A sense of humor is a serious business; and it isn't funny, not having one. Watch the humorless closely: the cocked and furtive way they monitor all conversation, their flashes of panic as irony or exaggeration eludes them, the relief with which they submit to the meaningless babble of unanimous laughter. The humorless can program themselves to relish situations of human farce or slapstick and that's about it. They are handicapped in the head, or "mentally challenged," as we Americans like to say (the euphemism itself being a denial of humor). The trouble is that the challenge wins, every time, hands down. The humorless have no idea what is going on and can't make sense of anything at all.
I don't necessarily think that I am a funny guy. Most of my jokes remain in my head and are too obscure to blurt out...obscure in the sense that they are only funny to me. One example of this that comes to mind is when I was playing scrabble with a group of people and for some reason I let someone use the word "ghoulie"...which of course is not a word, but I'm not much of a stickler with people who don't play the game seriously. Anyway, later on in the game someone who had the tiles A-R-D jokingly asked if "ghoulieard" (goo-lee-ard) was a word. I said, "I think it is an acting school for ghosts." I didn't think about how geeky that was at the moment...no one thought it was as funny as I did. I am ok with my predicament though. I take it to mean that I have a strong sense of humor, using "sense" in the true sense of the word. Just about anything is funny to me. A joke can be funny without being funny at all, so long as it's extremely offensive. Some of my favorite jokes are just as humorous without a punchline...
EX- What is the difference between jesus and a bucket of shit?... the bucket
You don't have to tell me the punchline; comparing such a highly respected figure to a bucket of shit is funny enough. Basically, making a joke about a highly regarded person will always be funny.
EX2- What is the opposite of Christopher Reeves?... Christopher Walken.
This goes to show that anything can be funny, even paralysis. And the joke transcends his death because he certainly can't walk now!
Ironically, the very people who I think have little to no sense of humor think the same of me. Probably because they announce their sarcastic statements with vocal italics, meaning they stretch out their vowels to ridiculous lengths (oh yeah, I looooove waking up early **eye roll**). My sarcasm is delivered in the same monotone voice that I have while not being sarcastic. Doesn't sarcasm lose its luster when it's blatant?
j-Quill out!
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