We are collecting safety humor for a new book of safety ideas. If you have any jokes or cartoons please send them.
I ran across a good one today in the 1981 movie Cannonball Run. This movie had a number of big name actors and actresses. It involved a cross country race on public highways and was quite funny.
Between minute 31 and 32 in the movie, in a scene the night before the race was to begin, a mechanic was repairing a motorcycle in a hotel room. The rider had a clutch problem and was testing the fix. Out of control in the hallway, he knocked down a man with an unnamed government safety organization, crashed into the hotel bar where patrons were relaxing and celebrating, and went out a window. Sammy Davis Jr said to Dean Martin "What was that?" Dean Martin replied "That was the National Safety Council entry."
Humor involves something unexpected. Humor can be used as a way to convey serious thoughts and ideas. In the motorcycle example there are so many ways to explain the humor that it is a valuable joke.
David Sneed
I ran across a good one today in the 1981 movie Cannonball Run. This movie had a number of big name actors and actresses. It involved a cross country race on public highways and was quite funny.
Between minute 31 and 32 in the movie, in a scene the night before the race was to begin, a mechanic was repairing a motorcycle in a hotel room. The rider had a clutch problem and was testing the fix. Out of control in the hallway, he knocked down a man with an unnamed government safety organization, crashed into the hotel bar where patrons were relaxing and celebrating, and went out a window. Sammy Davis Jr said to Dean Martin "What was that?" Dean Martin replied "That was the National Safety Council entry."
Humor involves something unexpected. Humor can be used as a way to convey serious thoughts and ideas. In the motorcycle example there are so many ways to explain the humor that it is a valuable joke.
David Sneed
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