Your License to Laughlong

(Your Name here)__________ has permission to have big FUN!
This entitles you to be playful, spontaneous and lighthearted.
Issued by: ________________

Score your Sense of Humor

For those who stay up all night studying for a blood test, relax; this one won't hurt a bit. The purpose of this exercise is to help you identify what you think is funny and how you share

your sense of humor with others.

Respond to these statements in the usual most-to-least fashion: Circle 5 if you strongly agree, 1 if you strongly disagree, and 3 if you ... well, you know the drill!

1. My humor is appropriate, timely and tasteful                                5 4 3 2 1
2. Life is basically absurd and silly                                                  5 4 3 2 1
3. Life is "all work and no play"                                                       5 4 3 2 1
4. I laugh at the funny things I do                                                  5 4 3 2 1
5. I poke fun at myself                                                                  5 4 3 2 1
6. I laugh out loud when I am alone                                                5 4 3 2 1
7. In general, I have a positive outlook on life                                  5 4 3 2 1
8. My sense of humor is one of my best assets                                 5 4 3 2 1
9. I easily laugh with others when something is funny                        5 4 3 2 1
10. I intentionally look for things that make me laugh                         5 4 3 2 1     
11. I intentionally do things that make others laugh                            5 4 3 2 1     
12. My sense of humor makes it easier for people to like me               5 4 3 2 1
13. I act playful and childlike when people don't expect it                     5 4 3 2 1
14. I am  not afraid to share my sense of humor with others                 5 4 3 2 1     
15. When stressed, my sense of humor helps me regain perspective     5 4 3 2 1
16. I frequently laugh during an average day                                      5 4 3 2 1
17. My smile is my signature                                                             5 4 3 2 1
18. People I spend time with make me laugh                                      5 4 3 2 1
19. I respond well to change and doing new things                               5 4 3 2 1
20. Humor is my habit and a huge part of my life                                 5 4 3 2 1

 Total Score-

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29 WAYS TO ADD HUMOR & HEALTH TO YOUR LIFE

1. Wave at kids on a school bus
2. Tell someone you love that you love them
3. Whistle as you commute to work
4. Laugh when you feel stressed
5. Wake up early on Saturday and watch cartoons
6. Pay the toll for the person traveling behind you
7. Go to the opera and sing along
8. Smile a lot
9. Call an old friend you have lost touch with
10. Eat less junk food
11. Volunteer for a community group or organization
12. Don’t use punctuation
13. Cheer for your home team
14. Dress in costume on Halloween and give out treats
15. Buy yourself a new article of clothing
16. Visit a shut-in
17. Call your office and ask for yourself (don’t disguise your voice)
18. Go for a walk
19. Go to bed early one night a week
20. Take time to think
21. Read a book by Louis Gizzard, Erma Bombeck or Dave Barry
22. Go to or host a family reunion and sit at the kids table
23. Listen more and talk less
24. If you are alone at night, watch a comedy sitcom or movie
25. Play your favorite music and dance alone
26. Listen to Garrison Keillor or Stuart McLean on public radio
27. Say thank-you … and mean it
28. Buy someone a meal
29. Attend a religious service

Good Humor Rules!

Gives proper perspective: Helps you see the big picture
Opens creativity: Puts you in your right mind
Overcomes setbacks and disappointments: Comedy helps you cope
Deals with stress:Helps to heal your mind and body

Helps to create a feeling of fun and relaxation: Comedy loves company
U can take your work seriously and yourself lightly
Maintains a healthy lifestyle: Life is a balancing act and humor can be your pole
Offers fun for all: It is not offensive or exclusive.
Remember that humor is the playful attitude of childlike-ness: It’s not just jokes

My Top Funny tips

1. Be Yourself! You should have practice doing it by now.
2. Don’t eat cheap liver sausage.
3. Look both ways before crossing an ocean.
4. Always wear clean outerwear.
5. Don’t swim with sharks in infected waters.
6. Never act your age – you have no previous experience being this old.

20 Fundays @ Work

1. Switch jobs with a team member for a day
2. Host a pop plastic wrap packaging contest
3. Begin meetings with a funny story, or life’s most embarrassing moment
4. Build a Comedy Cart full of cartoons, toys and funny videos
5. Guess baby pictures of executives and give away fun prizes
6. Have fun food snacks at coffee break as a reward for reaching goals
7. Set up a mini golf course at the office, give the winner a “green” jacket
8. Watch humourous videos, sit- coms and comedies at lunch
9. Play with children’s toys on the floor – it will spark creativity
10. Blow bubbles when put on phone hold
11. Clip and post cartoons or funny memos, emails on board
12. Have theme days – Olympics, disco, the 1970’s
13. Hold a fast food pot luck lunch
14. Dress up in costumes on Fridays the 13th
15. Go bowling , go– karting, paintballing one afternoon
16. Give out funny awards for completing major tasks
17. Host a pot luck theme day
18. Add humor to a presentation
19. Send phonetic memos and emails
20. Have a paper airplane contest

The Humor Prayer

Give me a sense of humor, Lord.
Give me the grace to see a joke.
To get some humor out of life
And pass it on to other folk. Amen