remembering Hollywood Squares

Laughter is Good Medicine: Remembering Hollywood Squares
If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics this may bring tears of laughter to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when game show responses were spontaneous and clever, not scripted and often dull, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the [...]

Memory Testing Quiz - To Test Long-Term Memory

This quiz was sent along to us recently by a regular HealthBeat News reader - it amused me because while I remembered most of these (I only missed 3…) Dr. Myatt missed a whole bunch more than that - so I guess that means she belongs in "the younger set" while I belong… well, let’s [...]

Laughter is Good Medicine: A "Skelittle" bit of fun for Halloween…

This was Sent to us by subscriber Peg from Washington:
Here are some fun Halloween quiz questions - lucky 13 of them - try your luck first, the answers are below.
Have fun with the kids and grandkids with these!
Questions:

Who won the skeleton beauty contest?
What do you call a skeleton who won’t work?
What did the [...]

Political Humor - The parable of the talking dog

A young cowboy from Wyoming went off to college, but half way through the semester, he had foolishly squandered all his money.
He called home: “Dad,” he said, “You won’t believe what modern education is developing! They actually have a program here in Laramie that will teach our dog, Ol’ Blue how to talk!”
‘That’s amazing,” his [...]

45 Lessons Of Life

Sent to me by one of our HealthBeat News readers, these are reminders we should look at every day.
This was written By Regina Brett of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolls [...]

A Little Fun At The Expense Of Our Bureaucrats

A friend forwarded this on to me, thinking that I might enjoy it, since I am Canadian. While it is written about a Canadian rancher and a Canadian Provincial Government Inspector, it occurs to me that a story like this knows no nationality - it could happen anywhere that government officials find themselves becoming drunk [...]

A Small Collection Of Aphorisms

APHORISM: A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE EXPRESSING A WISE, CLEVER OBSERVATION, A GENERAL TRUTH OR ADAGE …
1. The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
2. Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don’t have a sense of humor, you probably don’t [...]

The Old Man And The Young Gunslinger - A Parable:

Dr. Myatt (Dana) and her Dad have a special relationship.
Dad is 90 (and still going strong), Dr. Myatt is 49 (ditto about the going strong). And they have great fun — and tease each other — about the "age thing."
Dad calls Dana "The Pepsi Generation." She calls Dad "The Geritol Generation." [...]

He Told The Therapist: "I Fish On Fridays"

A husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of marriage.
When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.
She went on and on and on: describing neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved [...]

The Importance of Religion and Spirituality in Healing

Spirituality and religious faith are important to many of our Wellness Club members, customers, and HealthBeat News readers.
Dr. Myatt has long recognized the importance of spirituality in healing and wellness, and in fact she has taught and lectured on this subject and has produced 2 very popular videos:
In The Body/Mind Connection Dr. Myatt explains the [...]