TOO ILL TO LAUGH??

Hello,

I have to agreed with you all whole heartedly.  I'm terminally ill and I don't know where I'd been without my sense of humour its just like an old friend and gets me through my darkest days.

So keep the humour rolling on in.

Love to you all

Chris x x x

I just cannot believe were here again!    All the fuss before because of mine and other peoples jokes and we ended up with a jokes corner and now this again.   I stopped posting jokes eventually because of criticism about quality of jokes blah blah blah.   More to the point it beggars belief that admin are listening to complaints about laughter.  I believe there is a hard core few on this site who are hell bent on causing trouble and somehow manage to get admin to take them seriously.  You couldn't make this up could you?  Sense of de jeja vu or what?????????

I totally agree with you Liz, but I just hope it's not going to go back to the way it was, with a whole section of the home page taken up with humourous anecdotes and jokes.  It's great for us "old timers" who are used to the vagueries of the site and may be looking for a spot of light relief, but imagine if you were new, desperate, looking for help, answers, miracles and all you find are jokes.... First impressions count, and I fear we may scare away people who really need this site.   We mustn't lose sight of the fact that this is first and foremost a cancer support site, we still have a Jokes group, let's try and use it.

Marsha x

I have been on the receiving end of some sharp criticism. I can understand some people wanting to make comment or even feeling so strongly that they  need to make comment. I really haven't got a problem with that. What I do have a problem with is the manner in which some people make comment or criticsm. There is some pretty heavy stuff on this site which is not surprising given the nature of what we are facing but that doesn't mean we can't have a laugh if we want one. In fact , some of us get a lot of relief from a joke, a merry quip or a piece of humourous writing. Charlie Chaplin said that laughter was the best medicine and he was right and it is a proven medical fact that state of mind can have a beneficial effect on the recovery from serious illness. Why read it if you don't like it? Cancer puts us and our families through so much. Why self flagellate as well? So live and let live.

Keep smiling,

love

Drew

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Well said!  Caroline XX