Bloopers for Belly Laughs on a Stressful Day

Do your words really convey the message you want?

Think twice about putting words together! Just a few words out of place can make folks double over with a belly laugh over your blooper! Here're ten side-splitting examples!

1. Here's 150 Resume Mistakes, Bloopers and Blunders to check out...

2. Newscasters caught saying the wrong thing

3. Dave Letterman presents the Top 10 Bush Bloopers on video...

Remember when Bush said, "The left hand doesn't know what the right hand's doing," and he held up the wrong hand?

4. Courtroom Bloopers - yes, it happens often. For example...

Q. Doctor, did you say he was shot in the woods?
A. No, I said he was shot in the lumbar region.

5. Doctor's blooper

A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"

6. Student bloopers listed in the Chronicle of Higher Education Forums:

This semester, my student plans to do a report on Salvador Deli. I can't wait to hear about the surreal sandwiches.

“Sudden death occurs when the weekend heart valves fail.”

I guess the weekday heart valves take time off.

7. Bloopers in ads

At An Auto Repair Service Station:

Free pick-up and delivery
Try us once, you'll never go anywhere again.

8. Bloopers in Classifieds

1 man, 7 woman hot tub -- $850/offer

Amana washer $100. Owned by clean bachelor who seldom washed

Free puppies...part German shepherd part dog

9. Doctor Charting Blooper:

From the physician's notes about a first-time pregant, newly admitted OB patient: "Patient is a 26-year old primate."

10. Dan Quayle at his best...

Press: Mr. Vice President, if you were to suddenly become President, do you think you would be up to the job?Dan Quayle: If such an unfortunate thing were to happen, yes, I believe I would be.San Jose Mercury News (3/31)

In a given day people laugh less, just when the brain needs more... I know a good laugh can turn around a mistake and put me back on course... How about you?

Laughter can quickly change your mood, especially if you're uptight and frustrated on a work day. Here's how that happens...

When you spot or hear or a blooper, Serotonin, a chemical that brings well being, is released in your brain. Serotonin changes your perspective. Be sure to give yourself a dose when you find yourself in a pinch.

Brad Shorr's having a writing contest to win an iPod nano and this blog's my entry.
He'll have a random drawing if he gets 10 entries... Want to give it a go?

Check out Word Sell, where Brad Shorr offers tips to use words with flair...

So, get your brain dendrites rolling, and let's see what you create....