You know what makes me laugh? Other people's blogs. Funny people like Jen Hatmaker.
You know what makes me sad? I think I'm as funny as her but I just. can't. get. it. out. of. my. brain. like. I. want.
You know what else? The fact that I even think I'm as funny as Jen Hatmaker means I have mental delusions.
Great.
Add that to my constantly growing list of ailments. My back! My digestive system! My personality in general! Delusions of hilarity! My Dr. Pepper addiction!
Call the people in scrubs. I'll go willingly, as long as they have Dr. Pepper there.
Now let's talk about sarcasm. (Really? Yes. Random subjects changes are easy for crazy people)
Yesterday I laughed out loud at the guy on the radio, in the car on the way to school. Of course his joke was overly sarcastic, which is why I laughed out loud. If you know me, you know sarcasm is one of my love languages.
So, I laughed at a sarcastic joke on the radio, and my 6-year-old son asks from the back seat, "What's so funny?" I stupidly took the opportunity to try to explain sarcasm to him. Keep in mind, kids can't grasp the concept of sarcasm (I read that in a book, written by a professional person-helper. Which makes it true), and we were exactly 3 minutes away from school at that point. I love a challenge (or maybe I can't tell when to just not talk)!
I explained it like this: "Sometimes people say things that aren't quite true, just to be funny. It's not really a lie, because it's just to make people laugh. It's called exaggerating. Which can also be called hyperbole. Ummmmm, you'll learn that in school. But probably not this year. Yeah." I looked in my little rear-view mommy-mirror to see if he was still following. His glazed-over eyes were staring out the window. No answer.
FAIL.
A word of advice: when kids ask "What's so funny?" from the back seat.. just say "nothing," and change the subject!
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