(from Chapter 3, “Unrequited Love”)

If any of these hit too close to home, I apologize. But remember, self-deprecating humor is often the most appreciated!

A gawky collegian named Paul
Had no social graces at all.
His doc’s diagnosis:
“You’ve got halitosis,
But that’s better than no breath at all!”

(from Chapter 5, “Names in the News”)

The foibles and idiosyncrasies of famous people provide rich fodder for many cartoonists. They can find their way into limericks as well.

“Her housekeeping’s poor,” he often did grouse,
But Zsa Zsa demurred with her third or fourth spouse,
“But my dahling, of course,
Every time I divorce,
You’ll find that I always do keep the house!”

(from Chapter 8, “Vocations”)

Different lines of work offer opportunities to employ puns and, occasionally, to use stereotypes that are politically incorrect in normal everyday communications. Here are a few:

The banker appeared quite distressed
As to the old priest he confessed
That his exorcist’s bill
Remained unpaid still—
“I’m afraid that I’ve been repossessed!”

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A sales clerk was one of the rudest
When she said to a shopper, a Buddhist,
“On you nothing looks good!”
But she misunderstood
And decided she should be a nudist!