(NOTE: If you don't care about this amazingly thoughtful introduction, just scroll down past the Green Stars to get right to the "Funny Stuff".)

"Sick...Dark...Gallows Humor..." These are just a few of the labels dispatchers give to the kind of humor they share in their comm centers. (It is the same brand of humor that therapists and emergency room doctors and nurses share). And at all our 911 Institute Training sessions I comment:

If Suzy Q Public were sitting in the corner of your call center just after a big crisis call, and listened to the jokes flying around about the tragedy you just survived, she might ask: "How can these people with their sick humor possibly care about the citizens they serve? They are taking care of us?!"

See, dispatchers, crisis therapists, firefighters, police, and emergency medical responders are all what I call "Extraordinary Care Givers"--ECGs for short. ECGs experience far more psychologically traumatizing input in the line of duty than "normal" people do. (Check out the article I wrote for ENP Magazine that talks more about this.) The bottom line is, we ECGs need extraordinary ways of dealing with the huge stress of our jobs, and our "sick...dark...gallows humor" is one very important way.

Right here  you will find some of the finest, most classic, slightly sick, funny stuff available anywhere. How can I  be so confident? Because I'll be inviting you and your colleagues to send in your very best stories to be published here. Don't be a chicken. Throw your hat in the ring! Who knows: you might just win one our Story of the Month Prizes (like a $50.00 Gift Certificate for Dinner for Two at Olive Garden--more to come later about this)... But in addition to dark humor, you'll also find plenty of just plain funny stuff our staff has found with just the right bit  of TWISTED, RIDICULOUS, and mental health benefit. (hey, who says you can't have it all?)

Well, here goes: enjoy! And don't forget to submit your stories. Just type them into Our GuestBook, with the title "Here's One For Ya!" We will review, edit, and publish all those we like and comply with our very own quirky ethical standards (more on that later, too). So if you have a great story, if you like to write,  and if you'd give two break-room Cheetos about the well-being of your fellow dispatchers and wanna make em' laugh, then take a minute and submit it!  And check out the funny stuff below.

Let me hear from you!!!

Jim Marshall, Fellow ECG/Dark Humorist

5 Ways to Misery in 2 Minutes (instructional video!)

If you like sarcasm, you'll love this helpful instructional video. It offers 5 great tips that really work, trust me. In fact a lot of my business comes from well-meaning good folks who have mastered these tips and don't need to watch this video.


If you don't like sarcasm but you recently started working in a Comm Center with other dispatchers, you'd better learn to at least tolerate sarcasm; that is if you intend to hang out there for the long haul! This video will help increase your sarcasm tolerance.


If you are a veteran dispatcher and you neither like nor tolerate sarcasm, skip it and hold onto your pants while I search for another more suitable video such as "3 Ways to Stay Cranky and Intolerant".

But for the rest of you who are looking for just that perfect little gift to share with your favorite dispatch buddy, you'll love "5 Ways..." Just click the link below and enjoy!

Your welcome in advance. JM