Wanna laff? Need to laff? This book is a must-have! The benefits will last you a lifetime. IMPORTANT: Those who purchase and like my Wanna Laff book are happier, smell gooder, more intelligent, and better lookin’ than those who don’t, accordin’ to a study I made up.
Written in dust on a picnic table on a windy day somewhere just east of Sherman, Texas: 200 pages of good, clean, wholesome, funny stuff, along with information that'll change your life for the better.
Pocket Book size (5.5"x 8.5")
Section 1 - The Science & Health of Laughter.
Section 2 - The Theology of Laughter
Section 3 - The Therapy of Laughter with over 1,423 jokes.
Section 4 - Personal Sharing
Sooner or later, every Wanna Laff’s book reader will ask me, “What’s up with your funny bird logo?”
Well, his name is Boomie, and he’s a very rare bird. His scientific name is Cardinalis Cyanocitta, which means he’s kind of a mix between a Cardinal and a Blue Jay but with green eyes. This friendly little bird flutters from tree to tree in the thick cover of a lush forest. Usually, he doesn’t stay put but for a minute or so on a branch. I was able to sketch him quickly when hiking in a Tennessee forest.
I liked him so much that he became my official Baby Boomer “logo,” which my son, Jonathan, developed for me, who also designed the cover for the Wanna Laff 6th Edition book.
Boomie's quite the jokester. Instead of being a “songbird,” he’ll tell you jokes until you tire of them. His jokes are much like “silly dad jokes,” you know... “groaners.” By the way, Boomie really liked most of the jokes I read to him from the final draft of my book before I had it printed. I even included some of his in it.
The following are wonderful to read aloud in a public place to your loved ones or even to strangers, but especially to grandkids and teenagers, as they will elicit extremely loud groans and blushing embarrassment… guaranteed!
Here are some questions I recently asked Boomie, and his out-on-a-limb answers were:
● Me: When should you buy a bird? Boomie: When it’s going cheep!
● Me: Did you hear the one about the crow and the telephone pole? Boomie: Yeah, he wanted to make a long-distance caw.
● Me: How does a bird with a broken wing manage to land safely? Boomie: With its sparrowchute. Duh.
● Me: Why did the little bird get in trouble at school? Boomie: Because he was caught tweeting on a test.
● Me: How do crows stick together in a flock? Boomie: Velcrow.
● Me: What do you get if you cross a duck with a firework? Boomie: A firequacker!
● Me: What robs you while you’re in the bathtub? Boomie: A robber ducky.
● Me: What’s the name of the canary that flew into the pastry dish? Boomie: Tweetie Pie!
● Me: How do you catch a unique bird? Boomie: Unique up on it.
● Me: What's the difference between a fly and a bird? Boomie: A bird can fly but a fly can't bird.
● Me: What does a 500 lb. canary say? Boomie: Here kitty, kitty, kitty!
● Me: What do you get when you run over a bird with your lawnmower? Boomie: Shredded Tweet!
● Me: How do you get down off an elephant? Boomie: You don’t! You get down off a duck.
● Me: What did Baby Boomers call a chicken in the 1960s? Boomie: A funky chicken.
● Okay Boomie, my turn to tell you a "joke": "A traveling sideshow puts up a help wanted ad. A guy gets all excited and applies. The sideshow owner brings him in for an interview and asks, 'Ok, what's your talent? What can you do for me?' The guy says, 'I do a really great bird impression!' The owner responds, 'Hey, no thanks. Plenty of people can do that.' So the guy says, 'Oh, okay...well thanks anyway,' and flies away." Boomie rolls his eyes at me and flies away.
So, if you’re ever out hiking in the woods or a forest and you’re not feeling too good, be sure and look up for Boomie as he’ll give you a tweetment.
Look carefully; these "hidden items" are on the 6th edition's front cover. They are not listed in order. It is best to see them if you hold the book with a magnifying glass and flashlight. You did buy a book, right? You didn't? Better hurry before the price increases to $49.95. Uhhhh, well, anyway, here they are and what they mean:
1. Tennessee and Texas flags: I was born and raised in Sherman, TX.
October ('24), I will have lived in Collierville, TN, for five years. Before that, my wife and I visited here twice a year for twelve years.
2. Tennessee state flag hatband. It's the volunteer state, yall.
3. Idaho on the coffee pot in honor of the beautiful state where I love to spend time in coffee shops. I have never even taken a sip of coffee. I love their atmosphere and herbal teas.
4. Glue on red, white, and blue patriotic toenails from Buc-ee's.
5. Green headband in honor of North Texas State University, the “Mean Green” in Denton, Texas, where I attempted pre-med studies after barely graduating from Tabor.
6. Baseball cap with a cool Tabor College logo.
7. The black pot of chili that Cooter pulled down on himself, as revealed on page 148.
8. Stella Jo bought the Texas coffee cup at Buc-ee's in Melissa, Texas. She and Bubba's home is decorated in Buc-ee's artifacts. Sometimes, they will drive 30 minutes from Sherman South on Hwy. 75 to use their restrooms and grocery shop.
9. A black pill bottle with a bull’s head refers to page 125.
10. The football in honor of the years I tried to play it at Tabor College. I played guard, tackle, and end. Yep, I guarded the water bottles, tackled any band member who tried to "steal one," and sat at the end of the bench.
11. The Sherman Bearcat logo honors SHS, as I barely graduated high school in 1968. See pages 169-170.
12. Purple striped tie honors Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa. I graduated in March, 1984. How? I still don't know.
13. Chiropractic “angel” in honor of the amazing chiropractic profession.
14. The Bluejay logo honors the sports played at Tabor College, of which I tried to play one of them.
15. 46-64 in an oval in honor of Baby Boomers born from 1946 to 1964. You know who you are. I don't. But you do.
16. Five cola cans each represent a decade; therefore, it is 50 years since Louann and I would have been married on August 2, 2024.
17. Patriotic red, white, and blue lawn chair. It was "accidentally" blown up by Cooter Jr on 7/4/24 when he lit a "Feel the Blast" firework underneath it. Fortunately, Bubba Jr was not injured, but it did blow his tee-shirt off and a boot. The book was found unscathed, floating in Lake Texoma.
18. Billy Bob and Billie June talking into an old-timey “flip phone.”
19. Boomie. Read about this little bird on page 194.
20. A heart with initials carved into a tree trunk in memory of falling in love with Louann Boese while students at Tabor in September of 1973. See page 200.
21. University of Texas Longhorn sleeveless T-shirt.
22. The steak. How in the world could anyone hide a 72-ounce steak? Jr could. In his stomach.
23. The ten cartoon characters represent the people I grew up with in Sherman, Texas. I will reveal who they are when the statute of limitations runs out on them and in reading my will. Don't worry if you identified yourself; your secrets are safe with me if your checks keep coming and don't bounce.
24. The yellow oval represents "the yolk's on you" and me and them.
25. The broom symbolizes this “Easter Egg Hunt” game you’ve played of Hide and “Sweep-seek” with me.
So, how did you do? Did you find one or two I didn’t mention? Message me to let me know.
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