Oh, no! We need more funny. Or simply fun. Or amusing. Or not tragic. I did recently see a hilarious production of Comedy of Errors at the Shakespeare Theatre in D.C. It lifted my spirits. Need more of that.
As I type this, I feel like there should be a timeline (or just a string) with notches that show "roflmao" at one end and "can't get out of bed at the other" and many notches in-between. And what's in the middle is just your everyday, humorless "hahaha emoji."
I don't know if that's funny, but thinking of pulling that string out at appropriate moments and measuring funny notches sounds like a much better plan than crying a waterfall (although I could imagine those tears mixing with the spray of, say, Niagara Falls and turning into a beautiful rainbow). Recycling tears into joy!
P.S. I am not a humor writer, which sounds so hard--but just riffing here to try it on for size. Please forgive my unfunny ;)
Ugh. Isn't that a terrifying thought. I guess there has to be right? But isn't it weird how fashion comes back - that high waisted jeans, or flares or jumpsuits had their day and then they come back around.
Yesterday, a woman got on the elevator, but was only going up a single floor. She apologized. I said, “It’s OK. The elevator is vastly safer than the stairs”. We laughed as she exited. Of course, I didn’t know whether that was true. I should know that. I work at an insurance company.
I went back to my desk to check the statistics. We’re 100 times more likely to be injured on stairs than in an elevator. 400 times more likely to die on stairs than in an elevator. Don’t regret taking the elevator, even if it’s a single floor.
Oh, no! We need more funny. Or simply fun. Or amusing. Or not tragic. I did recently see a hilarious production of Comedy of Errors at the Shakespeare Theatre in D.C. It lifted my spirits. Need more of that.
As I type this, I feel like there should be a timeline (or just a string) with notches that show "roflmao" at one end and "can't get out of bed at the other" and many notches in-between. And what's in the middle is just your everyday, humorless "hahaha emoji."
I don't know if that's funny, but thinking of pulling that string out at appropriate moments and measuring funny notches sounds like a much better plan than crying a waterfall (although I could imagine those tears mixing with the spray of, say, Niagara Falls and turning into a beautiful rainbow). Recycling tears into joy!
P.S. I am not a humor writer, which sounds so hard--but just riffing here to try it on for size. Please forgive my unfunny ;)
Along the same lines ... what if there is no new, ie really new, music. Just reheated songs that sounded better in the original. Just a thought.
Ugh. Isn't that a terrifying thought. I guess there has to be right? But isn't it weird how fashion comes back - that high waisted jeans, or flares or jumpsuits had their day and then they come back around.
Excellent.
Yesterday, a woman got on the elevator, but was only going up a single floor. She apologized. I said, “It’s OK. The elevator is vastly safer than the stairs”. We laughed as she exited. Of course, I didn’t know whether that was true. I should know that. I work at an insurance company.
I went back to my desk to check the statistics. We’re 100 times more likely to be injured on stairs than in an elevator. 400 times more likely to die on stairs than in an elevator. Don’t regret taking the elevator, even if it’s a single floor.
Great piece!!
I love Julia Whelan narrating Kristen Hannah books that are so unfunny.
I hear you. Some days I am drained of funny.