K-lo
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Joined: 7/31/2006
Msg: 26 | |
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Posted: 3/18/2007 10:13:57 PM |
"Looking for an unattractive, mentally unstable radiation mutant that is unable to comprehend even the simplest "Chicken/Road" joke. Inability to even smile a bonus, and DNA mixes with Platypus or Koala bear preferred although willing to entertain other crosses. Must be boring, simple-minded, and communicate in grunts and clicks. Must also love dogs, but not eating them."
Ok, see . . . THAT made me laugh my ass off. And I couldn't agree more:
Although.. if someone posted that ad, I'd add them to my favourites in a heartbeat.
"Sense of humor" is so relative. So, just saying you have it, or want it, . . . that could mean anything. Jokes really don't make me laugh. Sarcasm and quick wit and spur of the moment incidents do. Making fun of people and being mean, that doesn't make me laugh. I have one sister that actually says funny things, and she draws some great character sketches too - she's funny. She thinks I'm the funniest sister because of the way I relay situations in writing (she lives across the country, so we email and IM). One of our other sisters is funny in the things she does and how she interacts with people, even though she's not trying to be funny at all. It's funny because she's serious. (She can laugh at herself though).
I definitely would need to be with someone who I could laugh with and who shared a similar sense of humor. He doesn't need to make me pee my pants laughing on a daily basis - but, just get each other and find similar things amusing. | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 12:31:33 AM | Laughing is also a great stress reliever.
If you do it right - you can make a joke about a problem - then fix/solve the problem. If you make a joke about it first - it reduces the stress and you can take it of the problem with a clearer head.
Another example is - if someone - say a customer is giving you a hard time on the phone. Picture them looking and sounding like Donald Duck as they are talking - the harsher they get the more “quack” they get in their voice. | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 12:38:48 AM | The thing is sense of humor is very subjective. And it's misleading to think that the jokes work on your friends would go well with the new lady you are trying to woo. "Have a sense of humor", along with "I like to have fun" and "make me laugh" are some of the most used phrase and honestly, drive some people nuts because they occur in too many profiles.
So unless you never laugh, just ignore what women say about "having a sense of humor", you have it, just may not be the right kind...and you won't know till you start a conversation. | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 2:58:33 AM | Personally, I don't feel that a sense of humor is a prerequisit, but, I've had both types of relationships,..and the best relationship I was ever in was the one where we laughed the most. We were always making each other laugh and we also became best friends in the process. I don't think I've ever had so much fun with anyone. So, do I think it's important? ..Oh ya!..Definately!
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Posted: 3/19/2007 4:42:01 AM | | There are so many different styles of humor, that to merely state a potential mate needs to have one is not definitive enough for me (I've also found many folks to be sorely lacking in the humor department). For me, a sense of humor on par to my own is my main "must have". I love intelligent humor, so my ideal will possess a rapier wit and a quick mind. I am not about to spend eternity with a man who thinks "Gallagher Too" is a comedic genius. | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 1:18:34 PM | ^^^ Hey everybody, let's smash some fruuuuit!
Humor... what a concept.
What is humor? Why do so many people think they're funny or have a 'sense of humor'? Can you sense humor with great accuracy? I don't know... I mean I think I know what's funny... and I think I can be funny sometimes... and I think through that... I feel like I have a good sense of what is humorous... but, the more people in the room with you means the bigger chance of finding someone that doesn't share your view.
I sing to my cat... is that funny... or just really sad and awkward... (especially when I get loud)?
I've found that few people truly match my level of funny... does that make me some kind of elitist humor snob? Not even remotely, I'm friends with a few pretty kick ass cut ups and I think there are a lot of funny people out there... But, it's not just about being funny... it's about making situations fun and interesting... Now, that is something special and when you find it in another... hold on to it.
Plus, it's really hard to find women that are weird like me... I need weird.... I crave it.
I sup upon the ambrosia of the comedic and bizarre...
the giggleparts - Why isn't there another Star Trek... why? I miss it... I need it... when I go to sleep at night, I clutch at my pillow tight... | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 1:30:12 PM | I agree, a sense of humor is big for me. I have to be serious at work all day, when I am off work I want to laugh. I have the best time when I am with my friends or someone special and as we are talking we are laughing about nothing. I hate it when I am watching a funny movie with someone and they don't laugh, they grin but don't laugh because others may hear them. Who cares, they are laughing themselves and are not really paying any attention to wether you are laughing or not.
Go ahead laugh and enjoy,. | |
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jimi77
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Joined: 7/13/2004
Msg: 33 | |
| sense of humor
Posted: 3/19/2007 1:37:18 PM | | I've always heard this was true, that woman love a man with a sense of humor and I also love a woman with a funny bone. However I have never really seen it help me out with the ladies other then to get them to laugh. I’ve been told I’m very funny on many occasions from mothers, dates, friends ect. ???? | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 1:43:17 PM | | sadly this is true i have a lot of male friends that can make me laugh but i also need to feel attracted to that person also its not about being shallow its just looking for the whole package i suppose, people shouldn't confuse falling in love with someone purely as they make them laugh being in love is a very complex thing you also want to be laughing with that guy who makes the hairs stand on the back of your neck when you walk he walks in the room no matter how long you have been together, people say to me im too fussy and that certain people you can grow to love yes that is true as a freind but falling in love is a completeley different thing !!! what do you think?? | |
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jimi77
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Joined: 7/13/2004
Msg: 35 | |
| sense of humor
Posted: 3/19/2007 1:49:31 PM | I agree I would fall for a girl just because she is funny.. It would be a piece of the puzzle and something that would spark my interest very much.
I’ve dated women with no sense of humor and it was horrible seens how I am a guy that loves to laugh and joke and make others laugh. Frankly I got tired of explaining the jokes.. | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 2:04:27 PM | Humor being important is an understatement. It is crucial to me..It can make or break the silence in meeting even. I find someone without any has a "zero" personality in the long run I feel. I would gladly risk the wrinkles/laugh lines I could get from the laughter I would share and feel so relaxed from after. I feel a good joke goes a long way. A sense of humor quickly catches my attention. Live, laugh, love.. lighten the mood of an otherwise rough day. Find something funny.(I should've put this on my profile, may be time to update that some..hmmm.)
My daughter often shakes her head as she smirks or looks out the window when we are driving somewhere as she tries to not acknowledge when I act goofy. BUT then I have her cat on my camera phone seeming so ticked off and she is most passive. That pic makes me laugh every time I see it as that is so not her look. I also enjoy some sarcasm. | |
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Posted: 3/19/2007 2:09:26 PM | | I'm agreeing with the other posters ... a sense of humor is hugely important to me. Who wants to be around a stick-in-the-mud anyhoo? And anyone without a sense of humor likely wouldn't reply to my profile. | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 8:13:32 AM | There are so many different styles of humor, that to merely state a potential mate needs to have one is not definitive enough for me
A sense of humor is different for each and every person, and that, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
Like art or wine, Humor has many forms or flavors and I appreciate most, and some I just dont understand or appreciate, but it doesnt make it any less funny or tasty...
I like slapstick, sarcastic, facetious, satiric and yes, just simple humor... watching people can be extremely humerous...
I think as far being with someone, I could not be with someone who had no sense of humor at all, but at the same time I may have to learn to appreciate or understand theirs as I would expect the same from them... | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 8:47:53 AM | I'd like to think I am a good humor man.
Though I am partial to a Dryer style of humor. If someone can get 31 laughs strolling down the Rocky Road of life, I am shown that they can Push Up their chin. Some people say I have an Eskimo Pie in-the-sky attitude, but to them I say nay. They are the fools, this is what happens when lonesome Dove Bars cry. | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 8:53:17 AM | See, I think there it is, we tell you right out what is important to us....and you don't listen, you don't think we know what we want or that it is simply a small part of what we want. I'd have to say right up there with humour, would be a mate that listened and didn't make light of my needs and desires.
If we can't laugh and have fun together, how can we ever manage all the day to day stuff. The big moments, the serious stuff. I heard you need 10 good positive experiences to every 1 serious experience in order to maintain a healthy relationship. So, get out the joke book, lighten up and have some fun. We all need it. | |
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lfrl
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Joined: 3/30/2006
Msg: 41 | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 8:58:25 AM | | No you are not wrong but you are entitled to your own opinion!!!!!!!!! To each their own. | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 9:15:59 AM | | What?! None of you want an automaton?! Wanting to be with someone who has a sense of humor is kind of like saying, "I like air." Anyone want to get in a silly Monty-Pythonesque argument concerning who likes air? | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 9:29:48 AM | I would feel stagnated being with someone with no sense of humor. Laughter lightens up the soul.
With that being said – I do have a hard time showing that side of myself online due to an inner fear of being misconstrued when others cannot see the grin on my face or hear the amusement in my voice. Having to explain what I meant by my words takes all the "fun" out of it. | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 9:37:09 AM | Finding a guy with a sense of humor is easy. Finding a guy with MY sense of humor is like looking for the Holy Grail....AFTER I survived the Knights who say "Ni!" and crossed the Bridge of Death..... | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 9:41:15 AM | Well maybe if you brought him a....Shrubbery! | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 9:51:02 AM | I watched both audio commentaries to that in one night. Hysterical.
Your mother is a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries! | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 9:55:30 AM | | Dude, if I couldn't see the humor in my life, I'd be SOOOO depressed. Instead I take it as it comes and retell the funny little stories to my friends and make them laugh. Laughing's good for me. And for everybody else, too. Try it! | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 10:40:21 AM | It is the third most important thing after breathing and food& water. However, first you must learn to be able to laugh at yourself and allow others to laugh at you before you can have people truly laugh with you.
I'm all for a well placed fart joke in a movie but a string of 100 of them does not a good comedy make. Although...that scene in the nutty professor with Eddie Murphy, where they are at the dinner table...
Some of my favorites? George Carlin, Dennis Miller, Dennis Leary, Steven Wright.
Funny Movies? The Holy Grail, Arthur, Young Frankenstein...er Frahnkunshteen, The Mouse That Roared, Vacation (not the whole series, just the original and the Christmas one), Grumpy and Grumpier old men.
Know your target audience and be able to mix it up a little. Be careful around those who are real religious and falsely pious. I have a framed print called "The Laughing Christ" and some are uncomfortable with just that print, never mind some of the wickedly funny religious jokes I have in my bag of tricks.
To the young lady who says "Ni", might I suggest if you have not already seen episodes of it, to view the shows "CHEF!" , "Keeping Up Appearances", and "Red Dwarf". All are shown on BBC in America or sometimes also on local PBS stations.
One of the very few things I miss from the vast frozen wasteland above the Mason Dixon was a little show called the "Red Green Show". You've got have grown up in or near Canada to get some of the humor in that one. Like the shows main character says, "Duct Tape is the handyman's secret weapon" and "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy".
"Remember to keep your stick on the ice".
Cheers. | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 10:45:42 AM | Oh yeah, I want me a man who is like an old stick in the mud.. never laughs, never tries to make me laugh, very serious, dull... yeah thats what I want!!!
Why cant we have kinda handsome, semi stable men who have a great sense of humor??? When you ask for the 'one thing' we are looking for, why limit it to 'one thing'? I'm looking for a lot of things all rolled up into one....
Boy, you sure are a tall one...  | |
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Posted: 3/20/2007 10:53:12 AM | Hey Gonzo...
Well maybe if you brought him a....Shrubbery! | |
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