Dating can be one of the most challenging tasks in a person’s life, so having a few funny questions to ask your next date can certainly break the ice.
Why is Dating so Hard?
Dating is horribly painful for a very large majority of the population. Those who have found a partner, or have gone on to get married, swear that they **never** want to have to enter the “dating scene” ever again. Why is it so painful?
It is painful because most people are terribly self-conscious, and they find it extremely difficult to come up with topics to talk about with a perfect stranger. Throw in the fact that the perfect stranger might actually be so handsome, or so beautiful, that you are caught off guard – and your nerves may get the best of you. This kind of situation can turn a potentially wonderful dating opportunity into a disaster that you could regret for the rest of your life.
Funny Questions On a Date
Yes, dating is a time when you are informally “interviewing” someone about their life, their desires, and their life goals. You are hoping to find a decent match with your own life goals and dreams. But this process of “interviewing” someone doesn’t have to be a nightmare. In fact, learning about someone new in an intimate way can be wonderfully exciting and fun, especially when a little bit of humor is throw into the mix.
The following are some questions that you can toss into the conversation, in a light-hearted and joking way, that can serve to break the ice and help both of you realize that you don’t have to take this “dating game” so seriously.
Have you ever been arrested?
Now, you should never ask your date if they’ve ever been arrested at the very start of the date. But this question is best asked after a few serious questions. It will interject a tone of humor into an otherwise serious discussion, and will hopefully get your date laughing and will set you both at ease. The conversation would go something like this.
You: “So what do you do for work?”
Date: “Oh…I’m a beautician, I cut hair, and I also do makeup.”
You: “Oh that’s great! You must enjoy talking to people then.”
Date: “Absolutely, I love people – I’m totally a social butterfly.”
You: “I love it! I am too..and do you have a big family, brothers..sisters?”
Date: “No…I’m an only child. My parents pretty much ignored me..that’s why I’m so independent now.”
You: “I’m an only child too! Wow, we have so much in common…we’re both social, we’re both the ‘only child’…have you ever been arrested?”
As she looks at you with a raised eyebrow and a quizzical look, you should wait a few seconds and then laugh…”I am SO joking…”
The question immediately breaks up the monotony of a question and answer session, and prevents it from feeling like a formal job interview. As she laughs, it will help her reflect on the fact that this isn’t a job interview – and that you are willing to take matters lightly. You will immediately notice her relax.
Other Funny Questions for a Date
Some other odd questions to toss out in order to lighten up the mood includes:
The important thing is to come up with a question that would catch someone off guard, but you should also avoid being vulgar or rude. The question should be light-hearted, and just odd enough (and asked with the right inflection or tone of voice), so that your date can’t help but chuckle.
Humor is the ultimate ice-breaker, and used the right way, it can change an ordinary date into one for the record books.
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Ryan Dube
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Funny romance stories always make for a great time. Romance and humor is simply an unbeatable combination. Being funny comes naturally to many and if you are like me, you have to have some memorized quotes just in case you have to crack a joke. There is nothing to joke about when it comes to romance. It is serious business which can even be scary. I’m sure you have read stories of romance that you did not find funny at all; thank God we will not focus on the sad romance tales. Funny romance is pretty much common in society. There are so many historical romance books and novels that have great funny stuff. Being funny is no laughing matter. There are several serious reasons why you should consider reading or writing such literary work with a comic twist. First, as a reader, you will get to live longer. You will not just live longer for laughing to death but, because of romance that goes with it. Statistics have shown that people, who are romantic or engage in serious flirting, live longer than those who decided to be cold fish. This does not warrant you to go cheating on your wife; it is perfectly okay to be romantic and flirtatious with her. However, the flirtation part might need some work.
If you are like me and do not like large books so called literary romance, you can read funny romance articles just like this one. Romance will be communicated in so many ways including through quotes, sayings, poems, short stories and so on. I’m sure you have come across funny love quotes. For example, there is one that always manages to make me smile. It talks about how you should dread an institution. The institution in question is for you to decide. The quote is about romance and marriage and it goes like this ‘marriage is an institution and I’m not ready for an institution’. It is a comical way to confirm some of the fears that young people have when it comes to marriage life. There is another funny romance quote which people who are a bit on the fatty side might find insulting. A lover says to her girlfriend ‘ you are my world and everything in it’. Depending on how your partner takes the compliment, you might just be still alive to tell the romance tale. Sometimes, using funny pictures does the job of making things funny when it comes to romance.
Pictures of animals will have a measure of innocence and coupled with great captions, you can be in a position to send the person you love some great romantic messages. Being funny is not complicated; it is the everyday thing that you twist, to become fit for a laugh. When you make someone smile, the message will be home. For writers, it can be awfully hard to produce a funny romance tale that will make you laugh through out. May be, laughing through out is not realistic. Therefore, look for the good romance material that is funny and, appreciate it for what it is. You can always try your hand at writing, if you are a funny guy, you will definitely be discovered; in a positive light of course.
Francis Githinji
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Here is how to find humor in not-so-funny stuff. Before long, you will have people laughing a lot at your presentation without telling jokes. Below are some ways to get people to laugh.
Steps
1. Set the scene for laughter. If you want to lighten up your program, you might want to let the audience know this, even before you say one word. Project some lighthearted visuals as the audience is entering the room. Play some uplifting music as they enter. Or, add some humor to your presentation title or program description. Your bio, for example, can have a list of accomplishments, playfully followed by “His mother is very proud of him.”
2. Poke fun at yourself. Again, even before you open your mouth, you can show the audience that you do not take yourself too seriously by adding some playful things about you in your introduction. For example, have the introducer tell the audience that you are the author of seven books which have sold well over 30 copies. Then the person corrects their mistake and says, “Oops, that is 300,000 copies.”
3. Get some laughs with a prop. It has been said that learning is enhanced with visual aids. If this is true, then speakers need to enhance their talks with something to visually illustrate what they are saying. A prop is a great way to do this because it not only makes your message memorable but it can also get a laugh. Use balloons to illustrate how people can let go of their stress; an inflatable globe to illustrate how we often carry the world around on our shoulders; and a plastic hammer with which to hit yourself on the head when you goof up. All make a point and all get a laugh.
4. Tell your humorous stories. Open your humor eyes and ears and look and listen for the funny things that happen all around you. Families are an especially good resource for finding humorous stories. One such story involves the author’s 93-year-old mother. Every time she goes to the doctor, she hires a van service to take her there and back. One late afternoon, it did not show up to take her home. Since the doctor had to close the office for the day, he suggested that she wait for the van in the pizza parlor next door. After waiting a long time without the van arriving, she went up to the counter and asked, “Do you deliver?” When the man behind the counter replied, “Of course, we do. We’re a pizza place.” She said, “Great. Then I’d like a pepperoni pizza and I’d like to go with it.”
5. Borrow some witty words. While waiting for your own humor-related stories to appear, you might want to borrow some funny short quotes from famous people to lighten up your talks. Quotation books, the TV, newspapers, and magazines such as Reader’s Digest are great resources for locating great quotes. For instance, if you frequently speak to hospice groups, Woody Allen’s comments about death and dying are appropriate (e.g., “There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?”).
6. Collect audience anecdotes. Sometimes audiences say the funniest things. When they do, write it down. It could be a big laugh in your next presentation. For years, I have been asking audiences, “How do you spell relief?” My answer is “L-A-U-G-H”. Then one day a woman in the back row called out, “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” It got a huge laugh for her that day and continues to get a laugh for me when I retell it.
7. Remember the bottom line. For non-humorists, some of the ideas presented here may seem too frivolous for your subject matter. Nevertheless, I would still encourage you to seek some way of upping the entertainment value of your talks because it might also increase what you can charge. As Steve Allen once noted, “People will pay more to be entertained than educated.”
8. Make it relevant. One final word about using humor in your presentations–make sure it is relevant. Amusing an audience for the sake of getting a laugh might be ideal for a stand-up comedian or an after-dinner humorist but it’s probably not okay for most speakers. If your humor does not make a point or have a purpose, do not use it!
Tips
· When speaking to a group of people, sweep the room with your eyes so that everybody pays attention to you
· In sweeping the room, periodically make eye contact for a few moments with one person, then with another – don’t appear too animated and speak to that person as though they were the whole room, then break contact and look at someone else.
· In Powerpoint presentations or similar situations, use crudely drawn pictures you threw together in MS Paint (or similar program). Make it quite obvious that you are not an artist with stick figures, incoherent blobs, and poorly drawn simple pictures, all with the brush tool. No predefined shapes, text tools, or anything of that sort. The idea of this is that you threw this picture together in paint in 30 seconds. Present it as you would any other slide, starting off with “this diagram I put together…” or anything that mentions that you did it.
Warnings
· Be careful while poking fun at yourself (step 2). If you do it, do it without losing credibility, or else no one will take the rest of your presentation seriously.
· Do not dress funny for, let’s say a presentation. That is a surefire way for people not to take what you say seriously. You should be able to make people laugh and still get your message across. If you look like a clown you will be perceived as a clown.
The article is written by Stanley Lyndon, author of “How to be Funny” ISBN 1-4276-1392-3 sold at: How to be Funny . This may be distributed free of cost anywhere as long as the author note is preserved.
Stanley Lyndon is a well established comedian/writer and author of “How to be Funny”. His website can be found at: How to be Funny
Gareth
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One of the striking aspects about famous quotes is the fact that there is a quote for every mood and every situation. With life taking its own course for different people, it’s not a bad idea to correlate the present situation with a famous quote. There is no dearth of love quotes, inspirational quotes, motivation quotes, funny quotes, friendship quotes, sad quotes, life quotes, etc. All one needs is the right source to access these quotes.
The importance of relating with famous quotes can be appreciated only when you have undergone the exercise yourself. The thrill you get when you can identify with life situations of famous personalities is unparalleled.
Take, for instance, a famous comic quote from Yakov Smirnoff: “I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing – like showering”. Though a little naughty, yet it aptly conveys the message about American and Russian girls.
Another thought provoking, yet funny, quote from Chris Rock: “I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot” rightly conveys the feelings of every downtown neighborhood in America.
And almost everyone can relate to this famous one from Martin Luther King, Jr.: “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity”.
And who better to put an icing on the cake than Lord Buddha Himself: “Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life”.
To conclude, there is at least one quote for everyone on every situation. These quotes are hidden treasures as far as gaining life-wisdom is concerned. All that you need to do is visit the appropriate website containing lots of correctly categorized famous quotes and look for the one that suits your situation.
David Kirlo
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Funny Baseball Quotes
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine
innings. Earl Wilson
When they start the game, they don’t yell, “Work ball.” They
say, “Play ball.” Willie Stargell, 1981
When we played softball, I’d steal second base, feel guilty and
go back. Woody Allen
A baseball park is the one place where a man’s wife doesn’t mind
his getting excited over somebody else’s curves. Brendan Francis
There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and
Willie Shakespeare. Tallulah Bankhead
Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It’s the only
way we can get to shake a bat at a white man without starting a
riot. Dick Gregory
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World
Series? No cubs. Harry Caray
Confucius say: Baseball wrong – man with four balls cannot walk.
Author Unknown
With the money I’m making, I should be playing two positions.
Pete Rose, 1977
Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day.
Aren’t we all? Vin Scully
Cricket is baseball on valium. Robin Williams
Finish last in your league and they call you Idiot. Finish last
in medical school and they call you Doctor. Abe Lemons
The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing. Dizzy Dean
I managed a team that was so bad we considered a 2-0 count on
the batter a rally. Rich Donnelly, minor league manager
Let no one accuse baseball of not being tough on drugs. During
his baseball career, Steve Howe was given 7 lifetime
suspensions. Bill Ferraro, baseball fan.
I could never play in New York. The first time I came into a
game there, I got into the bullpen car and they told me to lock
the doors. Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles
On his own scouting report: “Very deceptive. Slower than he
looks. Joe Garagiola
A lot of things run through your head when you’re going in to
relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, ‘Should I spike myself
? Lefty Gomez
Three more saves and he ties John the Baptist. Hank Greenwald,
on Bruce Sutter
Aron Wallad
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