Funny Is in the Eye of the Beholder

For every sense of humor there is a joke to tickle it. I am a huge fan of puns for example. (If you don’t believe me check out my Facebook page for holiday related examples).

I also enjoy sarcasm and the dryer side of funny. See all British humor as an example.

Now, the Mud Puddle has his own sense of whimsy that I usually get but sometimes do not, and when I do not, it is usually in spectacular fashion.

The MP was always going to be a funny fella. I am sure I have documented it before but in case you forgot:
I submit Exhibit A, when I was pregnant I rarely cried without provocation, my inappropriate emotional reaction to things was to laugh. Uncontrollably. For 15 minutes. And then on and off for up to an hour afterward. I believe this is evidence that the MP was a funny fetus.

Exhibit B: He laughs in his sleep. Not in a menacing sort of way, but in a someone-just-told-a-joke-that-was-funny kind of way. I believe this is evidence he is even funny in his sleep.

There have been funny sayings and moments over the years, the current favorites are as follows:
1. Whilst filming a little movie featuring Angry Bird stuffed animals with his daycare buddies, he came up with the phrase
“Oh Mr. Pig, I love you SoooOO”.
Said in a southern falsetto. It is the funniest thing I have ever heard. I request it on a regular basis as it always cheers me up. Jay-Z recently released a song, which I told the MP is grounds for a lawsuit (not really) that samples a similar “I love you so” falsetto: listen for the second time it is said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPqST0S22js

2. Decent – his current favorite word as it relates to smell. I have never met anyone who describes a smell as decent or - more often - not decent. I had to dig his winter coat from last year (which was in the basement waiting to be washed before going to a coat drive) after we had a freak snow storm in October and I had not yet purchased this year’s coat. His reaction to the basement dwelling coat: “Well that doesn’t smell decent.” Funny and not entirely insulting. We recently rode a horse drawn carriage getting to sit right behind the horse. That also didn’t smell decent, according to the MP as he waved a hand in front of his nose.

So he is funny and I get it MOST of the time. The place where his humor and my anal retentiveness intercede has led to some interesting exchanges.

The MP has a t-shirt that states: Hot Dog It’s Friday, with a picture of a hot dog. He loves hot dogs and Fridays so no brainer there. I even bought a back-up as the shirt is white and he is messy. Seriously, he walks around with ketchup in the corner of his mouth for days. Seven rounds of teeth brushing and face washing and it will still be there. I have considered using a power washer but DHS probably frowns on such behavior.

So Hot Dog It’s Friday. You wear it on Friday. I am a firm believer that if the day of the week is stated on an article of clothing or household item, it is only to be used on that day. I never understood people who bought days of the week underwear – for a variety of reasons but for purposes of this blog – who didn’t wear them on the right days. Was that not the entire point of buying such items?

Sorry, back to the Hot Dog shirt. I lay out his clothes at night. I try and make sure he has the hippest t-shirt collection in the fourth grade. I would say I have succeeded on that front. The Friday shirt is laid out on Thursday nights ONLY.

One day a few weeks back, my dad was going to drop him off at daycare. The MP was not yet dressed when I left but his clothes were laid out for him. This was a Thursday morning.

When I went to pick him up at daycare that evening he was wearing his Hot Dog shirt. A day early. This was not on the approved Thursday clothing list. This was not the shirt I laid out on Wednesday night.

I became very flustered, “you can’t wear that shirt today. What, who, why, when, how, whaaaaa??”
Was pretty much my reaction.

HIS reaction to my reaction was, “Grampy thought it was funny.” OH… so this was FUNNY. No. Not in my book. He just kind of rolled his eyes at me and said something to the effect that I don’t ‘get’ his humor. Yes I do, except when it is strange. But I am glad to know his funny isn’t just a mimic of my funny or Scott’s funny. He has his own brand of humor and I have to say when I relax long enough to go with the flow, it is pretty decent.