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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580
Once had a comedian explanation of humor that went something like this.
All jokes, things folks find funny have to have a butt to the joke, be it a person, animal, place or thing.
Example of person might be a "blond" joke or child putting their spaghetti bowl on their head.
Example of animal might be dog butt scooting.
Always a butt or focus point for humor. The supposed injury is not serious or fatal.
"Man falls three floors, hits sidewalk, bounces once and lands on feet then walks casually away" - funny.
"Man falls three floors, splat, dead" - not funny.
Now, OP, pointed out that traffic signal is needed. Good, but serious and not funny. OP's post, for whatever reason had errors of various kinds. No one hurt as a result of post that many of others here found some humor in. No real or lasting harm intended or done.
To OP, thanks for bringing attention to a traffic problem. Also, I hope you were not offended by the fun some of us enjoyed as a result of minor errors we had some fun with.
What else can we have fun with. Oh, if anyone sees me fall flat on my ass, please finish laughing be for asking if I'm ok.
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Charles Schulz once said something to the effect of "slipping and falling on a banana peel is not funny. Unless it's the other guy slipping and falling on a banana peel. Then it's funny."
He was asked why he never let Charley Brown kick the football. He said "because that's not funny."
When he went to his 50th high school reunion he introduced himself to an old classmate who said "Charles Schulz, huh? Too bad your not the real Charles Shulz, you know, the one who does 'Peanuts'". He couldn't convince this woman that he was the "real" Charles Schulz. He said that wasn't funny either.
I thought it was. So, funny is different things to different people I suppose.