My Funny Button Is Stuck On

The punny jokes just keep on coming

Thank you, Susan Brearley and the wonderful GS MuddyUm! My ‘funny button’ is now stuck permanently on.

I say thank you because it is causing me no end of hilarious fun! I have a constant inner monologue of ridiculous observations, funny article titles and jokes looping throughout my head, day in, day out. Nighttime too!

The punny jokes just never stop!

Now, maybe for some people this would be unremarkable. The class-clowns might answer, “Yeah? What of it, weirdo?! Doesn’t everyone have their own comedy narrator in their heads?”

No. No they don’t.

I don’t really think there’d be many people on this planet who would think I was amusing.

I remember one of my kids once said, “Wow, mom, that was actually funny!”* In complete surprise. Because I am not known for being remotely comedic.

*(she actually said, “mum” because she’s Australian)

And yet here I am. Publishing what (I assume) to be funny things. In this satirical publication! (I assume they’re funny of I am pretty sure “someone” might not have accepted them….)

What a hoot!

The by-product of all this satirical humor-humour is that I can’t turn it off.

I was in “Kiss My Turku” on Monday. I had a medical appointment. Not funny but thankfully not serious either. It took me 5 hours to get there and 30 mins to get back. (Large ship weaving through the archipelago vs plane).

I walked into my hotel room. I started a comedic narrative about the small bed and large bathroom.

Walked into the restaurant to have breakfast. Saw the cross-eyed waiter and started an inner monologue about how nice it is to see you.

Walked to the hospital. I passed so much comedic gold on the way I was nearly late for the appointment!

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME???!!!

I was messaging my mum-mom whilst sitting in the “Kiss My Turku” library providing her with a running comedic commentary about the people around me that made me laugh so much I had to find the nearest public convenience!

THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ME!!

I even replied to text today that said “I hope you are settling in after your day of travel” with, “yep, settled nicely on the loo right now!”

Really? Will this continue? Is this what the funny people of the world do? Is this how they live their lives? Narrating their lives in a comedic stream of consciousness?

If it does, my life will only get lighter, richer, and my laugh lines deeper!

Yeehaa!

Lisa is a reader, writer, teacher, wanderer. She is also possibly even a little amusing. She lives in the Åland archipelago, a Swedish speaking province of Finland surrounded by water and forest. It gets pretty dark in the winter so laughing at things is good. She doesn’t speak Finnish which is why she was a little confused at the sign below.

You could keep in touch if you’d like!