Humor can help keep us level-headed

Did you hear the story about the small boy swallowed who some coins and was taken to a hospital? When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, “No change yet.”

Or did you hear about the two silk worms who had a race? They ended up in a tie.

Over at the High School, one of the teachers confiscated a rubber band pistol from one of the students in an algebra class. It was a weapon of math disruption.

Another joke for math students: The roundest knight at King Arthur’s roundtable was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

I like good jokes. Unfortunately, I only...