September 08, 2005

Jokes apart.

Jokes can be pretty funny sometimes.

Once, a particularly profound joke of mine exacted a response more than I bargained for. The victim murmured something that sounded like, "You bloody…", and as he searched for a suitable qualifier/noun, the following images flashed by in front of him, all in quick succession – pig, butter, girl, rice, puke, football, Maria Sharapova, a dog, a chappal, puke, his PC, rasam, a butterfly – rewound three images and settled on puke. However, he felt a lump in his throat and the word got drowned in the ensuing pandemonium. Finally, he rolled up his eyes in acute pain and in utter and complete submission (i hoped it was due to ecstasy, but apparently, it wasn't). Since this incident, I try not to lose any opportunity to let anyone escape this torment, and have, so far, fairly succeeded too.

Now, there are jokes that are funny, jokes that are not funny, and jokes that are funny in being not funny. The last category amuses me to no end. There are different kinds of them, all with their subtle differences – meta-jokes, non-jokes, anti-jokes, and of course, shaggy dog stories. The classification may vary for some people, but most non-funny jokes will fall into one of these categories. Though the responses may vary for different people, it’s surely worth a try!!!

WARNING: I advise u not to read my two previous posts, as they are non-funny jokes and, more importantly, may offend some people. Please do so only if u are insanely curious, and at ur own risk.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"babbar sher" on Radio City shud fall in your last category. itna tamasha karte hain...teen chaar flat line-ong ke liye. my fav:

pal1# hey pal, wassup?
pal2# the sky

hitchhiker said...

just love to see ppl to roll up their eyes in despair!!
::grin