Misplaced sense of humor....?
@sumofalltears (3988)
United States
July 20, 2007 11:41am CST
There was a discussion question recently about what kind of sense of humor we had, sarcastic, dry, normal.....I think there may be another heading there called misplaced or maybe isolated. I think I would fall into that category easier than any of the others.
Have you ever been in a situation where something has struck you as very funny, but you are the only one laughing? Ever seen the chuckles funeral episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show where she is laughing at a funeral and can't stop? That is the type of humor I have. If no one else thinks it is funny I'm going to laugh...:}
Picture if you will going to the movies with my two young sons to see the second Indiana Jones movie and they are so embarrassed because I found it funny.
Just this morning while I was reading my book while waiting to drop off my clients something struck me as funny....the case workers that help unload clients asked what was so funny and I told them it was a love scene....okey dokey. Now they are all giving me looks like dayum, she is already on the short bus, but maybe she should be riding not driving?
So has anyone ever been in a situation where they are the only one laughing?
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
21 Jul 07
Oh totally and completely. I think most people have this on occasion. I think this is also similar to laughing when something is funny but it's not funny ha ha, it's funny ironic or funny weird or something you just quite put your finger on but you instead just have to laugh about it. I have a great example, but its not an example I feel I should probably share. But I'll just say that I definitely laugh at things that no one else finds funny!
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@rosie_123 (6113)
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21 Jul 07
Oh yes - very often As a Brit I have a very dry, sarcastic sense of humour anyway - I tend to see humour in words not practical jokes, slapstick or visual gags, - and as such, sometimes words or situations, that no one else finds funny have me in fits of giggles! I can't think of a specific example now off the top of my head, but I often hear or read something that strikes me as funny, but no one else finds it so! Interesting discussion - thanks for it.
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
21 Jul 07
Ah British humor, it was always represented and rather dry wit, but I never understood the stereo typing especially since you had Benny Hill. I also have a dry and sarcastic bend and can enjoy a good pun or play on words, the double entendres are good too especially when you seem to be the only one that sees it. Other people looks of confusion will just make me laugh all the harder..:}
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
22 Jul 07
Politically incorrect can be a bad thing, I will never understand why people can't just laugh, destroying someone like Benny Hill only lends credence to whatever he was doing. I was not a big fan of his either, but he did have some funny stuff. The way politicians persist in doing their laundry in public makes their sensitivity rather laughable.
@nana1944 (1365)
• United States
21 Jul 07
Okay....A new Humor Heading..I like that. I also find humor in things like you do. No one else can understand it. Along with my warped, deranged sense of humor, I now find I have a misplaced sense of humor. Doctor, Doctor, What other diagnosis will someone find for me next? OMG! Don't tell me that next is the dreaded A B normal sense of humor? Ohhh Nooo!
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
21 Jul 07
Heaven forfend that I should ever be accused of being normal....The needle doesn't stop there for me. I am glad I am not alone in that category...:}
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
20 Jul 07
I used to (hope I've conquered it) laugh when I didn't really think it was funny. Maybe it was nerves sometimes and then again sometimes I would laugh when, for example, someone slipped and fell or hurt themselves in another unfortunate accident. I felt ashamed but instead of stopping I laughed harder. Not for a serious accident just little ones. Very weird huh!
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
21 Jul 07
I don't find it weird at all...it is what slap stick comedy is all about and sometimes laughing can make the person feel better. As long as the person isn't injured the laughter sometimes relaxes the situation.
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
21 Jul 07
Lol...people will look at me weird to....I just tell them its the voices in my head...:}
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
21 Jul 07
Judging from the responses here and my own experiences I would say there is nothing wrong with you, people just have to look on the lighter side sometimes.
