Topic: Dark sense of humor?

Jul 28, 2017 04:37PM illimae wrote:

ninetwelve, I love that, I'm going to use it on my husband.

I made this one day at work for my amusement.

Sep 16, 2017 02:38PM LimnoGal wrote:

illimae- I love the Uncle Fester look, and I really love that you have the moxie to wear it at work. You go, girl!!

We had a work retreat a few weeks ago. Staff had to provide a "fun fact" about themselves for an icebreaker activity. I wanted to use "I currently have the most expensive hairdo ever." My DD told me in no uncertain terms that cancer was not funny. Whatever...

Sep 17, 2017 02:23PM marijen wrote:

I love it Illimae - I'm one of you. It's all good.

Sep 17, 2017 03:38PM illimae wrote:

I think your son should totally use it to his advantage. I find the silver linings wherever I can. And we would have fun, we'd get into so much trouble and blame on cancer!

I'm doing a dia de los muertos 5k next month and although I don't have a joke for it yet, I am a bit amused by the idea of walking around with a skull painted face. I AM the walking dead, bitches!

Oct 12, 2017 02:23PM ErenTo wrote:

Great thread! Love people with a sense of humour, even in the most dire of situations. I do a lot of word play along the line of 'when I died...' (cardiac arrest). I'm careful not to scare my husband with metaphorical 'my heart is going to stop', it's too close to home to be funny.

A friend's mother was dying of cancer. It was around month end. She told her husband: 'Let's hope I'll make it to the 1st so at least you'll get my pension'. Family was used to her dark sense of humour and had a good laugh about it!

Nov 6, 2017 05:00PM Legomaster225 wrote:

Hey Illimae. I noticed your emoji grew hair! Hope you’re doing alright.

Mar 21, 2018 11:28PM illimae wrote:

Sep 8, 2019 12:52PM HopesFiercely wrote:

I have found my people! Humor has been helpful in my coping with MBC and it seems to put others a little more at ease.

While I was in surgery to have a metastatic brain tumor removed and my family sat waiting until it was over my son and daughter-in- law shared a story of how one morning after my hair had just started to grow back after chemo I looked in the mirror and thought 'who is that. Reminds me of who... ' after a while I realized I looked like ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's puppet, Walter. Grumpy old man, baldish on top, fluffy short hair sticking out on sides, squinty eyes. I AM not an old man, however the other descriptions may have applied.

I was delighted to think of them sitting and sharing laughter and good memories as they waited.

Mar 25, 2020 08:54AM Legomaster225 wrote:

Love the status update. Hang in there Illimae! You are one tough cookie!

Mar 25, 2020 01:30PM illimae wrote:

Lego, thanks and Hi 👋

Dogmom, I do something similar with my DH but not too often, it sure is handy though, lol

Mar 26, 2020 04:46PM Elderberry wrote:

illimae: I used your name to post. I love the pics you post. I am a whole lot older than you but, as the saying goes, I still feel like a teenager except on the stairs or in the mirror. Everyone is concerned about the elderly in this COVID 19 crisis. They aren't talking about ME. Surely not.

Mar 26, 2020 05:45PM Elderberry wrote:

MinusTwo: isn't that too true? I was a pretty nice teenager after I got past being 15. But I did have some pretty naive notions and I did some stupid things. I was, to my credit, never a Mean Girl. I was the one they picked on. I have gotten over that and wish them well. I am quite sure most of them did not grow up to star in one of the "Real Housewives of____________"

Mar 27, 2020 01:28PM 7of9 wrote:

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Mar 27, 2020 08:46PM bcincolorado wrote:

You all crack me up I must say in this time especially. I not only have been fighting cancer but live with a transplant patient and I have dementia I am fighting as well right now with Primary Progressive Aphasia and will lose my words at some point. We have always felt if you can't laugh you cry. Thank you for finding these great things and sharing these and brightening my day.