Thursday, January 15, 2004
on the humor of life
today while waiting for the bus, i was thinking about the many ways one could interpret certain events and/or situations. two possible ways are funny and unfunny. i prefer the funny. almost any situation can be made humorous if you so desire. examples:
unfunny: we have an idiot president who does a lot of bad stuff that is sad when you really think about it.
funny: we have an idiot president who says things like "financial finances", can't quite master subject-verb agreement (example: "children is reading") and who will give an entire televised speech with a chocolate chip stuck to his forehead.
unfunny: you fart while giving a speech in front of a large group of people; everyone pretends that they don't hear it and you're totally humiliated.
funny: you fart while giving a speech in front of a large group of people and, instead of ignoring it you say, now that we've heard what my butt has to say about the topic, here's what i think.
unfunny: it's cold outside and icy and you're waiting for the bus.
funny: you play soccer with ice chunks and construction blocks while waiting for the bus, thereby keeping yourself warm and entertained, and everyone at the bus stop looks at you like you're a freak, causing fits of giggles in your head.
unfunny: you wake up at 8:26 and you have to catch the bus at 8:30.
funny: you somehow miraculously make it, even though your boyfriend, whom you just praised for always putting down the toilet lid, didn't this morning, and you nearly fell in as you were bleary-eyedly taking your morning pee. at 8:27. with three minutes to get to the bus stop. thanks mike. thanks a lot.
unfunny: someone calls you "remorseless", which you later discover is a sign of psychopathy.
funny: you laugh hysterically upon learning that "remorselessness" is a sign of psychopathy because, hey, you're a psychopath, and you don't care anyway.
okay now i want everyone else to think of funny stuff like this because, uh, i like funny stuff.
today while waiting for the bus, i was thinking about the many ways one could interpret certain events and/or situations. two possible ways are funny and unfunny. i prefer the funny. almost any situation can be made humorous if you so desire. examples:
unfunny: we have an idiot president who does a lot of bad stuff that is sad when you really think about it.
funny: we have an idiot president who says things like "financial finances", can't quite master subject-verb agreement (example: "children is reading") and who will give an entire televised speech with a chocolate chip stuck to his forehead.
unfunny: you fart while giving a speech in front of a large group of people; everyone pretends that they don't hear it and you're totally humiliated.
funny: you fart while giving a speech in front of a large group of people and, instead of ignoring it you say, now that we've heard what my butt has to say about the topic, here's what i think.
unfunny: it's cold outside and icy and you're waiting for the bus.
funny: you play soccer with ice chunks and construction blocks while waiting for the bus, thereby keeping yourself warm and entertained, and everyone at the bus stop looks at you like you're a freak, causing fits of giggles in your head.
unfunny: you wake up at 8:26 and you have to catch the bus at 8:30.
funny: you somehow miraculously make it, even though your boyfriend, whom you just praised for always putting down the toilet lid, didn't this morning, and you nearly fell in as you were bleary-eyedly taking your morning pee. at 8:27. with three minutes to get to the bus stop. thanks mike. thanks a lot.
unfunny: someone calls you "remorseless", which you later discover is a sign of psychopathy.
funny: you laugh hysterically upon learning that "remorselessness" is a sign of psychopathy because, hey, you're a psychopath, and you don't care anyway.
okay now i want everyone else to think of funny stuff like this because, uh, i like funny stuff.
