"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchil

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Hate-Love# 17: Laughing You A** Off

As far as days go, today was (in the words of my favorite blogger, Perez Hilton) pretty Craptastic with a capital 'c'. So today, in an effort to lift my mood (just in case the large glass of wine I'm now babysitting doesn't work) I'm going to write only about something I love...

Moments so funny you cry, your face hurts, and you pee (just a little!). These are the moments I live for: the knee slapping, belly quaking, can't stop until you physically hurt from laughing so hard, kind of moments. These moments tend to come out of the blue, but are so amazingly worth the wait when they finally do. Funny moments can, of course, come from random YouTube videos, someone falling, being frightened, or generally humiliated, something hilariously original that your friend says, or maybe even a really good stand up comedian. Any way they come, however, rip-roarious moments are possibly more satisfyingly tasty then a BBQ-ed Rib Eye steak.

Above is a photo of my beautiful BFF, Paige, who has quite possibly one of the best laughs on the planet. This photo always reminds me of the wonderful and hysterical adventures we enjoyed during our three month trip to Southeast Asia, and thus always succeeds in lifting my mood. Do you have a photo or a friend who always makes you fell better? This kind of friend is a good one to have in your arsenal, so if you're lacking this in your inner circle, go find one, stat! I have to admit though, that my fav funny moments are the ones that take you by surprise, one such moment happened recently, and though I may not do this story justice, I'm certainly going to try.

I was over at a friend's house watching the end of the San Jose Sharks game and we were all yucking it up as usual; paying no real attention to the TV. As the game came to a close, some commentators came on the screen who were most likely talking about something related to the game, but we were all so busy talking at once that we didn't much hear what pearls of hockey wisdom they were imparting. All of a sudden my boyfriend says, "WAIT! Rewind that!" All in the room looked at him a bit puzzled, but the remote holder complied and rewound a couple minutes, "Watch!" My boyfriend said. None of us were ready for the unexpected hilarity that ensued: on the screen were the three commentators who seemed to be sitting casually in one of the upper boxes in the hockey arena. All three (commentators) guys were holding large foamy microphones in different colors and it was clear that the two guys further from the camera were the ones doing most of the chatting. The other guy, the one closest to the camera was, instead of talking, resting his microphone between his upper lip and nose and staring at the other two guys, which was strange but not altogether notable. Then, this guy (the one in the foreground) looks directly downward, tips his nose to rest on his mic and snnnniiiiiiiiiiff, takes a big smell of his foamy green microphone! Even better was that neither of the other guys noticed and the sniffing noise was incredibly amplified by the mic itself. Holy. Moses. I haven't laughed that long in eons. Needless to say, my amigos and I watched the moment at least 10 times, laughing harder with each instant replay. I'm laughing just thinking about it. Ahhh....my day is looking up after all! What's your funny moment?!

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