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Laugh!

January 03, 2016 By: judicurtin Category: On Writing

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While flicking through old photo albums, I’ve noticed how much children laugh, so I’ve decided that, for 2016, I’m not going to make any complicated resolutions that I’m never going to be able to keep. Instead I’ve resolved that I’m going to laugh more.
If you want to do the same, here are some writer jokes to get you started:

How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb?
Two – one to screw the bulb almost all the way in, and and one to give a surprising twist at the end.

There was once a young man who dreamed of being a writer. We wanted to write stuff that the whole world would read, stuff that would make them scream, cry and howl with anger.
He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.

This writer walks into a bar. No, make that a writer walks into a dark, smoky bar. No, lets try a writer, looking furtively around him, walks into a bar. No, that doesn’t work. Let’s try a lanky, tanned writer with a prominent chin walks into…… How about the writer, with a blank look on his gaunt face…..
Let me get back to you, this might take a while.

(This post first appeared on www.girlsheartbooks.com)

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