Quick poll: How funny are you?

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Quick poll: How funny are you?

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Hey, looks aren't everything.

SEE? My funniness knows no bounds!

Jen · Senior Bucketkeeper

Depends on my audience, I guess. I think that people generally think that they're funnier than they really are.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Jen · Senior Bucketkeeper

Well myself included, of course! Do you think I'm wrong?

Cowboy · Member

What kind of question is this? Funny looking? Smelling? Are you referring to jocularity, whit, or the regurgitation of mindless jokes? A very scintillating question. I myself just bloviate.

-- Edited by Cowboy at 23:49, 2008-05-29

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

So, there I was yesterday, typing up about a hundred "getting to know you" questions for the ward iceream social tonight. (Then I made about 6 copies, cut them into individual strips and began rolling them up for easy insertion into helium balloons where people will have to pop the balloons and get the questions inside answered by someone and signed off so the people can exchange them for iceream toppings.) So, to answer Cowboy's query of "What kind of question is this?" It is one of the hundred questions I am beginning to loathe after 4 hours of rolling.

The hilarious bit is that I'm still not done rolling and I have to spend the entire afternoon setting up for (and probably inflating balloons for) this massive balloon massacre. I really did try to talk them out of this.

I'm laughing. It's either that or cry.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

That actually sounds like a fun activity, hic. I bet the people will have fun. It'll pay off.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

I hope so.

arbilad · Head Chef

Vulcans do not joke.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

...cuz they ARE the joke.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

LoudmouthMormon · Profuse Pontificator

Light-heartedness is my lifeline to sanity and my impenetrable armor against depression. Without it, I would shrivel up into a useless, despondant, shuddering ball of dissafected tears and dry up.

I know jokes for when someone attempts suicide and blames it on you. I've laughed with rape and incest survivors as they learn to express their pain and rage through dark humor. And perhaps most importantly, I've helped my little girl giggle through her tears when she showed up with a scraped up knee.

LM

LoudmouthMormon · Profuse Pontificator

Um... Here's what I meant to say:

Two clergy persons are on an airplane, a Catholic priest and a Mormon bishop.

After a while, the priest turns to the bishop and asks, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you are not to drink coffee?" The Mormon bishop responds, "Yes that is still one of our beliefs" The Catholic priest then asks, "Have you ever had a cup of coffee"? "Yes," says the Mormon bishop, "I have to admit--on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tried a cup of coffee." The Catholic priest nods in understanding and goes on with his reading.

A while later, the Mormon bishop speaks up and asks, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?" The Catholic priest replies, "Yes, that is still one of our vows." The Mormon bishop then asks, "Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?" The Catholic priest replied, "Yes, Bishop, on one occasion, I was weak and broke my vow." The Mormon bishop nodded understandingly for a moment.

A few minutes later he smiled, looked at the Catholic priest and then said, "A lot better than coffee, isn't it?"

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

The ice cream social went very well. The kids all had a blast popping balloons and people actually socialized a lot instead of just with the people at their tables. Mission accomplished.

And I was able to laugh at the teen boy who was looking for where the helium tank was stashed when I informed him that he'd have no luck because the valve was not with the tank.

That reminds me... I have custody of the tank for the next 5 days and it's still half full. Anyone have any suggestions for what to do with it?

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

(Oh, and I just printed out a lovely article for said teenager on how huffing out of a helium tank can kill you. I figure he ought to know.)

-- Edited by hiccups at 21:36, 2008-05-30

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Kill you? Are you serious?

I say make a neato YouTube video singing primary songs a la helium and then link it here.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Yes, I'm serious.

http://www.cganet.com/N2O/helium_safety.htm

"Attempting to inhale helium from a commercial helium balloon filling system poses a greater hazard than does inhaling helium from a balloon. Beyond the risk of passing out, the potential for fatal injury is present. Unfortunately, several young people have been killed while inhaling helium from such a system."

"Chemical reaction does not cause fatal injuries. Rather, the pressure of gas inside the lungs is the agent that can kill instantly. Autopsies show that the alveoli (air sacs) in the lungs have been ruptured. Death follows immediately, as the victims literally drown in their own blood. Under such circumstances, cardiopulmonary resuscitation is of no avail."

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Yikes. Guess I'll stick to balloons from now on.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Yeah, I printed off a copy of the article and gave it to the young man in church today. I thought it might be important for his future wellbeing considering how hard he was searching for that helium tank.