Monday's Question of the Day - June 22, 2015

MoochNNoodles

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Are you a good joke/story teller?

It seems like lately people just don't get my sense of humor. 
  Especially in writing!  I just think; at least i make myself laugh! 
  Sometimes I can come up with witty replies on the spot; but others I find myself thinking up things later.  So I guess I'm no comedian! 

I think I'm a decent story teller.  My cousin's husband is the best though.  He can take a mundane topic and weave a tale out of it.  I have a video of him telling DD a story about a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.  DD was hanging onto every word with her little mouth hanging open.  (She was 4 at the time.)  My cousin and I were practically in hysterics watching the two of them!  But even our 95 year old Grandmother with dementia was listening intently (and chuckling too).  I told him I'm calling him when the kids start asking difficult questions!  Apparently his father has the knack for storytelling as well.  Maybe I just need to listen more and pick up some tips! 
 

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I'm not, not even when I'm writing. My brother, OTOH, missed his calling. He truly should have been a comedian. He's hilarious with his stories and jokes and is funnier than many professional comedians.
 

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i'm not a good joke or story teller. very occasionally, i'll make a funny joke. my dad was a great joke/story teller. he could spin things into very funny stories.
 

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I'm a pretty good story and joke teller.  My family always laughs at my stories and jokes.  I always make sure I don't mess up the punch line because that is the essence of the story or joke.  
 

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If I'm telling something personal that happened to me that is amusing, I'm good.

If it's a joke, I stink.
 
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I cannot tell a joke to save my life but..... My boys love my bedtime stories of a big cat that lives in the tree outside our bedroom.
I have to admit that the movie, My neighbor Totoro, helped me think up these stories.
 

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I am able to make people laugh in a group if I know them ie at work. I'd have people in stitches but I don't really know what I said. I was even told I should do stand up comedy but I can't in front of strangers. It's more like comments I'd make or things that happen to me like getting lost in Greece and Japan and almost in Jordan. No sense of direction and not got the sense to take a taxi. But i haven't found much to laugh about lately. There was the story of me going out withdsomething hanging on my back but never mind. I think I've lost the knack.
 
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