Hazardous Humor

Making fun of someone at work is even more hazardous. It can jeopardize your livelihood -- especially when the victim lives higher up on the food chain.

Therefore, I hereby resolve that when telling a joke about anyone else, I'll be sure to speak so softly that nobody hears me. Once my words become audible, I can't take them back.

I also plan to keep my jokes neutral except when attending a political convention. Conventioneers are seldom a problem. I never met an attendee that knew how to listen.

After ten decades of writing outstanding humor, I have found only one acceptable solution. I make fun of myself. After all, it is rather difficult to beat up one's self. Even that approach, however, isn't completely foolproof. Others might take you seriously enough to start believing that you're really as dumb as your jokes might imply.

Say la vie. C'est la vie. Oh well, let me rephrase it to an innocuous "that's life."

THE END

(C) 1005 Henry Lefevre

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