Laughter, The Best Medicine: Those Lovable Pets: Reader's Digest Funniest Pet Jokes, Quotes, and Cartoons
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The 500-plus pet anecdotes, cartoons, and quotes in Laughter Is The Best Medicine: Those Lovable Pets have been collected from more than eight decades' worth of Reader's Digest magazines and are guaranteed to cheer up your day. You'll meet the woman whose dog trembled at the "Beware of Dog" sign in their front yard until she told him, "Relax! It's you!"; the vet whose advice to a woman whose cat had swallowed lots of unpopped popcorn was, "first, keep him out of the sun"; the mother-in-law who concealed her way-too-plump piglet's weight loss pills in ice cream; and much more.
Our furry or fine feathered friends not only warm our hearts but also amuse us (and our joke writers, too) with their antics-one reason, no doubt, the market for this book is so vast: At the minimum, 40 percent of American households own at least one pet.
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A trusted friend in a complicated world, Reader’s Digest is all about being real. Considered America's most trusted brand, Reader’s Digest simplifies and enriches lives by discovering and sharing fascinating stories, interesting ideas and exceptional experiences in addition to advice on health, home, family, food and finance. Looking for something to tickle your funny bone as well? Reader’s Digest has just what the doctor ordered. Our content is delivered in multi-platforms including print, digital, books, and home entertainment products.
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"Honey, the dog learned a new trick and now
I owe him twelve dollars."
I keep five dogs in my backyard, in four houses of various sizes. One day, during a heavy rainstorm, I went out to check on my pets. The big house was occupied by one dog, the middle-sized house held two, and the small houses had one pet each. Satisfied that they were all snug and dry, I left. A little later lightning streaked across the sky and thunder boomed. When I peeked out the back door, all the houses were empty except the big one. In it were all five dogs.
—JUNE CROSSLAND
Our happy little fox terrier, Cookie, had a game all her own. Every time we climbed into our car, she took a head start to race us to the bottom of the hill. Down the driveway she would scoot, across our near-neighbor’s lawn, down the hill, across a basketball court, through a little gate, around our new neighbor’s house, and through her front hedge just in time to grin at us as we caught up a half block from home.
Our new neighbor down the hill, upon meeting us for the first time recently, remarked, We always know when you folks are going somewhere.
How can you tell?
I asked.
Well,
she said, it’s strange, but always just before you drive past our house, our cat climbs a tree.
—MRS. W. T. BOONE
Our daughter was working as a telemarketer for a home-security firm. Once while she was reciting all the benefits of the system to a potential customer, he interrupted her and said, We don’t need it because we have a big dog.
That’s great,
my daughter replied. But can he dial 911?
—EVELYNE DREEBEN
For sale: Eight puppies from a German shepherd and an Alaskan hussy.
—RICHARD A. HARMS
Driving to work one morning, I heard an announcement on the radio about a lost dog. The deejay said the owner was offering a cash reward for its return. Getting to the traffic segment of his broadcast, the deejay asked the helicopter pilot who monitors morning rush hour what the roads were like. To heck with the traffic,
the pilot said on the air, we’re going to look for that dog!
—SUZANNE DOPP
I’m a police officer and occasionally park my cruiser in residential areas to watch for speeders. One Sunday morning I was staked out in a driveway, when I saw a large dog trot up to my car. He stopped and sat just out of arm’s reach. No matter how much I tried to coax him to come for a pat on the head, he refused to budge. After a while I decided to move to another location. I pulled out of the driveway, looked back and learned the reason for the dog’s stubbornness. He quickly picked up the newspaper I had been parked on and dutifully ran back to his master.
—JEFF WALL
I was in a bank when a man entered with a rather large dog on a leash. When he asked if it was okay to bring his pet into the building, a bank official answered, Yes, providing he doesn’t make a deposit.
—JOHN REED
The drive-up window at the bank where I’m a teller has an outside drawer to accept customer transactions. A woman once drove up with her dog in the front seat, and the pet eagerly jumped over onto the driver’s lap when the car reached my window. He looked excited to see me. Your dog is so friendly!
I said to the owner.
He thinks he’s at McDonald’s,
she replied.
—MARILYN BOURDEAU
As a mail carrier in Florida, I was attempting to deliver a certified letter when I heard a dog barking furiously on the other side of a front door. I stepped away from the door as the homeowner appeared, and asked that the dog be kept inside. It was too late. The little dog started yelping and jumping on me. I froze. As the customer signed for his letter, he kept saying, Don’t worry, he won’t bite you.
Just then the dog turned and bit its owner.
—RAMONA OCCHIUZZO
Whenever the alarm goes off after-hours at the municipal office where I work, the security company calls me at home and I have to go back and reset it. Late at night I got one of those calls. As I was getting ready to head out the door, my husband groggily said, You’re not going down there by yourself at this hour.
Just as I was thinking, How thoughtful of him, he added, Better take the dog with you.
—RUTH RODDICK
A new restaurant near our office boasted exotic fare. And exotic it was. When our dessert arrived, my coworker sniffed her chocolate dish and grimaced. It smells like cocoa,
she said.
It’s chocolate—shouldn’t it smell like cocoa?
I asked.
More confused than I was, she answered, Cocoa is the name of my dog.
—CYNTHIA ZHANG
My sister-in-law, a truck driver, had decided to get a dog for protection. As she inspected a likely candidate, the trainer told her, He doesn’t like men.
Perfect, my sister-in-law thought, and took the dog. Then one day she was approached by two men in a parking lot, and she watched to see how her canine bodyguard would react. Soon it became clear that the trainer wasn’t kidding. As the men got closer, the dog ran under the nearest car.
—DANNY ARIAIL
My wife found this flyer taped to a neighborhood telephone pole:
Found, male yellow Lab, very friendly. Loves to play with kids and eat Bubbles. Bubbles is our cat. Please come get your dog.
—ROBERT CHAPMAN
"When are you getting the windshield
wipers fixed, Harold?"
Who could resist this sales pitch my ten-year-old daughter, Courtney gave, describing what her future would be like. She told me she would have three dogs.
Why three?
I asked.
Courtney said that when she slept, she’d have one big dog to rest her head on like a pillow, and a small one cuddled under each arm.
Oh,
I replied, So if you’re in bed with the three dogs around you and in your arms, what about your husband?
Courtney was quiet for a moment as she thought this through. Finally she said, He can get his own dog!
—WALLY VOGEL
Our dog, a Shih Tzu, was missing, and we
advertised on the radio and in the paper.
Several days later, a woman called.
I think I have your dog,
she told my wife,
but I don’t know what a Shih Tzu looks like.
"Point your finger at the animal
and say, ‘Bang!’" my wife told her.
In a few minutes the woman was back on the line.
The dog fell over,
she reported.
We had found our pet.
—BILL MORRIS
Friends of mine sold their country home to move to the city after arranging for the new owners to keep their dog that they said was an excellent watch dog.
On their first night in the city, they received a frantic phone call from the new owners. Please come back and collect your dog,
they begged. We’ve been out for the day and it won’t let us back onto the property.
—NORMA KAWAK
At the end of the day, I parked my police van in front of the station house. My K-9 partner, Jake, was in the back barking, which caught the attention of a boy who was passing by. Is that a dog you have back there?
he asked.
It sure is,
I said.
What did he do?
—CLINT FORWARD
A man and his dog entered the hardware store where I work. The man turned right, toward housewares. The dog turned left, toward pet supplies. The man returned to the checkout counter with kitchen tiling. The dog returned to the checkout counter with a fleece toy. The man paid for both, and they left, each carrying his own item.
—KENT MILLER
Once while riding the bus to work, I noticed a man at a stop enjoying a cup of coffee.
As we approached the stop, he finished drinking and set the cup on the ground. This negligence surprised me, since it seemed to be a good ceramic cup.
Days later I saw the same man again drinking his coffee at the bus stop. Once again, he placed the cup on the grass before boarding. When the bus pulled away, I looked back in time to see a dog carefully carrying the cup in his mouth as he headed for home.
—VALERIE A. HUEBNER
I was editing classified ads for a small-town newspaper when a man called to place an ad.
It should read,
he said, ‘Free to good home. Golden retriever. Will eat anything, loves children.’
—ELLEN YOUNG
Recently, my husband and I went to the movies. When the film ended, we sat for a few minutes discussing how disappointing it was. When we stood up, we overheard another couple having the same discussion. The man said, For that we left the dog alone at home?
—LOIS DAVIS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
I had just come out of a store when the blast of a car horn scared me. When I turned to yell at the rude driver, I found a large white poodle sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car. When the impatient dog honked again, a man came scurrying out of a shop, shouting, I’ll be there in a minute!
Did you teach your dog to do that?
I asked the man.
Yes,
he answered in exasperation, and now he won’t let me go anywhere!
—NANCY E. HAIGH
A truck ran a red light, almost sideswiping our car. As my husband veered away, he threw his arm across me, protecting me from a possible collision. I was ready to plant a big kiss on my hero’s cheek when he apologized. In his haste, he admitted, he had forgotten it was me in the front seat and not our black Labrador, Checkers.
—APRIL COLE
QUOTABLE QUOTES
So many of Lassie’s fans want to ask: Is he allowed on the furniture? Of course he is—but then, he’s the one who paid for it.
—JULIA GLASS
I dressed my dog up as a cat for Halloween. Now he won’t come when I call him.
—ROOFTOP COMEDY
Dogs don’t bark at parked cars.
—LYNNE CHENEY
You own a dog; you feed a cat.
—JIM FIEBIG