Funniest story from history...

[FirstSunday33ad]

Mine is...

Dionysus of Syracuse was a vicious tyrant and an even worse poet. One day, a celebrated Athenian was being entertained by him at his palace and as part of the entertainment at the conclusion of the banquet; Dionysus read some of his poetry to him. When he was finished he asked the Athenian what he thought. The Athenian replied by asking Dionysus why he felt it wise to ruin an excellent meal with a horrible poem. At that Dionysus ordered the man to be clapped in chains and sent to the dungeons.

After a few days had passed and Dionysus had calmed down and was feeling generous again, he had the Athenian released and again entertained him with a banquet. Again, at the conclusion of the feast, he read some of his poetry and again asked the Athenian his opinion. At that, the Athenian simply got up and ordered the King’s servants to clap him in chains and to take him back to the dungeons.

This always cracks me up... :lol:

[WebToaster]

Thanks for the humorous story of Dionysus and the Athenian! :lol:

My favorite is the Christmas Truce in WWI. Although, not a laugh out loud type of humor, its ironic and heart lifting, here's a writeup pulled from snopes.com:

. . . the Germans set trees on trench parapets and lit the candles. Then, they began singing carols, and though their language was unfamiliar to their enemies, the tunes were not. After a few trees were shot at, the British became more curious than belligerent and crawled forward to watch and listen. And after a while, they began to sing.

By Christmas morning, the "no man's land" between the trenches was filled with fraternizing soldiers, sharing rations and gifts, singing and (more solemnly) burying their dead between the lines. Soon they were even playing soccer, mostly with improvised balls.

According to the official war diary of the 133rd Saxon Regiment, "Tommy and Fritz" kicked about a real football supplied by a Scot. "This developed into a regulation football match with caps casually laid out as goals. The frozen ground was no great matter . . . The game ended 3-2 for Fritz."