yeah, i laugh at stuff i shouldn't ... so.

i will admit it. much of the stuff i find funny, no hysterical, others do not. maybe they are even offended that i think it is funny or maybe they think i am weird or childish or heartless. all i's got to say is, so what. it is my sense of humor and i will use it the way i want.

i laugh when people slip on ice and bust their asses. i laugh when small children face-plant at the park. and don't get all angry, i will laugh whether it is your child or mine ... and not before i find out they are okay. people who walk into things when not looking, yeah, that's a laugh. grown people who don't make it to the bathroom, yep, another laugh. and why do i laugh at this stuff, you wonder. mainly, because it has all happened to me, so in a way, i am laughing at myself.

now, don't misunderstand me, i am not going to laugh at older people with alzheimer's or the disabled. that's just crude and heartless ... however, an old person falling on ice, that might get a chuckle.

yeah, i watch stuff like 'funniest videos' and 'smoking gun: world's dumbest ...' i laugh because i am not that hard to entertain. maybe it is juvenile, but i am not sorry, a guy getting smacked in the face while his daughter tries to bust her birthday pinata, that is funny. especially when the 'stick' is an aluminum baseball bat ... all i can say is, 'should have thought ahead, buddy.' and another thing, people who are not hispanic and have a pinata at a birthday party ... they are asking for it. embrace your own party traditions, okay, or create your own. possibly won't be as good on the hilarity potential, but at least you can avoid a sack shot ...

and yeah, i make jokes maybe only i will get and i tell horrible jokes with punchlines you may have to think about. no problem, i am mainly doing it to entertain myself. maybe it is because of the environment i grew up in, that for the most part, my brothers and i are educated (i say most part, cause they both have advanced degrees and i do not), so we made jokes where one may need a little more understanding. this stuff can be lost on other people ... no bother. mainly, it just results in eyerolls and a blank thought in others. it's been going on since we were children, so probably won't be any changing any time soon.

i do funny walks in public or talk way too loudly. i will say things, while not inappropriate, will draw attention to people with me who do not want attention. i will take pratfalls and knock over small retail displays. i will smack a sign and act like i hit my head. i will sing old-time hymns in a falsetto voice or ask a complete stranger if they think the teddy will look good on me. yeah, maybe i am a bit of a jackass, but some people love me. no problem ...

i like cartoons. the old stuff, bugs bunny, tom and jerry, popeye and smurfs. i get off on bugs dressed up like a girl or taking a bath when he's supposed to be the main dish in the king's meal. i love the old-school comedy of lenny bruce, richard pryor and george carlin, stuff that makes me think and requires me to know a bit to fully appreciate the genius of the joke. i don't always get it, but i do 'get it' enough to know dane cook is a jagoff and larry the cable guy is most likely way dumbed down. that's okay, the audience pays for what they get, so i won't judge, i just won't be watching.

yeah, i laugh at stuff you may not think so funny. that's fine, we'll get along anyway.

you just may want to decline going to walmart with me on a friday afternoon. the large potential of a big crowd becoming an audience is a highly tempting setting for me ...

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