Humour helps!

I can cope with exercises like that! and I loved the last one. Met so many bolshie receptionists and medical secretaries in my time. Thank you, Wallis.

Can I ask whereabouts in Devon you are - we love it there, not long been back from our last pilgrimage.

Nefret

Good on you Wallis ! After a night of wandering round the house feeling wretched you gave me a real pick-me-up with those jokes. It`s hard to keep a sense of perspective sometimes but we should try to remember things could always be worse. Thanks ! :lol:

You couldn't have timed that better Wallis - went to bed miserable last night after badly damaging the car but woke up to a good laugh this morning - just what I needed......thank you. Nefret - I'll bet that you've got a good one to add!

Thanks so much - I do have this lovely idea of you all creeping around in the wee small hours, opening up your computers and then trying not to giggle and wake everyone else in the house up! Sorry to tell you that my husband has abandoned the Nordic poles so no more fun and games on that front.

However I have now started doing something called Modified pilates - I don't know what real pilates is like but this consists of lying around on mats mostly. No potato sacks or anything. Occasionally we are supposed to move arms and shoulders which I don't do for obvious reasons. The main thing is \"exercising our core\". This means tightening our pelvic floors (don't read, any male readers) whilst breathing rhythmically. This we were told one can do anytime, waiting at the bus stop, in Tescos etc. The only trouble is, I seem to tighten all of me, including clenching my jaw and baring my teeth, so if any of you see some poor woman making a funny face or looking in agony she's probably just \"tightening the pelvic floor\"! Bizarrely enough I do actually feel better for the class, can't think why, Love to all, keep smiling, Green granny

Green Granny - I fear you'll have Mr A joining in this thread to get his own back after your 'pelvic floor' posting!

Modified Pilates sounds interesting but I can't bend through the knees to get down on the floor, let alone get up again, so I think I'll stick to my Tai Chi where I keep upright (or try to!). The Day Centre is about to introduce Reflexology and I'm going for a 20 minute free trial shortly. Found that a great experience some years ago but when I tried it earlier during my worst PMR stage I found it too painful on the soles of the feet where I guess the inflammation had reached into the muscles - hoping for a better experience this time. Has anyone else out there tried it perhaps?

Thanks for that Wallis, a much needed laugh !

Think I overdid it yesterday at my first Hydrotherapy session and feeling a bit 'rough' today.

The thing is, I'm back there again tomorrow morning, 8.30 start !!

I'll have to take it easier and come back and read your posting again to cheer me up.

Where in Devon are you ? My home town is Exmouth, but now living in Shropshire.

Hope everyone is keeping as well as can be expected, this late sunshine must be helping.

Keep smiling,

DD

Hooray, what nice replies... I wondered whether it might not be the 'done thing' but, we need humour to cope with our treacherous bodies!

I live on the edge of Dartmoor, looking at the hills as I type....

I do a yoga/pilates dvd and find it really helps gently stretch ang tone. And I do my 'Abbaing', this is playing the Mama Mia dvd, picking the soundtrack only option with words, then dancing with my son's weights and singing. Sounds and probably looks awful, but mentally and physically does me good. One more for you...

[i:578827deb8]A man was riding his Harley beside a Sydney beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and in a booming voice,

The Lord said.

'Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.'

The biker pulled over and said, 'Build a bridge to New Zealand so I can ride over anytime I want.'

The Lord said; 'Your request is materialistic, think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking, the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help mankind.'

The biker thought hard about it for a long time. Finally, he said,

'Lord, I wish that I and all men could understand our wives. I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make a woman truly happy'.

The Lord replied;

'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?[/i:578827deb8]

Loved that latest one Wallis ! I`ve been going around feeling like that incredible hulk creature that suddenly splits all his clothes. But today i feel quite comfortable. Why? My stepdaughter gave me some maternity trousers she`d finished with and they`re great. Seriously girls you should try some. I`m hoping to go down to 27.5mg tomorrow so keep your fingers crossed for me. :roll: Shebob

Thanks again Wallis.

I didn't need cheering up after today's hydrotherapy session though.

I felt a lot better for it, hope the feeling lasts !!

Good old Dartmoor, I am sooo jealous, but Shropshire is nice as well, and not too far from the Welsh mountains.

Here's hoping that it won't be too long before I am able to climb some of them again.

Keep smiling all,

DD

New bods may not have seen these.... I've just found a few more to put a smile on your face. Enjoy.

An older couple is lying in bed one morning.

They had just awakened from a good night's sleep

He takes her hand and she responds, 'Don't touch me.'

'Why not?' he asked.

She answered, 'Because I'm dead.'

The husband asked...'What are you talking about? We're both lying here in bed together and talking to one another!'

She said, 'No, I'm definitely dead.'

He insisted, 'You are not dead. What in the world makes you think you're dead?'

'Because I woke up this morning and nothing hurts

***

If it weren't for STRESS

I'd have no energy at all

***

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand

***

Middle age is when broadness of the mind

and narrowness of the waist change places

***

Everyone has a photographic memory.

Some, like me, just don't have any film.

ps I blame the steroids (for everything) :D

WONDERFUL! :ok:

Hi Wallis

Good to hear from you again with \"just what the Doctor ordered\" humour! Keep them coming and hope you are still improving.

MrsO

[size=18:ee42888d9d]Twenty-five Certain Signs That You've Grown Up[/size:ee42888d9d]

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3 You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as \"dressed up.\"

10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 PM!

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

19 If you're a gal, you go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.

20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer \"pretty good stuff.\"

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

22. \"I just can't drink the way I used to,\" replaces, \"I'm never going to drink that much again.\"

23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.

24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

25. You switch from hating school and liking work to hating work and wishing you were back in school.

Roy and his wife Gail went to the state fair every year, and every year Roy would say, \"Gail, I'd like to ride in that helicopter\".

Gail always replied, \"I know Roy, but that helicopter ride is fifty bucks, and fifty bucks is fifty bucks.\"

One year Roy and Gail went to the fair, and Roy said, \"Gail, I'm 65 years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.\"

To this, Gail replied, \"Roy that helicopter ride is fifty bucks, and fifty bucks is still fifty bucks.\"

The pilot overheard the couple and said, \"Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word I won't charge you a penny! But if you say one word it's fifty dollars.\"

Roy and Gail agreed and up they went.

The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word...

When they landed, the pilot turned to Roy and said, \"By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!\"

Roy replied, \"Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Gail fell out, but you know, fifty bucks is fifty bucks!\"