Not So Funny, Midlife Crisis

It occurred to me that I may not be as funny as I think. I really do think I’m exceedingly funny. I sometimes write stand-up routines, tape myself doing them, and then watch them on my TV as though I were on the Comedy Network. Sometimes I dress as a woman and tape myself so I can boo later, and complain that female comedians just aren’t funny. This amuses me. Today, as I was twoing at work, I was thinking about my sense of humour, and just how funny it is. It occurred to me that it might not be as funny to everybody else, so I left myself an hilarious memo on my phone to remind myself to write about it. So funny. Anyway, I was thinking about all the ribbing I give people, like when I bust Ted Nugent’s balls about having old, well, balls, or when I bug Chimpit about having a cute little baby chimp head, although that is always from a place of endearment. It struck me that they may not find these things as humourous as I do, just like I don’t think it’s all that funny when somebody points out that I have a short torso. Well you know what else has a short torso? A giraffe. And nobody F’s with a full grown giraffe, except lions, but only in rare cases. It would have to be the Achilles of lions. A real king of the jungle type. Again I digress. I guess the moral is that we should all think we’re the funniest people around, because if we can’t make ourselves laugh, we might as well go crawl under a porch.

Another thing occurred to me. I still love all the things I loved when I was a kid. Space, dinosaurs, milkshakes, cartoons (though I would never have been allowed to watch the ones I watch now). I hold them all dear. Could this be:

A) Because I genuinely love them

B) A midlife crisis, or

C) A sign of my immaturity

I like to think it’s a little from column A, and a little from column B. No, maybe not B. Mostly A and C. Probably a little from B though. Wait, that was in list format. Forget about columns. Just look at the list and read A and C, and then read B, but with your eyes all squinty so you don’t really see it very well.