[rosebud]

It has occurred to me today that I cannot remember the last time I had a good laugh!!! People send me all kinds of cutsey e-mails and lots of stuff I'd be better off not reading at all... but nothing funny. I often find myself sitting in a group of people and they laugh at things that don't strike me as funny. Even with all the stand up comedy shows of TV very few comediaens are genuinley funny . The one show that is funny from time to time is America's funniest home videos, where we watch people have a whole variety of unfortunate ocurreces happen to them, and even when they are obviously hurt we laugh.

This brings me around to the question .... is that part of our problem?

What do you find funny and how often do you have a good laugh?

[GregD]

Being the owner of the worlds dumbest black lab and a 16 year old blond daughter, i have plenty to laugh at. The dog is a few bricks short of a full load. The daughter is blond and has the typical "blond moments".

GregD

[lou_lou]

and I found this very funny -
because it shows how weddings have changed and the music has changed, - and how this is called - "dancing"
very funny- I call " non traditional" ...
the song has lyrics > if that is what you call them...

here is the link -
http://www.whoisthemonkey.com/videos...a-wedding-ever

[ZucchiniFlower]

Most of my laughs come during conversations with other people (and occasionally with myself). I often say things that make people laugh and then I laugh with them. My brother has the same kind of sense of humor. Not sure how to describe it. Maybe it's like Woody Allen's humor? It's occasionally sarcastic, but usually is just a funny use of words when describing something or talking about something.

People at work make me laugh all the time. Often, it's silly humor, and I crack up because they other person looks so funny when they say something silly or funny. A couple of researchers from Germany, who are from the same small town, both get quite giddy, and I get giddy along with them.

We have real belly laughs at work, which is why I never want to retire.

Yesterday someone was in the kitchen doing something by the sink intently but I didn't pay attention. He was teased by someone about it, and I had no clue what he was doing. He said, 'seems I'm getting a reputation'. I said that 'sometimes a reputation can become a tradition' and he laughed, and said 'this would be a good one'.

Then I discovered he was filling a bunch of balloons with water, that they were going to throw at each other during a soccer game. The whole thing made for a few good laughs.

I enjoy dark humor in movies, like Prizzi's Honor. My date didn't get it and I thought it was very funny (years ago). And "Dexter" amuses me.

I also love "What about Bob?", "Dave", "Annie Hall", "Manhattan Murder Mystery", "Tootsie", "Big". It has to have a great screenplay to make me laugh.

I was sad to hear about Sydney Pollack's death. Quotes from Tootsie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084805/quotes

[jcitron]

I too get a good laugh out of AFV. My cat usually joins us for the show at all, which is just as funny because she sits on the foot stool in front of the TV to watch.

In general I have a dry sense of humor, and I love subtle play on words, and puns. With this I can almost always find something funny in any situation.

John

[rosebud]

I get a great kick out of Monty Python. John Cleese has always been the consummate idiot which he plays to perfection in Fawltey Towers (not sure of spelling). He said in an interview that he and his then wife (she played the housekeeper/maid in FT) used to laugh so hard sometimes they'd have to take a break from writing to compose themselves.

I dated a guy for about two years who had a very different sense of humor from mine. I remember we went to a movie one time, and I don't remember what it was, but we never laughed at any single thing together. When he laughed I thought it was just stupid, and when I laughed he couldn't see what was so funny. At one place in the movie I was the ONLY one in the theatre laughing.... I don't think it was a very full theatre.

I remember telling elephant jokes with my sister-in-law at 2 a.m. and they were all old and stupid, and the tears were rolling down our eyes. She tells a great story too..

I used to work with this Polish girl who liked to tell jokes. But they were only funny in Polish. One day she asked me why no one thought her jokes were funny. They really do loose something in translation.

When I get on a roll I can really come up with some good one liners...but not everyone thinks they're as funny as I do. Marriage counsellors say that we always say a good sense of humour is a quality that we want in a companion...but that doesn't always work for us. In fact it often works against us. Humor is cultural and very perspective oriented. My first ex and I were talking about some things that happened 35 years ago. Funny now, but not funny at the time.

well I'm off in search of a laugh... thanks for all your comments.
Oh yea, I used to love Herman.

A dog went for a job interview. He did really well, and the interviewer was impressed. The interviewer then asked him "Do you by chance speak any other languages?" the dog paused for a moment...then said "meow..."

[MKane]

i never feel quite so bad if I'm laughing.

[libra]

I guess if you don't take things too seriously you can find things to laugh at everywhere. My husband and kids make me laugh. I love them very very much. My dogs make me laugh with the silly expressions they get on their faces. People I work with are always doing crazy things that get you to laugh.I don't think I laugh any less now that I have parkinsons, but..........
I am more of an inward person now thinking about the way my body is behaving sometimes. I was always a quiet person, but now more so. I am in constant pain, and it is hard to laugh when you are so stuck on how much you hurt. I can't do what I used to physically and that still makes me sad. I think I have more things to be sad about now and it's hard to just rise above it.
So maybe I don't laugh as much after all, but I still appreciate humor in life.
I can still laugh at myself when I do silly things, so that means I don't take life too seriously and thank goodness that is a good thing.
Good question tho Rose.

[smithclayriley]

http://parkinsonsfromthehorsesmouth....1_archive.html

This blog from an 81 year old. She is quite spirited and definitely has an opinion.

[lou_lou]

hello there yall -

just moved to a new/old home -its fun
but I am exhausted~!
-its a restored older home in missouri -aka misery!
it has a covered porch and a tree!!

and 12 ft ceilings in side -
it is lovely - I am very happy- I woke up happy!
life for me is simply an adventure
for I mostly live alone, the new neighbors are very kind and they always have beer in their hands! LOL...

I am 45 earth years -yet I feel sooooooooooo
much older - parkinsons disease is like dog years~
therefore -

I have had the "scourge" for 15 years @7 yrs per anum... heehee?

7 X 15 = 105 years plus my age = 150 - this is how really old I am,
but I look great for 150!


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