May 08 2011
PHONE SEX AND OTHER HILARITIES
Greetings, Cool Peeps:
“You may please (or deceive) all of the people part of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but not all the people all of the time,” is a quote commonly attributed to Abe Lincoln, yet it has also been attributed to P.T. Barnum, the poet John Lydgate, and Mark Twain. I don’t think there is really any solid evidence to prove who said it.
But really, does it matter who said it? Not here and now. What does matter is that whichever of these men came up with it, if any, he was right. There is nothing that exists in this world that everyone will love, whether it be a person, a painting, a book, a movie, or someone’s sense of humor.
Humor is a funny thing, no pun intended. I find that the more I like a man, the more likely I am to laugh at his humor. Not always, but that’s just been my observation. In this blog, I’m going to tell you about the humor of some men I’ve known. And this time around, I’m not going to tell you what, if anything, was funny to me. I’ll see if you cool peeps can figure it out.
The first man on my list is John Doe. After several high school classmates found him on Facebook, John wondered about the other ones. After spending quite some time searching for more, he became frustrated with his poor results. So, what did John do? Well, for every classmate with a fairly common name whom he couldn’t find, he friended a stranger with the exact same name. In fact, he found twenty-three people who had the same name as his former classmates but who were not his classmates. When the classmates who were already on his page saw the new additions, a great number of them friended those they thought were their long-lost classmates, too. What ensued was great confusion, some actual new friendships made, and a great big belly laugh for John that still has him rolling in the aisles. John is planning a similar scenario for his former company of employment. Is this funny, peeps?
Let me tell you about Christopher. One day, while walking down the street, he passed a church. Looking up the steps, he saw the bride in her flowing white dress, waiting nervously for the ceremony to begin. Rushing up the steps, Christopher ran up to the bride-to-be, grabbed her shoulders, and said, “Oh, for the love of God, don’t do it! Don’t do it!” Then, with a smile, he walked down the steps and went on his merry way.
Then, there was a guy I’ll call Mr. Geography. He liked to talk about “phallic locations” and tell me interesting facts about them. What’s a phallic location? According to Mr. Geography, Norway, Florida, and Italy, to name three. Tell me, peeps, do you think this is a thigh slapper?
Lastly, there’s a guy I’ll call Mr. X. When we first met, he told me he loved phone sex. When I replied that I found such info to be totally TMI, he told me to check my email for some great photos of phone sex. Sure enough, here’s what he sent me.
So, tell me, peeps, what is funny to you? Does your idea of funny change, depending on who the comedian is?
See you next week!
Yours in pickiness,
Molly
Hi Molly,
Thank you, for another unique and highly entertaining post.
For me, many factors come into play to what I regard as funny. Things that happen throughout the average day will be funny on some level. Even the crazy things our dogs do every day will always bring a smile.
I find accents play a huge role when it comes to professional comics. Scottish and Irish accents are fabulous for delivering a joke. I am a ‘huge’ fan of the colourful and zany Scotsman, Billy Connoly.
Thanks again 🙂
Hey Stuart:
Jazzed to see you again. For sure, there are many factors that play into humor. I’m sure you’ve had many of those you-had-to-be-there moments where you’ve laughed hilariously at something and then tried to repeat it, only to have your “audience” look at you like WTF? Just as there is unexplainable chemistry between peeps, there is unexplainable chemistry between peeps and what makes us laugh. YIP, Molly
Hi Molly,
Thanks for the entertaining topic 😀
I think what I find the most funny is ad-libbed material. Natural comedy. Never been into the routine comedy.
I also find hilarious ‘funniest home videos when you have someone on the snow slopes and they lose a ski and they chase after it and it just keeps on going hahahaha.
Funny blog Molly
Thank you
Hey Carol:
Thanks for stopping by! I’m with you, g/f. The stuff that happens naturally is funnier than anything that is prepared. I think humor is a saving grace in all of our lives. Things would be pretty freakin’ scary without a laugh or two in our daily lives. YIP, Molly
Hi Molly,
It is me again, your favorite or maybe not peep. What is funny to me is many times the mood of the teller or maybe my mood at the time. Who knows, probably not even me.
There was an episode on Cybil that that really got me laughing out loud all by myself in a hotel room once. It was on menopause, not usually something I find completely humorous, yet there I was ROFLMAO.
Mostly the humor for me is in the teller, so I guess the more I like someone the more I find them funny. I prefer British humor to our American humor in most instances though.
A can say without a shadow of a doubt I don’t find humor funny when it involves hurting someone or gross language.
Well now since I have once again overstayed my welcome rambling on, I will leave by saying as usual a glorious post that will keep me thinking for days.
Hi again, Marta:
You certainly did not overstay your welcome, g/f. Love seeing you here. I’m laughing at myself because I’m reading your comment thinking, “Why would the mood of a bank teller affect her so much.” I had a real duh-you-moron moment when I realized you were saying the teller of a story. Where is my freakin’ coffee?
I’m with you about hurting people. Nothing funny there. Ever.
Thanks for your visit. Hope to see you again.
YIP,
Molly
Molly, Molly, Molly…..
This has got to be one of the funniest topics so far. I can honestly say, glad I did not meet these men. But as for humor, you are spot on. One persons funny is an others dud…well now you got me thinking!
Hey Sheri:
I’m glad I have you thinking. I have myself thinking. One day, when someone I really cared about did something outrageous, I realized right then that if another guy had done the same thing, it would have so not been funny to me. When there’s an actual person behind any given action, it really does help change our perception of funny.
YIP,
Molly
Hi Molly.
I find when I’m really tired, I’m not as likely to be entertained by something ‘funny.’
On the other hand, when I’m really tired, sometimes sophomoric humor is very, very funny.
How’s that for definitive?
Hey Wright:
That’s quite definitive. And you bring up an excellent point. Our humor does change vastly not only depending on how awake we are, but on our mood as well. Thanks for stopping by! Yours in pickiness, Molly
Dear Molly —-
Oh, geez . . . where to begin? A very annoying man is one who is constantly rolling out a monologue, as if every word, phrase, sentence, conversation somehow has to end with a punchline. Talk about getting stale fast! Trying too hard is *never* funny in my book.
I agree with Carol; ad lib is the funniest and also the most memorable type of humor in my book. Just having a natural, relaxed wit and finding humor in every day things, rather than trying to put together a comedic act to rival Carrot Top (ugh . . .) is much more fun.
And oh yeah, no cheap shots. Making cruel/racist/sexist jokes at the expense of other people is *never* funny. And dear Molly, if you find yourself around such a cretin as this, exercise your pickiness ASAP and kick that tool to the curb.
Ha ha, Leigh Ann.
Girlfriend, I can tell you are a PhD in this subject! I’m betting you have had your share of ill-humored men and then some. Trying too hard is the worst and sexist and cruel humor has no home with me, either. I would love to hear your stories; I’m thinking you have some freakin’ book of them! YIP, Molly