"Black" humor
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64172)
United States
February 12, 2010 5:22am CST
Well, I've recently started a few discussions about funerals and memorials.
That brings to mind one I helped arrange.
I went by the funeral home to start the arrangements (and get the lay of the land) before taking the former roommate over (looking for obstacles to lay up a wheel chair.)
I was standing out front with the good looking young man who was helping me.
I looked up at the highway over pass that seemed to be right over head.
"Do you ever worry about... drive thru customers?" I asked.
He looked up too, a worried look crossed his face.
"I never have... before," he said, as if now he might start.
Are you like me and sometimes find humor in the strangest places?
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11 responses
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
13 Feb 10
LOL
my grandfather used to work for a cemetary..the guy that took it over from him had to deal with a car that had careened into and through a parimeter fence,knocking down several headstones.
his comment?
"i guess they were in a hurry to get in" 
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
13 Feb 10
i'm sure it'll happen eventually if it hasn't..those types of things seem to draw accidents.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Jun 10
Thanks for the BR. I got a 5 out of 5 for that little gem in high school...
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
12 Feb 10
When I do,nobody else gets it, and I find that I've insulted someone. So I just smile and let people think I'm a little on the stupid side. I've been told that it's better to do that than to open my mouth and remove all doubt.
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@thedailyclick (3017)
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12 Feb 10
When ever I've been in hospital I often make jokes, much to the bemusement of those around me and the nurses as usually most people are kind of nervous when they have an op yet I'm making jokes such as asking them to make sure they mark exactly the right place to operate as I don't need a vasectamy just yet. Don't know whether it's humour sparked on by nervousness or that I am so use to hospitals these days that in a very strange way I find them relaxing.
The good thing is that often other patients have thanked me for making light of being in hospital as it helped them to stop being nervous.
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@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
13 Feb 10
Hello, Elic. Yes, I really like black humour. A good friend of ours has lost two wives to cancer, and we were chatting recently. He was feeling a bit sorry for himself, which is unlike him, and he said, 'The worst thing is being on my own, but I've had two wives I loved, so I shouldn't complain.' I came back with: 'That's just as well, because you're not going to get a third, unless you offer danger money!' I did wonder for a second whether I'd overstepped the mark there, but he burst out laughing, and his blue mood was over in seconds. Obviously, you can only joke like this with people you know really well.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
13 Feb 10
Oh yeah, sometimes finding humor in places like this is a way to cope with situations like this. It's a way of protecting one's self so to put themselves and others at ease. I do try to find humor in the darkest of places too.
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@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
14 Feb 10
Um....do the words "Sorry, you just missed her," ring any bells? 
Maggiepie
"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY LIE...."
Maggiepie
"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY LIE...."1 person likes this
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
13 Feb 10
That is funny! I think you need to see the funny side of most things even tragic ones sometimes! Life can be difficult and if we can’t have a laugh at the things that happen or can happen where would we be? I would have liked to have seen the look on the young man’s face; I’m not sure which is funnier, your comment or his reaction to it!
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
12 Feb 10
I have and quite a few people think I have a sick sense of humor. I have a habit of laughing even when I don't think something is funny. It is just a nervous reaction.. Between that and my sick sinse of humor I am misunderstood a lot!
