April 03, 2003
Good Humor
You are probably wondering why it's Good Humor when there is no ice cream to be found here, right? Well, if you want ice cream go to Dairy Queen or Friendly's. If you want to laugh, read on.
For years, I've been reading columns and books by Dave Barry, a strange, but very funny guy who writes for the Miami Herald. He takes everyday topics and turns them on their ear, or sometimes flat-out right-side-up, and causes me to laugh. Sometimes uncontrolably. Sometimes in public, like at the airport.
My mom had a few Dave Barry books aroud the house when I was younger, and she suggested I read one. I now know why my dad won't let her read them in bed, since I think my wife feels the same way. Laughing out loud at 12:30AM when your spouse wants to be sleeping is not a good way to keep them happy. Despite my thoughts to the contrary, she really does not want to hear "just one more" and often just wants me to read somewhere else, thank you very much.
Dave Barry has a lot of material with which to draw his musings, and often from the curious social/cultural behaviors of Americans. I sometimes react by lightly chuckling. Sometimes by outright chortling, and sometimes by taking a big gulp of air and letting it escape machine-gun like through my lips, hoping that I don't 1) snort, or 2) let loose with laughter loud enough to wake the neighbors or alert the boss that I'm doing something non-work related. Oh, I mean research.
See She's the Life of the Potty or Dirty Thoughts Could Lead to Cleaner Clothes -- just a couple samples of the hundreds of funny columns. Read through the archives or flip through a few of his books in a bookstore and you'll quickly laugh yourself silly.
Posted by MEK at April 3, 2003 11:14 AM