The Best Jokes I've Heard

About the Book

Imagine these endorsements… “The joke is on you if you don’t buy this book.” Jay Leno “Blankenship has an uncanny sense of humor that crosses all boundaries of fun. Everyone will laugh hysterically at these jokes.” David Letterman “There is no doubt that this is the funniest collection of jokes ever - I say ever - compiled. Buy it!” Jimmy Kimmel “Laughter is a constant vacation. Take the best vacation of your life for less than thirty dollars.” Mary Lou Whitty “When I read this book, I must have laughed a thousand times. The humor here is global in perspective, and Douglas Blankenship is dead center with this book. It has to be a best seller, no doubt.” Mary Lou Cook United States Marines

About the Author

Douglas Blankenship has traveled the world and has viewed the world through the eyes of diverse cultures and different geographical and social settings. He has traveled to nearly 180 countries and has seen how humor varies. The English love to joke about the French and viceversa. No matter where you go there always seems to be funny stories about some group that may have had a historical, social, economic or geographical difference. There seems to be a universal need to laugh at our shortcomings in life or those of our neighbors. Some cultures laugh about small things, some large things, some about ethnic characteristics, social distinctions, choice of food and how it reacts on our physical systems or the type of clothing that is prototypical to a certain group of people. We often laugh about these differences that dichotomize each socio-culturaleconomic grouping. Mr. Blankenship has over ten years of university education with four college degrees from such well known Halls of Education as University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, University of California of Los Angeles (UCLA) and Ohio State University. His Ph.D. work was performed at Ohio State University and UCLA, Master Degrees at University of Kentucky and Bachelors at Eastern Kentucky University. He is a highly successful real estate builder, developer and motivational speaker. His biography has been listed in over fifty Who’s Who to include Who’s Who in the World; Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in the West; Who’s Who in Business; Outstanding Young Men of America; International Who’s Who; Who’s Who in California and Who’s Who in Finance. He has been awarded the ‘Distinguished Service Award’ from the University of Kentucky as well as ‘One Idea Ahead of its Time’ in Transportation Engineering, ‘Kentucky Colonel Award’ from the Commonwealth of Kentucky and scores of other awards and honors. Mr. Blankenship is a member of the highly acclaimed and elite intelligence organizations: Mensa, Intertel, Triple Nine Society and The International Society of Philosophical Enquiry. He is well known for his best selling books: A Life of Purpose; The Best Jokes I’ve Heard; The Best Jokes I’ve Heard, Volume II; and, A Collection of Compelling Motivational Thoughts, for which he has appeared on numerous national television and radio shows. His Techno-Rock Quark-Warp on the Disney Label is a hit in Europe and Asia Pacific. His greatest legacy is that he was loved. Douglas Blankenship lives very quietly in Southern California.