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The growth of social media has created an increase of self-portraits or “selfies.” Google estimates that millions of selfies are taken every day, and the majority of them are taken by women. A Mashable report said that there were more selfie related deaths than shark-related deaths in 2015. Samuel Jay,…

People choice a lot of different type of pictures to use for their online profiles. Some people use head shots of themselves, while others use pictures of their spouses, pets, children, or some other symbol. The wide variety of photos being used to represent people on social media, researchers at the…

Harvard professors examined what observers thought of individuals who deviate from the norm in a workplace and retail setting. They asked store clerks and customers to rate what they thought of others who walked into luxury stores wearing gym clothes. The customers said, “That person seems out of place.…

A growing fear of the number 39 is sabotaging the booming car industry in Afghanistan. Residents believe the number is associated with a criminal in nearby Iran who reportedly had a flashy car with 39 in its license number. The sudden aversion to the number has owners of vehicles with license numbers…

Botox has come into vogue as the premier method of reducing the signs of aging in women. However, a recent study shows that along with paralyzing the facial muscles and reducing the appearance of wrinkles, Botox may also reduce the ability of a person to relate emotionally to other people. Scientists…

A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that frequent Television viewers who do not get any other kind of political news are most likely to be influenced by the physical appearance of a candidate. The study drew on data gathered during the 2006 races for U.S. Senate and governor.…

APPEARANCE A dating website that claims it only allows “beautiful people” to join says Britons are among the ugliest people in the world. Fewer than one in eight British men and just three in 20 women who have applied to BeautifulReople.com have been accepted according to a statement from the website.…

A company that manufactured soap and perfume offered a prize for the best slogan submitted for the advertising of its products. The judges easily agreed on the best slogan, but did not give it the prize. The slogan was, “If you don’t use our soap, for heaven’s sake use our perfume!” Lifetime Speaker’s…

IMAGE Senator Jim DeMint from South Carolina has written a new book entitled, Saving Freedom. He is hitting the road to promote it, and run for re-election to the seat in 2010. Though he calls himself “looks challenged,” Demint’s face is emblazoned on the side of his tour bus. DeMint is not fond of the…

It is not a matter of grease from without but of glow from within. Rest for the Weary, Vance Havner, page 57

APPEARANCE Police in Baghdad Iraq had begun stopping drivers of black, blue, or dark gray BMWs after intelligence reports have indicated that insurgents in that country are using those automobiles in drive by shootings, kidnappings, and other attacks. Authorities recently set up roadblocks around the…

Shoes in church I showered and shaved. I adjusted my tie. I got there and sat In a pew just in time. Bowing my head in prayer As I closed my eyes. I saw the shoe of the man next to me Touching my own. I sighed. With plenty of room on either side I thought, “Why must our soles touch?” It bothered me,…

Nature gave us the face we had at twenty, life modeled the face we had at thirty, but by the time we reach fifty and beyond, the face we have is the one we deserve. 2000 One Liners, Larry Oliver, page 13

She won a beauty contest in England. It was a very foggy day in London town. Encyclopedia on Humor, Joey Adams, page 217

The frowsy-looking housewife, hair in rollers, wearing a faded bathrobe and sloppy slippers, appeared at the door early one morning and called out to the garbage man, “Yoo-hoo: Am I too late for the garbage?”. “No ma’am,” called back the garbage man politely. “Jump right in.” The Public Speaker’s Handbook…

Q: DO you know what the happiest day in a Smogarian’s life was? A. When he found out he could put Right Guard under his left arm. More Good Clean Jokes, Bob Phillips, page 90

Vain? Every night she brushes her hair one hundred strokes. For five years now – every night – one hundred strokes! Her hair doesn’t look any better but you oughta see the muscles in her arms! The Joke Teller’s Handbook, Robert Orben, page 211

A hillbilly called on a surgeon and told him he had been given a handsome set of cuff links for his birthday but did not own a single shirt with French cuffs. “Why did you come to me,” asked the doctor. “I’d like to get my wrists pierced,” the hillbilly replied. Hillbilly Laugh Book

She looked like a million – but nobody can be that old. Encyclopedia on Humor, Joey Adams. page 283

The medical world has its problems. It’s hard to give a man shock treatment once he’s seen his wife in curlers. Encyclopedia on Humor, Joey Adams, page 316

She looked just like Monroe and he was a great President. Encyclopedia on Humor, Joey Adams, page 257

Watch the television news and we find our highways aren’t safe, our streets aren’t safe, our parks aren’t safe . . . but under our arms we’ve got complete protection. The All American Joke Book, Bob Phillips, page 88

Rodney Dangerfield says his cousin went to a psychiatrist because he felt he was ugly. “The psychiatrist almost had my cousin convinced he wasn’t ugly,” the comedian said, “but he spoiled it all by making him lie on the couch face down.” - Earl Wilson, Field Newspaper Syndicate Reader’s Digest, December…

According to the Chicago Tribune, on Monday August 26, 1996, tragedy struck a Fort Lauderdale, FL family. Two boys found their 12-year old brother dead in their yard. He had hanged himself from a tree. Beneath the tree were a step stool and a flashlight. There was little mystery about what had provoked…

When she was a, kid her ears were so long – mom and dad had to hide her during rabbit season. 3,500 Good Jokes for Speakers, Gerald F. Lieberman, page 160