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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Fun LaughFun Laugh - Just another WordPress weblog 10 Funny Conversation Starters for Every Situation April 19, 2009 at 6:53 pm Peter Murphy asked: Funny conversation starters can be a risky business, but they can also add interest and sparkle to your conversations. People like, listen to and trust people who make them laugh. Get your conversation off to a great start by making people laugh straight away. Humor is personal, though, so if you can, get an idea of the sense of humor of the person you are talking to first. Does he or she tell jokes? Do they add a funny angle to their stories? Adding humor to your conversations is easier if you understand what makes something funny. The two main aspects to this are: 1. Surprise 2. Relationships Basically, that means keeping a punchline hidden until the very end of the joke, or bringing some unexpected element into your story, and building a relationship with your listener. To make other people laugh, you need to be relaxed or else your audience will not feel relaxed enough to laugh. They will feel uptight. So, stay true to your own sense of humor. Plenty of people will like it. 1. “Excuse me, but I do think it is time we met” will put a smile on most peoples faces without sounding too intimidating. 2. Share something funny that happened to you, especially if it was the same day. You will sound modest and that is quite an attractive quality. 3. “What kind of old person do you want to be?” intrigues people. Everyone hopes to get old and so they will have an opinion. Also, though, it will make people smile because you are taking old age as something positive - an unusual twist on any everyday topic will make people interested. 4. You could share a fun story about your children. They are a rich harvest for fun stories - and cute too! You could then ask something like ‘what is the weirdest thing you brought home when you were a child?” Take a little trip down memory lane with the person you are talking to. 5. How about asking - ‘what is the best question in the world?’ You are going for the element of surprise and this one has the added benefit that it sounds like you are interested in getting to know the other person. 6. If you are at a party, try bringing a funny card for the host and get everyone to sign it. What to write and what others have written will give you a wealth of funny conversation openers. 7. Ask someone about their worst holiday to introduce talking about one of your recent vacation mishaps. These can be really funny conversation starters, get people laughing and will not cause tension. In addition to this, everyone will start providing their worst vacation stories and everyone will be laughing over the unfortunate events. 8. This one might work best for the younger generation - to whom all things gross seem hilarious - but try asking about the worst meal the person has ever eaten or seen someone eat. It always seems to get people talking and makes them laugh. You will also bring in most women who are pregnant or who have ever been pregnant and had cravings. Perhaps skip this one over dinner, though! 9. Ask people about their pet peeves. People are always happy to talk about these. Done in the right way with a touch of humor, you will not come across as a moaner, but as someone with a keen sense of humor. 10. The tenth? …The tenth is up to you! I told you the element of surprise was important in humor. Seriously, you have learned a few things here about how to use humor in your conversations. You do not have to be the funniest person on the planet to open a conversation with humor. Just keep in mind your aim, which it to make people relax and get them talking. Funny conversation starters are really about giving the other person a relaxed way in to the conversation. Powered by HI-RanK Promotion Ten Ways to Make Life More Fun April 19, 2009 at 4:52 pm Keith Varnum asked: Contrary to the opinion of many parents, it's OK to want to have fun in everything you do in life. It's not selfish, insensitive or self-centered. Wanting life to be fun is natural, normal and healthy. Every aspect of life goes better with fun. Fun can lubricate even the most tedious chore. And fun can infuse even the most serious of situations with the lightness of love. May I suggest a few actions to keep your day light: 1. Practice random acts of connection. Really. It works. Wave to a firefighter. Smile at a cop. Salute a soldier. Hang with a kid. Have a friendly conversation with the cashier. Leave an outrageously generous tip. Drop in a shelter. Volunteer at a literacy program. Show up at a community fund-raising event. Serve others. When you give, you feel more connected to other people. And if you're not naturally motivated to reach out to others, think selfishly: any altruistic gesture—from buying someone a coffee to letting another driver in front of you—puts you on the fast track to feeling good. 2. Make at least one just-for-fun phone call a day. Water your field of dreams—your energy field! Call a friend who is consistently fun to talk to. Just for the heaven of it! … not for business or to have any other need met. Simply ring someone up for a sociable hello without any agenda or expectation. 3. Look upon life as a Mystery School. Welcome serendipity. Invite surprise. Cultivate spontaneity. Notice synchronicity. Know that the whole of your life—events, situations and people—has been secretly structured by your soul in order to bring you the experiences you want to have this lifetime. Approach life as if the whole of creation is conspiring to bring you goodness …because it is! Realize that unpleasant people and situations are deliberately placed in your path as a challenge to help you grow big enough to embrace even them. 4. Have an exciting destination. Seek wonder. Go toward joy, ease and adventure—not simply away from boredom, pain, struggle and fear. Don't dwell on the old. Focus on your destination—move towards a fun future. 5. Rejoice each step of the way. To keep from being overwhelmed—yet still make headway—break your larger goals down into more manageable steps. It's easy to become discouraged if each step looms large and requires a major expenditure of time. Take at least one action a day—no matter how minor. Then you can make some progress only if you have a few minutes. It may be something as little as gathering or setting out the materials for the next stage. As you take small steps, check them off as achieved. Give yourself a pat on the back for your progress. Always focus on the advancement you've made as being just as important as the distance you have yet to go. 6. Strive for success—not for perfection. Give up perfectionism! Perfectionism goes hand in hand with fear of success and failure. We feel in order to succeed we must be perfect. As perfectionists, we insure that we will never be satisfied with who we are. Giving up perfectionism means seeing the good in our lives rather than the faults, focusing on what is working rather than what is not working. Celebrate success in one aspect of your life each day. Look for the positive. Ask, "What did I do that was on the mark? Which parts of my day went well? What am I happy about?" This approach and attitude helps take the sting out of the aspects of your life that seem lacking. 7. Take a daily mini-vacation. Take 15 minutes each day to do . . . nothing! Nothing of any significance whatsoever. We need time each day to not race against the clock or be productive. As we slow down, our spirit is free to be restored and creative. Go on a walk. Listen to music. Sit on the couch. Dance, run, jog, skip or stretch. Write, paint or sketch. Pet an animal or plant. Listen to the wind. Take yourself on a date. Do something that is alive and energizing for you. The point is to relax. No multi-tasking. Don't live in your daily planner. And take a break from technology for a while. Turn off your phone, fax and pager. Our modern conveniences have made us more accessible and vulnerable to other's agendas and demands. 8. Just say "No." Consider everything you habitually say "Yes" to each day. Community involvement. Errands for family. Favors for friends. Daily calls. Regular visits. Take time to consult with your spirit. Ask, "Is this activity at this time, in this way, really serving me? Is this the wisest use of my time and energy for all concerned in the long run? Is this activity giving me more energy than it is ultimately taking? If the answer to these questions is "No," then your answer to the activity should be "No." In saying "No" to the people and events that aren't intuitively right for you, you are actually saying "Yes" to yourself—and to the people and values that mean the most to you. If you allow yourself to be tied up with disharmonious, non-aligned situations, you can't be available to share your true gifts with your family, friends and the world at large. 9. Give yourself a place lift. Do you long for more expanse, efficiency, easy flow and elbow room in your life? By intuitively re-arranging the elements of your daily life, you can create the space to nurture the fun, freedom, opportunities and effectiveness you desire. By clearing out the old, dead elements of your life, you create a natural vacuum and an unblocked channel for fresh, new energy and ideas to come into your private and professional life. 10. Share your life experience. Keep in mind that not everyone knows what you know. Your personal experiences can be valuable to others. You might be surprised by what some people don't know about life! I always am. We thrive when we feel we are valued and have left the world a better place at the end of each day. Leave a grand legacy. Happiness comes from sharing happiness. There are few joys that are as complete as bringing joy to another human being. Joy defies the laws of economics in that it's not something that we have less of when we give it away. Joy is something that grows greater for the giver as it is given. The more you give, the more you have. Powered by HI-RanK Promotion Can You Make a Woman Laugh? April 19, 2009 at 7:19 am Tristan Lee asked: When dating women, do you ever try to ***** a joke and end up getting a weird, raised eyebrow from her? Maybe you got one of those fake, awkward “ha-ha” laughs… If this ever occurs, say goodbye to any sort of seduction technique that you plan on using on her later in the evening. Like talking to women, making a woman laugh is also a skill set that will help her feel attraction towards you. The formula for laughing is actually pretty simple, but like anything else, it will take some practice. Here are some ways to get her laughing and feel comfortable being around you. First of all, you need to learn to relax and unless it’s an emergency, don’t take anything she says too seriously. Have the mindset that she’s just a sweet little girl that’s trying to hit on you. By doing this, you’ll be able to be self-deprecating without any concerns of what she thinks because you don’t care - she already likes you. If you can treat her the way you treat your nine year old niece, you’ll discover that making her laugh is pretty simple because you’ll start naturally coming up with jokes that are funny and stupid at the same time. This will help you in the long run since you can joke like this anytime without concerning about what she thinks of you. She will admire how open you can be and she will be able to open herself more to you, which you can then use to joke around with her. This will make dating women a lot easier. Once you’ve treated her like she’s a bratty little girl, you need “change things up.” If you constantly are throwing the same jokes over and over again, they will get stale fast. Throw in one or two in the beginning and then proceed to something else. There are many ways that you can make a women laugh using humor. But if you absolutely have no clue on how to make a women laugh, here’s a quick and simple formula on humor that you can use. Humor is usually created with 4 different elements - setup, target, tension, and misdirect. On top of this, everything has to be “organic” meaning what you say has to either “relate” or be “believable” (it could actually happen). Here’s an example. You’re dating a woman and you guys are having dinner for the first time. “So Ben, she says as she looks at you in admiration, “what do you to do for a living?” This is the setup. “Well… it’s kind of something that I take very seriously,” you say. This is the target as you are targeting her to think your occupation is something serious like a doctor, lawyer, or politician. “Oh?” she says interested, “Well what is it?” Look at her and pause for 3 whole sections. This is the tension. You sigh saying, “I actually work for… male enhancement?” At this point, she’ll most likely laugh and test you if you are being serious, because it might be true. “What exactly is it that you do…?” she asks. Setup again. She’ll most likely want a targeted answer like “helping guys build confidence with improving areas of their body.” You look at her to build tension, look down on your crotch, look back at her straight in the eye, then **** the biggest smile in your life, slowing saying to her, “Girl, you don’t even want to know.” Powered by HI-RanK Promotion How to Make Women Happy, Make Women Laugh and Fall in Love April 19, 2009 at 12:28 am Lubano Lim asked: If you ask women why they fall in love with a man, the most common answer you will hear are, “Well, he has a great sense of humor”, “Well, he is able to make me laugh again and again”. There is a reason why humor is such a desired quality. Everyone wants to be happy and laughter helps to create that kind of happiness. Psychologically, you can’t dislike someone who can make you laugh again and again, which is what made humor such an irresistible attribute. Laughter also helps to dissolve tension if there is any. If you desire to be more popular among women, you need to learn how to made women laugh. If you already have this ability, that’s great for you. But from my experience, most men happen to lose their sense of humor especially in front of women. If you are one of them, do not despair. Like riding a bicycle, humor is a skill that can be developed. If you are willing to put in more effort and practice it well and soon, you will be able to make women fall in love with you easily. Here are some simple tips that you can follow: Do not ***** jokes that you receive from email or seen from the internet, unless you absolutely sure that it is going to be funny or it is appropriate in the situation. Most of the time, the joke is not going to be funny or they have already heard the joke before. In fact, a common mistake made when telling a joke is. “Let me tell you a joke. It is so funny.” Why is that a mistake? Firstly, humor needs to have an element of surprise. When you know it is a joke, chances are you will try to resist laughing. Be cheerful and laugh more often without feeling inhibited. Practice smiling everyday. This is important because when you do this often, it will change the shape of your face and made you appear more cheerful. You will be able to laugh more naturally. There is no need to have a reason in order to laugh. Just laugh. It will make you a happier person. Be more observant. When you manage to make a woman laugh, record down what you did correctly. With more experience in your hand, you will be able to increase your success rate. Last but not least, enjoy! Powered by HI-RanK Promotion Good Speaker Can be a Good Leader April 19, 2009 at 12:05 am ibrahim asked: A good and successful speaker must be aware two important things – the content and structure of his speech.  The speech must contain the right and relevant information and presented in a manner that sustains the hearer's attention. A successful speakeralso knows how much information the audience can absorb in one sitting without losing interest. The presentation must be cogent with a logical beginning and an appropriate ending. It must be sequenced and paced so that the audience truly enjoys the speech. The speaker must not digress too much and lose the main thrust of his speech. The voice is probably the most valuable tool for any speaker. The listeners may have difficulty and feel uncomfortable hearing voices that are too fast, too loud, too soft, etc. A good speaker knows how to modulate his voice without changing the original nature of his voice. Experienced speakers lower their voice to draw the audience in, and raise their voice to stress a point. A voice that carries fear can frighten the audience, while a voice that sounds humorous can get the audience to smile and remain cheerful. Your body communicates different impressions to the audience. People not only listen to you, they also watch your body language. Adopting a good posture tells your audience that you know what you are doing and you care deeply about it. Also, a good posture helps you to speak more clearly and effectively. If you fail to gesture while speaking, you may be perceived as a bit stiff and monotonous speaker. Instead a lively speaking style captures attention makes the speech more interesting, and facilitates better understanding. Smiling while speaking is a powerful method to transmit happiness and spread warmth. Smiling is also contagious and others will react favorably. They will be more comfortable around you and will want to listen to you more. Lean forward when speaking as it gives hearers the impression that you are receptive, and amiable. Interpersonal closeness results when you and your audience face each other. Speaking with your back turned or looking away from the audience should be avoided as it communicates disinterest. The main negative factors of a speaker can be diffidence and nervousness which can affect voice clarity, posture, and spontaneity. The voice begins to tremble, shoulders tighten up and legs start to shake and cause unsteadiness. Always allow time at the end of the speech for listeners to raise questions. After inviting questions, do not rush ahead if no one asks a question. Pause for a while to allow the audience to regroup their thoughts. When a question is asked, repeat the question to ensure that everyone hears it and also to make sure you heard it right. When answering, direct your remarks to the entire audience and not merely to the questioner. Answers that last up to 40 seconds work best. If they are too short, they seem abrupt; while long answers appear too elaborate. If you are invited to deliver special speeches or keynote addresses, then you need to take time to prepare. Speeches, on such occasions, must follow a format – and preferably contain interesting anecdotes, pleasant humor, quotations etc to sustain audience interest.  Most of us are aware of the power of an audience. It is often a frightening experience when looking at of several pairs of eyes looking at us expectantly and in silence.  It takes a little courage, but the rewards are enormous. Whether you are managing a business, heading an institution or running a home, you need leadership qualities to excel.  Once you are able to see what others expect of you, then you can move on to developing all essential skills of leadership such as good communication skills, gift of expression, ability to think spontaneously, sense of humor, compelling presence etc. Powered by HI-RanK Promotion   This email was sent to bobonicplague@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.