Does your sense of humor get you in trouble?

[redhen]

No never....

 

[Godsgrl]

Well I tend to think something is funny in my head. But when it comes out, it isn't actually all that funny.

That happens to me a lot.

 

[featherbaby]

The problem is: People's varying definitions of absurd. what you think is so 'off the wall' absurd that it amuses you might not be as extremely absurd to someone else. Also, some people live in such a serious world that they are simply not expecting anything to be funny. And then there's the one that gets me sometimes......I'm just too 'hip' for the room (a phrase used by stand-up comics to say that their jokes just overshot the intelligence or experience of their audiences).

I was once at a Tea where all the ladies were in their 60-80's ( I was in my 40's at the time). In the course of conversation I said, "My husband and I are debating on whether to get a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives". I spent the longest, quietest 15 seconds of my life. I doubt I'll be invited back.

Comedy is a risky thing. You have to be willing to fail occasionally or you won't have the guts to see the world through 'hee-haw' glasses and be the bright, funny character that your friends will love.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Thats classified information. The number of spankings I have received due to my sense of humor is highly sensitive information, of which only the moderators are privied to.

 

[redhen]

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Hey! You only got spanked!!!??

I got BEAT down with a stick!!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Yeah... but I was spanked with a wet chain. Which do you think left a bigger mark?

 

[PineappleMama]

OH YEAH... but mostly I just get a lot of

 

[Ec_Prokta]

This is why I keep my Deadpan Snarking style of humor to home or around close friends that expect this.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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As someone in their 40's and without kids, I love this line. {I vote carpet

) I would have Tea with you!

I do not care if other people find me funny, I gave up long ago caring what other people thought of me - I would have never made it as a comedian

- thou I love most of them dearly cause they make me laugh.

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Oh no you are not!

Goodness, just listening to the news some nights makes my sides ache - do these people read and comprehend what they are saying before saying it?

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Does your sense of humor get you in trouble?

Hi! Not usually. Unless I'm 99.9% sure someone will 'get it', I keep it to myself.
Mostly, what I think is funny is so subtle that it goes *swoosh* right by most people. Nothing to be gained by sharing it --- except strange looks.

Lisa​