humor on Translation

Years ago, the story goes, a San Diego bank hired a private investigator to track down a bank robber and retrieve stolen funds. The search led to Mexico. The investigator crossed the border and then, ...

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.

In 1867, the great American writer Mark Twain embarked on what he wryly called his “Great Pleasure Excursion,” a journey through Europe that would later inspire his travelogue, The Innocents Abroad...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame became a zealous spiritualist later in life. He would often give public lectures on the subject. At one such meeting, he gestured enthusiastically while...

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

A family from a remote area was making their first visit to a big city. They checked in to a grand hotel and stood in amazement at the impressive sight. Leaving the reception desk they came to the ele...

Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else.

At one point in his life, the famous modern artist Pablo Picasso was robbed in his French home. He told the police he would be happy to paint them a picture of the robbers. “And on the strength of tha...

In the beginning, the universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. (for contrast, and humor)

"Love! The walks over soft grass, the smiles over candlelight, the arguments over everything else."

One day, the famous surrealist painter Salvador Dalí walked into a New York bookstore and asked for a copy of his own autobiography, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí . The young clerk immediately...

Moses dragged us through the desert to the one place in the Middle East where there is no oil.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go

In the beginning there was nothing and God said, “let there be light.” There was still nothing, but you could see it better.

The story is told of a (true) encounter that took place between the Chief Rabbi of London, a Mr. Hermann Adler, and the Catholic Cardinal Herbert Vaughan at some formal luncheon. According to accounts...

At what age do you think it's appropriate to tell a highway it's adopted?

A man went in for his annual checkup and received a phone call from his physician a couple of days later. The doctor said, “I’m afraid I have some bad news for you.” “What’s the news?” the man asked...

Being omniscient, God knew Murphy’s Law. On the Eighth day of creation, God said, “Okay Murphy, take over." (for humor)

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

As we wait, it is critical that we keep our sense of humor in the fullest meaning of that word. When laughter goes, so does hope. When God reaffirms his promise to Abraham and Sarah, he restores not o...

I talked to the Holy Spirit last night and he didn’t look all well. He was pale as a ghost.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

Humor is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. In the middle of the night Holmes wakes Watson up: “Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me wh...

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

George Harrison memorial tree, killed by beetles

Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much.