[cake_crumb]

"I don't consider anyone's quadruple bypass to be the least bit humorous."

You then might be surprised to learn just how much humor helps patients in his position.

Last Monday, I nicknamed my MIL the "Bionic Woman" and am hoping it sticks. Humor helps recovery. Clinton's a politician. It's harmless political humor, which he had nothing to do with but no doubt "gets". He had nothing to do with that particular joke, but I betcha he knows exactly where it came from.

I've accused him of a lot of things over the years, but being humorless was never one of them.

I've read drily humorous posts from you before. If you lost that temporarily, I suggest you find it.

[the Deejay]

Humor helps recovery.

So true! Laughter is the best medicine.

[stuartcr]

Of course humor is good, but that is not what we have here. I'm sure Mr. Clinton would get a load of laughs from this thread.

[hummingbird]

You then might be surprised to learn just how much humor helps patients in his position.

Indeed. Norman Cousins in "Anatomy of an Illness" chronicled his use of humor in his healing. Many studies since his book seem to confirm this.