Marriage Moats-Pause for Levity

Published: Tue, 01/24/12

Marriage Moats

Caring for Marriage

(If you want to hear Lori read the story click)here

I sing a song with the preschoolers called "No Laughing in This House". I made it up one day and kids have been belting it out ever since. The catch is that whatever verse I come up with is a clandestine invitation to do exactly what I forbid. When I say not to laugh, they do. When I admonish them not to tickle, there is an outbreak of wiggly fingers. When I say no dancing they leap to their feet and boogie. I love it.

Here are a handful of playful definitions sent to me by a friend, that made me laugh out loud. I want to offer them to you since sharing laughter is free, green, politically neutral, low calorie and carries no footprint. You can even enjoy them with your honey and call it a date.

Adult- A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is growing in the middle.

Beauty Parlor- A place where women curl up and dye.

Chickens- The only animal you can eat before they are born and after they are dead.

Committee- A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

Dust- Mud with the juice squeezed out.

Egotist- Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

Handkerchief- Cold storage.

Inflation- Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

Mosquito- An insect that makes you like flies better.

Raisin- Grape with a sunburn.

Secret- Something you tell one person at a time.

Skeleton- A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

Toothache- A pain that drives you to extraction.

Tomorrow- One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

Yawn- An opinion openly expressed.

Wrinkles- Something other people have, similar to my character lines.

Photo by Jenny Stein

you can support us at