TAT Forum Humor
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Order Beyond Mind, Beyond Death 
Humor:
Zen Crossword |
Bro. Theo looking for Self |
Market Forecasting |
Bro. Theo on Predestination |
Plato and Aristotle (by Steve Harnish) |
Bro. Theo "I am not a body" |
Smile (W.C. Fields) |
Responsibility (Ambrose Bierce) |
Loch Ness therapy |
Great Faith in Fools (E.A. Poe) |
Endeavor (Chris Madden) |
Grass Looks Greener (Selig) |
Pepper and Salt cartoon |
Land of Wise Men (Chris Madden) |
Sattvic humor from www.sivananda.org |
The joke's on Lin-Chi |
Finding his True Self (Chris Madden) |
Mae West |
Miss Piggy |
On Fools: Lincoln, Mark Twain, Anonymous |
Zen Comedy Club |
Religion of Cowardice (Shaw) |
Relativity (Einstein) |
Births & Funerals (Twain) |
Philosophical Neighbor |
When Caught between Two Evils (Mae West) |
When the End of the World Comes (Mark Twain) |
Free of All Prejudices (W.C. Fields) |
Beds of Nails |
Treat Children as Adults |
Success Formula (Einstein) |
From There to Here (Dr. Seuss) |
Baiting the Baiter (Chris Madden) |
Some Say the World Will End in Fire (Robert Frost) |
Skiing (Chris Madden) |
Love Involves (Diane Arbus) |
Key to a Successful Marriage (Warren Buffett) |
If Love is the Answer (Lily Tomlin) |
Free to Good Home |
George Carlin quips |
Forgot My Passwords |
Infinity (Einstein) |
Driven to Drink (WC Fields) |
Novocain Refusal (Dzogchenpas) |
"Dear IRS" from Snoopy |
Know Yourself (Ann Landers) |
Stress (anon.) |
Shielding Men from their Folly (Herbert Spencer) |
Stress Management |
Beethoven Gravesite |
Pumpkin Geometry |
Thought pun, creation pun (John B.) |
My Principles (Groucho Marks) |
Doctor's Office Plants (Billy Crystal) |
A Sobering Thought (Woody Allen) |
What the Old Priest had Learned (Andre Malraux) |
Buddha Baby (photo) |
Frisbeetarianism |
Gandhi on Modern Civilization |
Robot Wiring |
Adversity (Samuel Johnson) |
Donkey Cart |
One Thing's for Certain |
Definitions: Seeker; Advanced Seeker |
Wine (Ben Franklin) |
Heroism (Zell Miller) |
Teamwork (Sangha) |
Success |
Always About You |
Rank & File (Einstein) |
Temptation |
Knowledge & Money |
Lotus-guru (Johnny Hart) |
Hokey Pokey (à la Shakespeare) |
Optical Illusion? |
Guru Poem (John Wren-Lewis) |
(Yogi Berra, James Thurber, Woody Allen); double-decker |
Evolution |
Female Longevity |
Meaning of Life |
Thorny Humor |
Western Challenge |
Buckle Up |
Mental Health Hotline |
One of Those Days |
Meaning of Life (Monty Python) |
On Government (Ronald Reagan, Will Rogers, Mark Twain) & Self-Government (Gandhi) |
One-Liners by Stephen Wright |
In the Bleachers (Steve Moore) |
Notable Quotables on Golf |
Religious Practice (Kurt Vonnegut) |
Tail-Chaser |
Churchill Wit |
Point of View |
Yogisms (Yogi Berra) |
Irony (Anatole France, Dolly Parton, H.L. Mencken, Rita Rudner, Artemus Ward, Woody Allen |
Mark Twain at 70 |
Wet and Dry (Jim and Edna....) |
What Does God Look Like? |
Where's the Ladle? |
Out of My Mind (Vicki Woodyard) |
Birth is thus... (Dahui) |
If a man says something... |
Consciousness - an animation of spirit |
A guy joins a monastery... |
Men and melons.... (Ben Franklin) |
Hey, Buddy.... |
It will pass |
Tombstones |
A young swordsman.... |
A perfectly wonderful evening.... |
The Dualist's Lament |
What if everything is an illusion.... |
Upon Hearing One Too Many Spiritual Cliches |
Quoting Einstein |
Gauguin on stupidity |
I have never killed a man.... |
...the need for illusion |
Traveler and Farmer |
Rumi humor |
Einstein's religion |
Woody Allen one-liners |
Lily Tomlin: I always wanted to be somebody.... |
The illusion of life cartoon |
Mark Twain: ...looking like an envelope |
Video - A Homeopathic Emergency |
Just Give Up |
Sheeple |
What the hell is water? |
Puppetji speaks: Who am I? |
A looper for the Dalai Lama |
Mark Twain: ...I have suffered |
Ornery Donkeys |
...mental institution of the universe |
The Zen of Sarcasm |
Mark Twain, Stephen Bishop, and Henny Youngman on relationships |
Sahlins, Bright and Wilde |
If this is the American Dream.... |
Hey Waiter... There's God in My Soup! |
God is an Atheist, by N. Nosirrah: an Enlightenment Dudes book review |
A mile in someone else's moccasins |
Brian Kiley, Emo Philips, and Woody Allen |
It's nice to be nice.... |
You hate your job? |
Seriousness is stupidity.... |
Play... Work... Die |
Fractal Wrongness |
Do not argue with an idiot... |
"Detected" by Ambrose Bierce |
Pagnol, Woody Allen and Sacha Guitry |
If you tell the truth... |
Human level intelligence... |
Absolute and Relative Confusion |
I met a man who wasn't there |
Kermit's horrible truth |
Peanut's power |
There is no humor |
"Yoga" from Stuff White People Like |
Pink Panther teaches Non-Duality |
The name of that restaurant.... |
Fractals |
"I need to pee" Haiku |
The Summation of Me |
Curious George Meets His End |
Confessional Box |
Amnesia cheat sheet |
Stealing bikes |
Philosophers' Strike |
Learning to Swim |
Was that today? |
Motivational Speakers graveyard |
Cheese and Crackers |
Your own thoughts |
If I agreed with you |
Creationist Cosmos |
The daydreaming room |
Jesus |
Taking all this too seriously |
Can I help you? |
Portuguese Proverb |
Ukrainian Proverb |
Facial Expressions |
Robert Benchley quips |
"An Old Has-Been" poem by Judith A. Davis |
Accompanying photo by Francie Ivy |
The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers (A Riff on Ego?) by A.A. Milne |
The Next Nonduality Book Title |
The Narcissist Test, by Doug Savage |
Lemur Meditation retreat? |
Life in the Punitentiary |
Man's Best Friend (by Groucho Marx) |
Tombstone Wit |
Yogi Berra's Observation |
"So Freakin' Enlightened" cartoon by Mark Stivers |
You're Quipping |
Say what? Basset hound communication |
The only thing that stands between me and happiness |
Paronomasia |
A feline twist on Harding's tube experiment |
An anecdote from The Dog Who Came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith |
Zen Rattle |
Meditating Frog Zen master painting |
The Man Who Wasn't There |
Crossroads Confusion |
More Old Tombstone Wit |
"Cereal Killer" by Paul Constant |
"How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps" (Youtube video) |
If You Fear Change |
Haiku Humor |
Truth is like poetry…. |
Silver torch cactus (photo) |
Mabutsu haiku humor (or irritation?) |
Bumper Stickers & Film Funnies |
What do you get when you cross a dog with a frog? by R.L. Stein |
Seen on a Dublin, Ireland bathroom wall by an observant TAT member |
Gingerbread Man cartoon from Cyanide and Happiness © Explosm.net |
Seen on a church sign: "God…on vacation and…." |
Excerpts from Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why by Scott Weens |
"Knock, and the door shall be open(ed)" cartoon by Nick Gallucci |
"The Teacher" from Ardvark The Aardvark by Eric Skiff |
Ambiguities & Indiosyncrasies |
"Fetch" cartoon by Nick Gallucci |
"Negative Thinking" by Svend Brinkmann |
"Well, That Didn't Work" |
More Philosophy of Ambiguity |
Bear Attack Tip |
About Me Not Listening |
More Bumper Stickers |
A Pain in the Neck |
When Nothing Goes Right |
Applauding the Teacher |
Anything that's worth doing.… |
Captivating Teacher |
Time & Flies |
Surprising the Taxi Driver |
I want to live my next life backwards |
Watch Where You're Going |
Anagrams |
Hole in the Chest |
Wedding Toast |
How I Spend Money |
Number One Fear |
Living in the Present |
Quips by Robert Frost, a Buddhist monk, and Voltaire |
Motivation |
More quips |
Feudalism |
Terry Pratchett quotes |
A Giraffe's Coffee |
vignettes: Desmond Tutu, a 4-year-old boy at church, and a little girl at a wedding |
pilot's lounge sign |
Big D's first AA meeting! |
If you don't think too good…. |
I'm not lost…. |
Open Sesame! |
3 quips by Terry Pratchett |
Difficult for others |
Siddhartha Claus is coming to town! |
sniglets |
Just Challah |
Discipline |
Wizdums |
Bistro sign |
Caution: Low-Flying Aircraft |
For Those Who Enjoy Language (or Severe Distortions Thereof) |
Free from Desire (Bizarro) |
Help Me Haiku |
Wittyschisms |
Smooth Transition |
Interest-Free Checking |
Ynnuf |
Teacher |
Ups & Downs |
Rumpole & Friends |
Wine of the Month |
Do Not Flush |
New Proverbs |
Farmyard Relaxation |
Zany [of Wise & Zany] |
I Want to Live My Next Life Backwards |
A Massive Pain in the… |
Bob Newhart skit "Stop It!" |
Prayer of Petition |
Appointment with the Psychiatrist |
Universal Connection |
Be the Reason |
Applauding the Teacher |
Zen Koan |
Let Us Pray |
The Ego in Our Heads |
Detachment |
More For Those Who Enjoy Language (or Severe Distortions Thereof) |
Galumphing |
Stairway to Heaven |
Frequent Flyers |
Which Way Should I Go? |
Resistance Is Futile |
Sniglets II |
Five Tips for a Woman |
Henri 9 – "Blight of Spring" |
Marriage I |
Reincarnation Disappointment |
Angry? |
Badinage |
Why They Call It ICU |
Addiction |
Lexophilic Laughs |
Headless Handwash |
Reality Goggles |
An I for an I |
What Am I? |
Easily Entertained |
Terry Pratchett: Outside the Box |
Guru U |
Cell Phones |
Four Worms and a Lesson |
Vintage Humor |
Missing |
Gandhi and Professor Peters |
Hitchhiker |
I Forgot |
The Stock Market Keeps Rising Despite COVID. Is It Nuts? |
Cremation |
I Asked My Wife |
Salary Negotiation |
Just Saying |
Motivation |
A Message for the Moon |
Also? |
Who's a Good Boy? |
Arrogance Rewarded |
Zen Birthday Card |
Everything Is Nothing |
Hanging from a Tree Limb |
Guardian Angel |
EGO |
Forgiveness |
"Be Careful What You Wish For" |
Hereafter |
Man Who Orders Three Beers |
Wit from Winston Churchill, redux |
TED Talk Takeoff |
How Enlightened Are You? |
Reality is an illusion, but.... |
Reformed Buddhists |
Genealogy |
Event Happens |
Egalitarian |
Marshmallow Test |
Comfort Zone |
Old Farmer's Advice |
Where's Waldo? (Zen version) |
Don't Read Jed McKenna! |
Facebook Nobody |
Talking Dog for Sale |
Meaningless |
Stuff-a-Feeling |
Wit and Wisdom |
Ashram Ad |
Dharmatologist |
Accidental |
Transcendental? |
Clear your Cache |
Local News Headlines |
Wrong Number |
Path to Nothingness? |
New Year's Eve |
Love's Message |
Saint Almost |
Click This Link |
What's Your Spiritual Book Title? |
Experience Playfulness |
Uptown (Bizarro) |
Outside the Box |
Puzzle of the Week |
Angry Pirate? |
Five Rules to Remember in Life |
Thinking Caps |
Dogs in a Bar? |
How to Adult |
Atoms |
Experience Playfulness II |
Reliable News Source |
Cellphone Evolution |
The Truth |
Sisyphus on Vacation |
Gogo |
Planck Before & After |
Air & Space Museum |
Nothing Is Impossible |
Experience Playfulness III |
Embrace Your Mistakes |
Ambiguities III |
Bugs' Bonnets (video) |
Yo' Momma Contest |
Zen Pencils |
Tombstone Wit III |
Old Souls |
When a Door Closes |
Experience Playfulness IV |
Conflict in Literature |
Existence |
Let's See |
Ambiguities IV |
Time a Delusion |
Bunburying |
Gist of Enlightenment |
That Damn Stick! |
Generation Gap |
Control Yourself |
I'm Enlightened! |
An Old Lady and a Conductor |
Show Me a Sane Man |
Exercise? |
Please Don't Ask Me |
What Will Make Me Happy? |
Extroverted |
Relief |
Unobservant |
Nothingness |
I Am Nothing! |
Warning Signs |
Honesty |
Fave Way to Online Shop |
Before Yelp |
Weight of Thought |
Last Words |
The Wisdom of Doing Nothing |
Happy Halloween |
Less Condescending |
Prisoners |
Robot Incident |
In yoga pants grace (a haiku) |
Séance |
12 Days of Seeking |
7 Years of Not Seeing |
Best Friend |
TAT vs. T.A.T. |
Bunburying (Oscar Wilde) |
Chaos (Terry Pratchett) |
Sticks & Stones |
Fictitious |
Do Trousers Matter? |
Hand Washing |
Sniglets II |
Hey, How’ve You Been? |
American Meme |
Investment Advice |
Secrets |
My Dog After Eating My Philosophy Book |
Just Two Words |
No Self |
Grape to Raisin |
Why Are You So Afraid of What You Want? |
Complexity |
Obvious Definitions |
Called Home? |
Proverbial Largesse |
Low-Tech Gifts |
ChatGPT Mimicking a Certain Personality “talking about zen master richard rose’s albigen system” |
Life Pace |
What’s a Htub? |
Wise and Foolish? |
The Speeder |
That's Me? |
Definitions? |
Irish Award (TikTok) |
Aware |
BERE |
Under-Door Message |
A New Monk |
Milk from Thorns |
What Makes Us Human?
