Retirement Jokes

A retirement party is a great opportunity to let the retiree know what they meant to the company, and to their colleagues. 

After years of service, a retirement party should look back on accomplishments, remember memorable moments, and celebrate personal connections.  A retirement party should also be fun, so a little humor is most likely in order.  No one has to be a comedian, but it can help everyone to relax if a little humor is used.

When trying to come up with a retirement speech, the humor can seem extraordinarily difficult to do.  Delivering a little humor in a retirement speech is an excellent way to break the ice and get the crowd to relax.  Retirement jokes abound on the internet, making it simple to find some stock material that will go over fairly well.  The best kind of humor, however, can be found when it applies to the personal experiences of the retiree.  

Look back through the time a retiree spent at the company, and find potentially humorous incidents.  Talk to colleagues about incidents they may have experienced with the retiree.  The best way to use humor in a retirement speech is to create a smooth introduction, leading into a more serious subject.  A joke or two can act as a great intro for a memorable moment, when the retiree may have shown great character.  
Times that were very trying during the career of the retiree may serve as a segway into more serious discussion.  Discussing a difficult circumstance the retiree found him or herself in can be humorous, but it can also demonstrate their stalwart character.  Having the audience laughing, and then drawing them in with a memorable commentary, is a great speech technique.

Retirement jokes are a favorite on the internet.  While these are usually pretty canned feeling, they can be a nice way to loosen up the audience.  Again, nobody has to be a comedian at a retirement party.  Retirement jokes are simply meant to establish a rapport with the audience and get them to perhaps chuckle a little.  If you go with some one liners from the internet, only use a few here and there.  Any more and a speech will begin to sound excessively canned.