I apologize ahead if no one else finds this funny.
My mother certainly didn’t.
We turn on to the highway and there’s this van in front of us. The back doors are advertising an extermination service, along with the phone number for said service and a demand to call them immediately should a rat ever crawl out of your toilet.
Right next to this is the company’s logo. Now something about that logo just didn’t sit right with me, so I turn to my mother and ask:
“Doesn’t it bother you when people advertise death with an adorable logo? It’s kind of messed up, not to mention counterproductive. Shouldn’t they make it as horrific as possible so their customers are more inclined to kill the poor rats?”
This line of questioning disturbs her:
“No. I think that the point of the logo is to appeal to the customers. If I were considering hiring them, I would be more attracted to the adorable rat than the disgusting one.”
At which point I stop her:
“Wait a minute, wait a minute. Attracted? Are you trying to tell me you have a rodent fetish?”
There'll certainly be some funny stories in it... I think with politics, there's always room for dark humor because the stakes are so high and yet the personalities often so ludicrous. There's tension between the world that needs to be saved and the egos fighting over who gets to take credit for saving it.
Just a tiny one. When my son was about 3 or 4, we went to storytime at the library. The books were all about monarch butterflies. Before she started reading, the librarian reviewed some butterfly facts with the kids. She asked, "Do you know where butterflies go when they migrate?" My son raised his hand HIGH and she called on him.
Many years ago I was at an orphanage in Djibouti. The kids spoke nothing but Djiboutian French; our group (made up of comedians and Marines) spoke only English. The kids brought a soccer ball and we found common language on the dirt pitch. A ten year old sent the ball rifling through the air, maybe two feet off the ground, and it smacked one of the Marines square in the nethers. He went down, and we were all laughing before he hit the ground. I imagine that's been making people laugh since the caveman days.
PS: If you don't know where Djibouti is, it's just south of... Djiballs
i'm currently prepping for THE CALL and i cannot for the life of me think of a funny story to share. alas, this week, post-helene trauma, i am ALL the MORE grateful to YOU, dear fantasy-author-not-quite-right-in-the-head soman for the giggles in the coffee shop with my writer's group.
i heap blessings of no-shaaaaaaaaammmmeeeee upon thine head. :)
I apologize ahead if no one else finds this funny.
My mother certainly didn’t.
We turn on to the highway and there’s this van in front of us. The back doors are advertising an extermination service, along with the phone number for said service and a demand to call them immediately should a rat ever crawl out of your toilet.
Right next to this is the company’s logo. Now something about that logo just didn’t sit right with me, so I turn to my mother and ask:
“Doesn’t it bother you when people advertise death with an adorable logo? It’s kind of messed up, not to mention counterproductive. Shouldn’t they make it as horrific as possible so their customers are more inclined to kill the poor rats?”
This line of questioning disturbs her:
“No. I think that the point of the logo is to appeal to the customers. If I were considering hiring them, I would be more attracted to the adorable rat than the disgusting one.”
At which point I stop her:
“Wait a minute, wait a minute. Attracted? Are you trying to tell me you have a rodent fetish?”
These are all very funny! Do any of these happen to appear in Young World and we or whoever else follows your diary can spot it?
Also, I'm a sucker for dark humor. Curious, what is one non-spoiler example of dark humor in it?
There'll certainly be some funny stories in it... I think with politics, there's always room for dark humor because the stakes are so high and yet the personalities often so ludicrous. There's tension between the world that needs to be saved and the egos fighting over who gets to take credit for saving it.
Just a tiny one. When my son was about 3 or 4, we went to storytime at the library. The books were all about monarch butterflies. Before she started reading, the librarian reviewed some butterfly facts with the kids. She asked, "Do you know where butterflies go when they migrate?" My son raised his hand HIGH and she called on him.
"They go to Mexico!"
"Very good."
A little later.
"Who knows what butterflies eat?"
Again, his hand goes WAY UP.
"We passed a Mexican restaurant on the way here!"
Hahahahaha. This made my day. Kids always give us the best tales.
Many years ago I was at an orphanage in Djibouti. The kids spoke nothing but Djiboutian French; our group (made up of comedians and Marines) spoke only English. The kids brought a soccer ball and we found common language on the dirt pitch. A ten year old sent the ball rifling through the air, maybe two feet off the ground, and it smacked one of the Marines square in the nethers. He went down, and we were all laughing before he hit the ground. I imagine that's been making people laugh since the caveman days.
PS: If you don't know where Djibouti is, it's just south of... Djiballs
(No need, I'll show myself out) :)
Ha ha ha. This should be add to the list of universal funny.
i'm currently prepping for THE CALL and i cannot for the life of me think of a funny story to share. alas, this week, post-helene trauma, i am ALL the MORE grateful to YOU, dear fantasy-author-not-quite-right-in-the-head soman for the giggles in the coffee shop with my writer's group.
i heap blessings of no-shaaaaaaaaammmmeeeee upon thine head. :)
I love the idea of being not quite right in the head! Such an apt description.