18 Ways to Cope with Stress

1. Jam miniature marshmallows up your nose and sneeze them out. See how many you can do at once.

2. Use your MasterCard to pay your Visa and vice-versa.

3. Pop some popcorn without putting the lid on

4. When someone says "Have a nice day!" tell them you have other plans.

5. Make a list of things to do that you've already done.

6. Dance naked in front of your pets.

7. Put your toddler's clothes on backwards and send them off to school as if nothing is wrong.

8. Fill out your tax form using Roman numerals.

9. Tape pictures of your boss on watermelons and 1aunch them from high places

10. Leaf through a National Geographic and draw underwear on the natives.

11. Go shopping. Buy everything......Sweat in it. Return it the next day.

12. Pay your electric bill in pennies.

13. Drive to work in reverse.

14. Replace the filling of a twinkie with ketchup and place it back in the wrapper.

15. Read the dictionary upside down and look for secret messages.

16. Write a short story using alphabet soup.

17. Stare at people through the tines of a fork and pretend they are in jail.

18. Make up a language and ask people for directions.

Distributed by Mary Thomas