Joke of the Day (Bonnie McFarlane, on Her Daughter)

“I have a daughter. She's my world, she's my everything.” [Pause] “She's 5, or 12, or something like that.” —Stand-up comic Bonnie McFarlane quoted in “The Stand-Up Comic,” The New York Times Magazine, June 2, 2019

Joke of the Day (Bonnie McFarlane, on Speaking Pig Latin)

“I don’t want to brag, but I do speak pig Latin; I mean, I’m not fluent, but I’m sure if I ever went there, I could get by.” —Canadian-American comedian and writer Bonnie McFarlane quoted in “Laugh Lines: Do You Speak American?”, Reader’s Digest, July-August 2018

Joke of the Day (Bonnie McFarlane, on Giving Her Husband the Silent Treatment)

“I once gave my husband the silent treatment for an entire week, at the end of which he declared, ‘Hey, we're getting along pretty great lately!’” —Actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlane, You're Better Than Me: A Memoir (2015)

Quote of the Day (Comic Bonnie McFarlane, on Her Encounter With a Cop)

“I don’t think cops should wear mirrored sunglasses; the whole time the guy was chewing me out, all I could think was ‘I should cut my bangs.’” — Canadian stand-up comedian Bonnie McFarlane quoted in “Laughter, The Best Medicine,” Reader’s Digest, November 2013