Life Is a Joke - by The Javna Brothers (Paperback)

About the Book

"It's the perfect marriage of wisdom and wit--here are 100 valuable lessons on how to live, drawn from 100 hilarious and unforgettable jokes. A really good joke, like a great poem, memorable song lyric, razor-sharp anecdote, or Zen koan, is a portal of discovery--it can get a meaningful message across in a way that's clear, humorous, and practical. It's the secret weapon of every great comedian--there's the joke, and then there's the subtext of the joke, and that can mean serious business. A funny, funny joke about a therapist and his patient conveys, for example, an important lesson on the power of communication. A surprising joke about a tribal shaman and the weather service turns into a necessary critique on how we should view experts"--

Book Synopsis

The wit and wisdom of jokes. In that order.

Did you hear the one about the man who was convinced he was dead?

It's a classic, and like the 99 other joke in this book, you'll delight in the reading and even more in the telling. There's also the one about Einstein and his chauffeur. The woman who went on vacation and left her pet cat with her sister. The farmer with the three-legged pig.

But when the laughter settles, something else happens. In the masterful hands of the Javna brothers, each joke reveals insights into human behavior--and tips for putting that insight into action--that you'll want to share as readily as the jokes themselves.

About the Author

The Javna brothers (Gordon & John) are founders of the Bathroom Reader's Institute and creators of the bestselling Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series (more than 15 million copies in print). Gordon was publisher and editor-in-chief of Portable Press and The Bathroom Readers' Institute from 2000 to 2016. John has written dozens of books on pop culture and the environment, and founded EarthWorks Press in 1989. His book 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth sold 5 million copies and was a #1 New York Times bestseller in 1990. Writing as the EarthWorks Group, he has sold over 10 million books on environmental activism.