Plus I have a zit on my chin

[resonant]

I think the universe is messing with me. I don't know how else to explain all the minor stressors coming up one after another.

First it was the house: The washing machine was leaking, and then it fixed itself. The microwave was tripping the circuit breaker, and then that fixed itself. The water heater, alas, did not fix itself.

Then my parents came up with a scheme for my mother's birthday that required us to fly down, stay two days, and fly back up -- a trip too short even to bother to reset my watch.

Then it was the computer; AT&T's one and only local access number went down and stayed down for ten days.

And just about the time it went back up, my car refused to start.

You know what my theory is? I think I'm being recalibrated. Or possibly beta-tested.

So! None of these are major enough to require sympathy, but I'd love it if you'd tell me a joke.

Comments

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

Why did the lady bird go to school?
Because it was Wednesday!

Note: to be funny, this really needs be told by a five year old on a tube train, absolutely cracking himself up as he tells it, while his mum and her friend snort into their hands and all the commuters giggle for no reason they can understand.

[kezzamorphosis.livejournal.com]

Sounds like my brother, who, at the age of five, went all over a train asking people, "Do you wanna hear a dirty joke? A cow fell in the mud!"

(This was, like about 1958...)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Our 8-year-old neighbor told us this one:

What's brown and sticky?
A stick!

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

That is my friend datlowen's favorite joke in the world. It's fun to tell it to people when he's around because just hearing you ask the question can make him laugh for whole minutes. :-)

[randomblade.livejournal.com]

And the two follow-ons:

Q: What's brown and barks?
A: Bark!

Q: What's green and leaves?
A: E.T going home!

And the crowd goes wild.

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

Random drive by comment to say that when we were kids (and um, technically a little more grown up, too) our favourite joke along those lines was:

(to be told in rapid succession)
Why did the koala fall out of the tree?
Cos it was dead.

Why did the kangaroo fall over?
Cos the koala fell on it.

[uselessplayback.livejournal.com]

That's kind of like one I remember from high school.

(also to be told in rapid sucession)
Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?
Cause it was dead.

Why did the second monkey fall out of the tree?
Because it was tied to the first monkey.

Why did the third monkey fall out of the tree?
Peer pressure.

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

Ha! That actually made me snort out loud [grin]