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Humor and Aging

Author : Lucille Nahemow
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483269949
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Humor and Aging written by Lucille Nahemow and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humor and Aging deals with humor throughout the life span, although primary attention is given to humor about and by the elderly. The book contains theoretical and review material from infancy to old age and includes empirical studies of death and dying in both our own and other societies. The book is divided into four parts. Part I considers theoretical models of humor development across the life span and discusses physiological, psychological, and sociological processes. Part II deals with ways of considering humor and aging from different vantage points. These include (1) humor about people of different ages; (2) humor for people of different ages; and (3) humor by people of different ages. Part III addresses the grim subject of death and dying and how it lends itself to humorous treatment in our own and other societies. Part IV contains brief empirical reports. Since scientific research in humor and aging is only beginning, it seems important to discuss pilot work in hopes that others will follow. Finally, an epilogue by Loeb and Wood presents a compelling theoretical approach.

What's So Funny About Getting Old

Author : Ed Fischer
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 147674291X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book What's So Funny About Getting Old written by Ed Fischer and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life ...and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps, miscommunications, preoccupation with health and comforts, foibles, disguises (for aging), even physical limitations -- all can have their funny sides when we're laughing at ourselves. One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life ...and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps, miscommunications, preoccupation with health and comforts, foibles, disguises (for aging), even physical limitations -- all can have their funny sides when we're laughing at ourselves. This book, a light-hearted gift for anyone who's 50-plus, is a memoryjogger too. Remember the Katzenjammer Kids? Jack Armstrong? Apple Mary? Check out your friends' ages by their responses to a "Vanishing Words" test (examples: "spider," "broomstick skirt," "running board," "the shag"). If you're still calling the refrigerator an "icebox," it's a giveaway -- you're probably over 60. What's So Funny about Getting Old? is brought to you by a comedy team of two. Ed Fischer is an award-winning cartoonist. Jane Thomas Noland, author of Laugh It Off (what's so funny about trying to lose weight?) is a books editor and a former Minneapolis Star Tribune feature writer. Both have delicious ways of looking at life. Both, like all the rest of us, are getting older. Laughter heals. Laughter helps. Laughter keeps us in shape emotionally and physically. Read this book and try it. You'll be convinced, as these authors are, that there's only one way to grow older -- with a healthy sense of humor!

Aging With Humor and Grace

Author : Andrea Partee
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781484991688
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Aging With Humor and Grace written by Andrea Partee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first of Partee's funny books for women, the award winning Aging with Humor and Grace may just be a cross between Erma Bombeck and Chicken Soup for the Soul. This humorous book isn't just about aging, it's about living life. Partee's entertaining anecdotes will make you laugh whether she's describing the application of eye makeup with glasses on or what to do with your extra chin. Her funny stories include how to conquer restless leg syndrome; the drawback of starting an exercise program after a ten year hiatus and admitting to ridiculous fears and phobias. While written especially for middle aged women, it's not just about new wrinkles. It's about family and relationships as well. You'll find funny short stories about parenting, family life and the drawback of raising kids to be honest. And embarrassing moments abound whether she's falling off her high heels in front of her ex-husband's wife, discovering hair growing in the wrong places or sharing the tough way she lost 40 pounds.Andrea's authentic, honest and hilarious sense of humor is like listening to your best friend (or wishing you had one like this) over a cup of freshly brewed coffee in the kitchen or a glass of wine outside on a summer evening.More Rave Reviews…~ “A great work of fiction.” --An ex husband~ “This is a book everyone should buy.” - -Her creditors~ “Filled with funny stories, I wish she'd had this sense of humor when I raised the rent.” --Her landlord~ “I especially enjoyed the section on eyesight and the stupidity of texting while driving.” -- Used car salesman~ “With a sense of humor all her own, this funny lady may be just what you need to laugh out loud.” --Anonymous Readers Favorite Says…If you are looking for an inspirational book about gracefully coping with the less than appealing aspects of aging, Andrea Partee's "Aging with Humor and Grace" isn't that tale. Instead Partee provides hilarious insight into the pitfalls of aging in a self-deprecating way to which we can all relate...or will eventually be able to relate. You don't have to be a woman of a certain age to enjoy her witty, and often embarrassing take on wayward hair growth, bodily functions, pregnancy and child-rearing among dozens of other frighteningly funny topics. Partee's book is aptly named because she deals with embarrassment, insecurity and tragedy with both humor and grace. Subtly touting the grace that comes from the ability to laugh at oneself, "Aging with Humor and Grace" is a refreshing take on a genre typically focused on how to reverse the clock and make your fifty year old bum look twenty again. Written in a fast-paced, acerbic manner, this book allows women to laugh about the inevitability of aging in an effort to accept what comes. Instead of pretending as though she has found the secret to aging gracefully, Partee simply provides her funny take on the things we are often afraid to talk about in public. When the time comes for you to cope with the hazards of aging, skip the self-help section and pass by the plastic surgeon's guide to aging gracefully and go straight to the humor section where Partee will happily guide you down the road to aging gracefully and hilariously. - - Natasha Jackson for Readers' FavoriteScroll up and click the “look inside” feature or buy this treasure now.

Third Book of Catholic Jokes

Author : Deacon Tom Sherdian
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879466111
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Third Book of Catholic Jokes written by Deacon Tom Sherdian and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Pope Benedict XVI has said, "A writer once said that angels can fly because they don't take themselves too seriously. Maybe we could also fly a bit if we didn't think we were so important." Imagine the pontiff, now in his eighties and undoubtedly feeling the pains of growing older himself, cracking a joke about it to one of the cardinals in the Vatican. So must every married couple do as they go about the business of maintaining a loving, committed relationship...but discover that they still get on each other's nerves occasionally.Here is The Third Book of Catholic Jokes, chosen and told by Deacon Tom Sheridan, the former editor of The Catholic New World, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago. He is now retired and living with his wife in Florida. The book also features a Foreword by Father James Martin, SJ, the culture editor of America magazine and the author of Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life.This edition of this popular series of books focuses on the universal--and often hilarious--human experience of relating to one another and growing old together. These stories, jokes, lists, and one-liners are mostly about lay people and are told from a "Catholic" (that is, Roman Catholic) or a "catholic" (that is, universal and about everyone) perspective. They are "clean" and not "mean" and are certainly not intended to offend anyone of any faith or situation in life. But if we can't make fun of ourselves about the difficulties of growing older or trying to maintain our most intimate relationships over a lifetime, then how can we ever expect to "fly a bit"?

Suddenly Senior

Author : Tom Hay
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1783729317
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Suddenly Senior written by Tom Hay and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You might be getting a bit thin on top, plump at the middle and creaky around the knees, but that doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten how to enjoy yourself! This collection of witty quotations, light-hearted yarns and cheerful jokes will help you celebrate getting older with a smile on your face and a twinkle in your wrinkle.

The Joys of Getting Older

Author : Thomas Senior
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740708862
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Joys of Getting Older written by Thomas Senior and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An inspirational look at the beauty found within the Circle of Life." —The Times "A straightforward, clear-cut how-to book for putting a spark (or two!) back into your life. It truly describes the magical beauty to be found in the twilight years." &mdashYule Biyung, author and inspirational speaker Thomas and Cindy Senior are the best-selling husband-and-wife team who authored Retiring Gracefully and Senior Sex: How to Rekindle the Sizzle in Your Bedroom. In The Joys of Getting Older the tradition of their previous books, they have collected all their best advice and share their insights into how you can lead a happy and energetic life after reaching "that certain age." The Seniors are living out their dream retirement in sunny Florida, where hurricanes and theme parks provide routine stimulation in their lives.

Laugh and Live

Author : Lenore Hirsch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692197721
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (977 download)

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Download or read book Laugh and Live written by Lenore Hirsch and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of humorous essays about aging.

A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Old Age

Author : Stanley C. Baldwin
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458729710
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Old Age written by Stanley C. Baldwin and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''It started almost 15 years ago ... the assault on our prime-of-life status from every quarter of society.... Waitresses have stopped asking if we qualify for the senior discount; they simply give it to us. When I'm in public, young women step aside for me to enter doors ahead of them.'' Whether you are 50 or 70, you have probably shared some of Stanley Baldwin's experiences. Here is an opportunity to relive them with laughter. But, more important, in these pages you'll find an opportunity to reflect on how these life changes relate to your Christian life. This is a book for those who reject the grumpiness of aging and embrace the grace of life with Christ.

The Fountain of Humor for Seniors

Author : Richard G. Lazar, PhD
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456609408
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book The Fountain of Humor for Seniors written by Richard G. Lazar, PhD and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fountain of Humor for Seniors available as an eBook and in Audio files is a collection of jokes and stories targeted to seniors 50]. These jokes can be read and listened to by the senior him- or herself or read and/or played to them by the people who live, work or love them. The material is helpful to mind and body. It is funny, tasteful and likely to make most seniors laugh out loud. It's all about feeling good, feeling much better, reducing sad feelings, healing mind and body. All anyone needs to do is to laugh loud and long to feel good and better. Yes, it works. It's not a cure-all for aging and not a Fountain of Youth . . . simply a Fountain of Humora?[ for seniors. It is a supply of funny jokes and stories that really helps, for a while, to reduce the depression about aging, the loss of loved ones, chronic illness, loss of sight, sound and mobility. Our jokes and stories are provided through our unique process of selection, customization and cleansing by our "Joke-Jury." This combined publication of text and audio has been designed so that: A blind or partially blind person can hear the jokes and laugh. A deaf or partially deaf person can see the jokes and laugh. A healthy person can see and hear the jokes and laugh. Even the dying find something to laugh about for a moment in time and will ask for more jokes. My father-in-law, terminally ill with cancer, called often in his last year asking my wife and me to read a joke or two to him. Hearing him laugh from miles away also opened the door to comforting conversation and made it easier for all of us. This is mighty important for all of us. An 85-year-old, losing her mental capacities, repeatedly asked for our jokes to be read to her. It comforted her right up to her passing. A professional woman purchased the set for "signing" to groups of deaf people. She works with them as the audio version plays the jokes for her. Instructions are provided on how to read them to diverse senior audiences in institutional settings or families or to their friends. We believe that the elderly, infirmed, families or just two people enjoy the togetherness and communal feeling that laughter brings. People love having jokes read to them. That "legitimizes" laughing out loud. Everyone wants to laugh, whether they are kids age 1 or 100.

The Humorous Side of Aging

Author : Judy Deutchman
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505881493
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book The Humorous Side of Aging written by Judy Deutchman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAUTION!!!!!!!!...Readers are laughing days after they read! Hop on board to yesterday for seniors and baby boomers! This is the book for seniors that will bring you memories of yesterday filled with the old days then and now. You will laugh, then smile bringing your hearts home. Hop On Board and review this Fabulous book down memory lane for all seniors when ice cream was a nickle, and the quarter in the jukebox played your tune in the 1950's! For Seniors and Baby Boomers, "The Humorous Side Of Aging" Will bring you memories of Yesterday filled with the old days and the now. You will laugh then smile bringing your hearts home.

Rules for Ageing

Author : Roger Rosenblatt
Publisher : Prelude Books
ISBN 13 : 071564260X
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Rules for Ageing written by Roger Rosenblatt and published by Prelude Books. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People never learn. They make the same mistakes generation after generation. So here are the things that everyone should learn about life, then hope to remember. With a wry sense of humour, Rules for Ageing presents the most realistic, practical, pleasurable and, most importantly, painless advice you will ever receive. This book offers timeless advice for anyone still young enough to learn, and richly amusing reflections on life for those who have seen it all before.

Age Is Just a Number

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781640210356
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Age Is Just a Number written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Old age is no place for sissies." --Bette Davis From thought-provoking wisdom to laugh-out-loud funny, these 150+ quotes look at what it means to grow older. As they say, getting old is better than the alternative--especially when you can draw on the wit and wisdom of the ages to gain perspective. Age Is Just a Number gathers more than 150 quotations from writers, actors, athletes, humorists, politicians, and other great minds from throughout history. The quotations range from the irreverent ("The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."--Lucille Ball) to the whimsical ("Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional."--Walt Disney), to the sage ("Do not grow old no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born."--Albert Einstein). This delightfully illustrated collection makes a timeless gift for anyone who loves to be amused and inspired.

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Author : Roz Chast
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620406381
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? written by Roz Chast and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her elderly mother and father, Roz held to the practices of denial, avoidance, and distraction. But when Elizabeth Chast climbed a ladder to locate an old souvenir from the “crazy closet”-with predictable results-the tools that had served Roz well through her parents' seventies, eighties, and into their early nineties could no longer be deployed. While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies-an anxious father who had relied heavily on his wife for stability as he slipped into dementia and a former assistant principal mother whose overbearing personality had sidelined Roz for decades-the themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care. An amazing portrait of two lives at their end and an only child coping as best she can, Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant will show the full range of Roz Chast's talent as cartoonist and storyteller.

The Humorous Side Of Aging

Author : Judy Deutchman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781674960241
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Humorous Side Of Aging written by Judy Deutchman and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did you say about what goes through your mind about getting older? Do you contest it? "I don't want to get gray hairs?" Do you bring it on? "These days will be splendid!" When you think about the aging progression, does it make you honored to have survived this long? It's time to rejoice senior hood, let's go boogying! Don't decide on reaching the rest of your life well conserved. In Its place, jump in sideways with that little black dress, fitting you or not, then let it all out, with enthusiasm voicing out, I made it to the top!

How Not to Be Old (Even If You Are)

Author : Jill Orr
Publisher : Prospect Park Books
ISBN 13 : 1945551941
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book How Not to Be Old (Even If You Are) written by Jill Orr and published by Prospect Park Books. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PEOPLE Magazine Editor's Pick! “The book brims with wisdom, heart and self-deprecating humor. Friend to every generation, Jill Orr writes with an easy, knowing style — you can practically sense her smile radiating through the page.” — Columbia Daily Tribune Old suggests you have life experience, but OLD means you won’t shut up about it. Old brings with it a more relaxed pace of life, while OLD is synonymous with slow driving (and even slower digestion). Old comes with a quiet confidence envied by youth, but OLD comes with bitterness and a rigidity that youth cannot rightfully stand. While growing old is a privilege, becoming OLD is optional. If you don’t mind being “Okay, Karen-ed” by Millennials and Gen Zs, that's totally your choice. But if want to update some of your long-held beliefs (and possibly your even-longer-held hairstyle) to become more relevant, How Not to Be Old will clue you in on how a slight adjustment in behavior and thinking will help you more fully connect with today’s world... and the people who will be in charge of your nursing home one day. A humorous how-to guide on aging gracefully... or not. Perfect gift for boomers, GenX, & millennials looking to find the funny in getting older.

Aging Disgracefully

Author : Danny Cahill
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1626343993
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Aging Disgracefully written by Danny Cahill and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does it count as a midlife crisis if you screw up your life and you happen to be entering middle age, or did you screw up your life because you are entering middle age? And does it matter if you take the kind of life most people envy—wealth and success and recognition—and blow it up, hurting everyone you love along the way? Who does that?! Danny Cahill had made it, by any measure: He was a recruiting industry icon with a brilliant, lucrative career, hugely in demand as a motivational speaker, and a noted playwright and writer. But once a serious gym injury began to unravel his childhood deprivations, his mother’s shame-based modus operandi, and the choices he made in search of love, he realized he had thrown it all away in spectacular fashion. In Aging Disgracefully, Cahill takes on the emotionally tricky territory of memoir and charges into deep water to tell a frequently humorous and wonderfully dark tale that spares no one in his life, least of all himself. Painfully authentic and unapologetic, Cahill’s account reveals that no matter how the world rewards you for being at the top of your game, an unresolved past can follow you, shape your choices, and lead to comic and tragic results when lines are crossed. Cahill’s story is ultimately about climbing out of messes, saving ourselves from ourselves, finding exactly what we’ve been looking for, and realizing that it was there all along.

The Otherside of Aging Humor

Author : Judy Deutchman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781793326249
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Otherside of Aging Humor written by Judy Deutchman and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go Senior Citizens, & Jump in with our age, Young & Old! A good read to Just Laugh!Join Me On FB Page, The Humorous Side Of Aging.