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He gave me the once- over and answered, “You look like a gallon of milk.” —Nan Bogosian During breakfast, my friend’s young daughter asked the question all parents dread: “Are you the Easter Bunny?” Looking confused, she followed up with: “I mean, how would you get into everybody’s house?” —Bill Henderson Scene: My dad, offering 8-year-old me a hand- ful of walnuts. Me: I can’t have those. I’m allergic. Dad: What will happen? Me: They make my mouth itch. Dad: That’s just what walnuts do. And that’s when my dad learned that he’s I’m short and stout, so buying attractive clothes can be some- thing of an adventure. But a friend of mine gave it her best shot when she bought me a gorgeous white dress as a present. I happily tried it on and modeled it for my brother. “Well, what do you think?” I asked. “What part of neutered don’t you understand?” When people give me directions and say “You can’t miss it,” I’m like, Oh, you do not know what I am capable of. — @ericanextdoor reader ’ s digest cartoon by Bob Eckstein LIFE 16 june/july 2026 OLIVIA SOLIZ also allergic to walnuts. — blairimani on Threads Sometimes, the best material on YouTube can be found in the comments section: ) “If idiots could fly, TikTok would be an airport.” ) “Surgery is just stab- bing someone to life.” ) Regarding Disney’s Snow White : “If I saw this movie on a plane, I would still walk out.” —boredpanda.com I was very pregnant when, just days before my due date, my hus- band fell from the porch roof, sprained both ankles and was restricted to crutches. When I went into labor and he couldn’t drive, I took the wheel, stop- ping every time I had a contraction. Finally, we got to the hospital. I dropped him off at the maternity entrance, and he hob- bled off to the admit- ting desk, where the nurse told him to go to the emergency room. “No, it’s my wife,” he said, breathlessly. “She’s in labor.” “Where is she?” the nurse asked. “She’s parking the car and bringing in the bags.” —gcfl.net A friend told me that her grandmother had a habit of ending emails and texts with WTF. Since it was out of char- acter for her to curse, my friend asked her, “Grandma, what do you think WTF stands for?” Amused that she would have to explain anything techy to her granddaughter, she replied, “It means ‘Wasn’t That Funny?’” —Gina Farella Howley PICTURE THIS … For thousands of dollars, you can hire an artist to draw your portrait. Or, if you’re in the Chicago area, you can walk up to Jacob Ryan Reno’s table at the Logan Square Farmers Market on most Sundays and pay him $5 for a “monstrosity,” as blockclubchicago.org put it. Reno named his one-man art stand Terrible Portraits, and clearly lives by this credo: Why use a palette of colors when a black-and-white stick figure will do? His goal is to have fun with his clients, most of whom bust a gut when they see the finished results. your funny story could be published here! Send your stories to letters@ readersdigest.com.au readersdigest.com.au 17 Life