The Kind of Funny

Trying to think up of something funny to write about is hard. Have you seen the news lately? Nothing funny about it. All deaths and disasters happening around the world. And also a crazy barking dog man. So instead of picking a topic and trying to be funny about it, let's talk about the topic of "funny" itself. And by "talk", I mean I'll do all the writing and you just sit there on your fat ass and read. With all the effort I'm putting into this post, you better be laughing! I can hear when you're NOT laughing, you know!

There are lots of kinds of funny. The kind of funny where you laugh at someone else's expense. Like a small child falling on flat on their face. Ok, maybe that's a little mean. Let's say a grown person falling off a skateboard. The moment they hit the ground and you hear a loud thump, you immediately just burst out laughing. After about 5 minutes of cracking up, you go over to them to try to figure out why they haven't been moving for a while. They slowly lift up they're head and you kindly ask them if they're OK. If they say yes, then you can continue on laughing guilt free. If they tell you they think they're seriously hurt, screw it. Laugh again anyway.

The kind of funny where it's just completely random. Where something just occurs completely out of nowhere, changing a normal situation into one that's completely ridiculous. Like a paragraph that's just full of sentences, none of which are funny, until the very end. Purple gay rhinoceros.

The kind of funny where you laugh when you're not suppose to. Where a serious situation just gets more and more funny as the story progresses.
Jane: Oh my god Trung! My dog died!
Trung:Oh no, that's terrible!
Jane: *cries* I accidentally ran him over with my skateboard
Trung's Brain: ...uh oh...i'm about to laugh. Whatever you do Trung, DON'T laugh! Must hold in laugh...Must not even smile
Jane: He was the best cocker spaniel ever.
Trung's Brain: No point trying anymore man. Just laugh in her face already 
Trung: hahahaha.....I'm sorry....*pause*....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jane:  -_-
 
You know what I find funny, that "-_-" emoticon. I use it all the time. It's meant to portray the expression of annoyance over MSN, but now that i think about it, isn't that how asains' eyes are normally? If I use it, I'm not saying I'm irritated, I'm just saying my face is normal.

Bob: Hey Trung, I didn't piss you off did I?
Trung:  -_-
Bob:  Err, so what are you saying? That you're annoyed or that you're chinese?


The last kind of funny I'll write about is best summed up in this short story I once read

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A circus had set up in a small town, not too far from the waters of the ocean. A great circus it was, with the main act being none other than the great Pochinko the clown himself. All who came to see his act would never fail to laugh at the great clown's ability to create humour out of nothing. The entire town and all its people were filled with joy ever since the arrival of the circus. All but one. A man had went to visit the doctor, with a desperate plea for help.
"Doctor" the man said with tears starting to form around his eyes "my heart is empty of warmth and I cannot get rid of this terrible sadness that has filled its place. Is there anything you could do to help me?"
The Doctor thought over the man's dilemma and came up with the perfect solution.
"I know what you can do!" The doctor exclaimed with enthusiasm "You must go and see Pochinko the clown. For he is the greatest at what he does and not one person has been able to walk away from his act without a smile on their face"
The man stared wide-eyed at the Doctor's proposal and immediately bawled his eyes out with his face buried in his hands. And through his tears, he cries out "I AM Pochinko!"
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The irony of being in a situation where there's nothing to do but see it it all go downhill. The kind of funny where you're just left reflecting on how amusingly wrong you were. The kind of funny where you don't laugh.