Bonkers or Bizarre?

I’m aware that my sense of humour isn’t the same as that of other folks. When some folks are roaring with laugher I’m puzzled; sometimes I’m chuckling alone at the bonkers or bizarre. For example…

…Yesterday we celebrated Edwin and Elspeth’s diamond wedding anniversary. There was food, drink and conversation… Stories were told… One year, on holiday in Spain. Elspeth decided to buy oranges from a local market. She held up four finger to indicate that she wanted four oranges; she got four kilograms! They didn’t go short of oranges that week!

…My friend Martin sent me this picture of a supermarket. The shelves headed ‘Small animal food’ presumably contain food for small animals. Do the shelves headed ‘Wet cat food’ therefore contain food for wet cats?

…Last night I saw the Specsavers advert – promoting their hearing tests… a lone research scientist in the Arctic is awaiting delivery of urgent ‘supplies’. Instead, his HQ sends him a ‘surprise’. They should’ve gone to Specsavers for a hearing test.

…This morning, reading Judges 20… The nation is morally and spiritually bankrupt. There’s been horrific rape and murder. Revenge is planned. There will be civil war – thousands will die: ‘Among all these soldiers were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.’ What strange details to include!

In ‘Silence and Honey Cakes’ Rowan Williams says that fifteen hundred years ago the desert fathers taught that the church shouldn’t be a group of different individuals each pursuing their own ends, nor should it be a community of people who all think and act the same…

‘It’s a place where real human difference is nourished. I don’t just mean… that the church has to be a place of welcome for all races and cultures, but that it must know how to work with the grain of different personal gifts and histories. A healthy church is one where there is diversity… with plenty of bizarre characters…’

There’s hope for me yet!