What I’m reading: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
What’s on the iPod: Wishing Well by The Airborne Toxic Event
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I’m not doing too badly with my vow to give up bitching and moaning for Lent. In fact, I’m pleasantly surprised with how that little switch has lightened my mood. Let’s face it – bitching can be fun. But it’s so counterproductive and it can creep into your overall mood.
In that light, I’m going to avoid my usual Things That Make My Head Explode post for some lighter fare.
Man Blew Up Crowded Pub Bathroom. Okay, I shouldn’t laugh, but no one was hurt and the headline itself conjurs up so many bad jokes…. It happened at my favorite place – Molly Maguire’s – and there seemed to be no evidence of the damage on St. Patrick’s Day. Then again, I didn’t use the men’s room. What cracked me up was the sheer stupidity of the alleged culprit, who had blown something up just across the street a week or so prior and had talked to the police about that one.
Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama. You have to see it to believe it. I think my favorite part is the woman who thinks the leprechaun is a “crackhead who got hold of the wrong stuff.”
John Williams Tribute. Super-talented kid, and his t-shirts are funny.
Dancing Paul. It’s like an XBox dancing game in reverse.
Pulp Fiction in 30 Seconds. Re-enacted by bunnies. Seriously.
What’s making you laugh these days?
11 responses to “Things That Elicit Laughter”
I shouldn’t laugh, but, in a way, this is kind of funny. It’s like Twilight zone or something. Hubby was coming home from work yesterday, and his car conked out. He was right next to a friends’ place, so he went there, called his brother to come with his tower truck to haul the car back to town. No biggie, he was only about 20 min. from home, at the time, so he chatted with his friend inside while he waited.
Hubby says, he just happened to look out the window at the right time. His car was hooked up to a Tow Truck that was NOT his brother’s. He tore out of the house, screaming and cursing at the Tow guy. The guy said he was repossessing it. Hubby tried to tell him that the car had been paid for long ago, so he obviously had the wrong one. The Tow guy insisted he did have the right car, because he was instructed to pick up a gold-colored car sitting on the side of this particular stretch of highway. Eventually he did look at his paperwork and determined that the license plate numbers didn’t match, so yes, he did have the wrong car.
I think it’s kind of funny, because what are the odds, here? Our gold-colored car conks out on the side of the same stretch of highway, on the same day and time, that this tow truck was sent to reposses a gold-colored car. The odds couldn’t have gotten any better.
My hubby regularly cracks me up, and he's the only person who can make me laugh until I cry. It happened this weekend over something that isn't really even funny if I were to tell you about it. One of those "you had to be there and you had to be me" for it to be funny. But yea, he's great. And cute to boot!
Wendy, that's a riot! LOL!
Ashley, I know. We have those kinds of moments around here, too. 🙂
Ok, d*&n, I wrote this nice comment and Blogspot apologized to me that it couldn't complete my request to Preview it. Now, that's not funny.
I apologize if this comes up twice-here is what I wrote (with some edits because maybe it thought I was bitching too much and Lori is not into that during Lent-I gave up wine-definitely a dumb idea!)
I thanked you ladies for making me laugh as yesterday was a bummer. For the 1st time in my freelance career I received a negative reaction to a case study I wrote for a new client. When I got the final version that was supposed to have significant changes, I found it did not. That was actually a relief, but now I wonder if it's a ploy to get out of paying the balance.
I closed my comment that is in cyberspace with my own funny. I wrote a post yesterday on how blog headlines are like vanity plates. I was driving on Highway 101 in southern CA and was following an old hearse that someone was using as a personal car. The license plate read – NOTTYET 🙂
I've been known to laugh at funerals (the homilies at my dad & uncle's funerals were beautifully written and balanced the tears with lots of belly laughs), so it doesn't take much to make me laugh.
My niece (age 6) and nephew (age 7) always make me laugh. My nephew called the other day and already have me laughing when his sister came home from selling GS Cookies. He put her on the phone and I asked how she did. She said, "Let me check…." and the 6-year old suddenly turns into the oh-so-professional Little Miss Office Manager. "We sold 17 boxes today, mostly Thin Mints, but a few Samoas, too." Then her grown-up persona cracked, "Daddy likes Thin Mints best, but I don't like mint, and I'm not too sure I want to try the Samoas…" Then she ratted out her brother for eating an entire box of the lemon cookies – in one evening.
My dog is always good for a laugh too – like when she does her doggie yoga. That's something to really have to see.
Oh – I forgot to add: when I asked me niece how long they'd been out that day selling cookies, she said, "Oh, I don't know. I'm not good at telling time." (It was an hour.)
LOVE that, Cathy!! LOL
Sorry the client is fussing. I wonder – is it because they want to leave their mark on it? I've had a few instances where clients aren't necessarily looking to avoid payment, but just want to put their spin or even show they've contributed. One was hilarious – we had a conference call and I revised based on their input. I changed one paragraph per their input. One. They were thrilled. 🙂
LOL! Paula, she sounds like CEO material to me. 🙂
Been fighting a Firefox 4 crash for the past few hours before relenting and resorting to V3.6.2. So, I needed a laugh for sure!
Warning: This link is COMPLETELY, UTTERLY UNSAFE FOR WORK OR SMALL CHILDREN. (Which, of course, is one of the bonuses of working for yourself.) That said, it's funny as heck:
Honey Badger, narrated by Randall
Happy weekends, y'all!
"Oh, they're so nasty!"
LOL! Jake, this is so freakin' funny!
"The honey badger don't give a shit."
The Content Farm site, (that Gabriella gave us the link for awhile back) is great for the belly shakes. They have a new site and I see that you can submit.
My current dream is to submit an article there, so I've decided that I will be writing one up. That's one content farm that I won't mind writing for and it will be worth not getting paid.
Wendy, I love that one, too. 🙂