Connor Kevorkian
Mr. Jones
7-15-07
Humor
What is the greatest invention ever? It’s not the wheel, peanut butter, or even ping pong. If you have it, you are always laughing. If you don’t have it, you are annoying and nobody likes you (Okay, some people might like you, but only because they don’t have it either). And you’ll find that if you have it, everybody likes you, even people you don’t like. Nope, it’s not money or a monkey. Still guessing? What an idiot. Here’s the biggest hint, it starts with an “h” and ends with an “umor”. If you’re thinking horrific tumor, congratulations, you’re dumb! The answer is humor. Think about it it’s the only thing in the world that everybody likes (besides money). Everyone in the world likes to laugh, and it’s even more fun to make someone else laugh. When you are laughing so hard you cry and your stomach hurts, that is the absolute greatest feeling in the whole world. Humor makes you feel like you are on the beach and everything is perfect. It doesn’t make you feel on top of the world. You know why? Because if you were on top of the world you’d be on a giant iceberg in the Arctic Ocean. And you wouldn’t be laughing, you’d be thinking, “Holy crap, it’s freezing up here!”
“You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They’re always so condescending, “Yeah the book was much better than the movie.” “Oh yeah, you know what I liked about the movie? No reading.”” This quote by comedian Jim Gaffigan has nothing to do with this essay other than the fact that it makes you laugh. And I only put it in here because I thought it was funny. One of the great things about humor is that when someone tells a joke, right when they drop that punch line, you “get it” or you don’t. When you “get it” is a great feeling because you laugh. When you don’t “get it”, you feel like a moron, and you look like one too. What’s even more embarrassing, is when you drop the punch line, and nobody laughs. Then you really look stupid. But, another great thing about humor is that 5 minutes later, you say a really funny joke and everyone would forget your previous blunder. Humor is fast and witty the kind of thing where you can keep going back and forth with a joke and take it further and further, until someone “kills it”. Then you can just start over and laugh some more.
Humor is very helpful in all aspects of life. If you are having a bad day, then you turn on the TV and your favorite funny movie is on; you seem to forget everything even if it’s only for an hour and a half. Humor has a way of making you forget the world, once you start laughing nothing else matters, it’s like hearing your favorite song after you failed a test (only 10 times better). If you have ever laughed so hard you fell over then you know exactly the feeling I’m talking about. Now if you have never laughed that hard, I feel sorry for you because that must mean you live by yourself in a cave. Clap your hands if you have ever started laughing just because you saw someone else laughing (you don’t have to, I just wanted to make you look like an idiot). I love seeing other people laugh, it makes you feel like you just woke up and found out it was a snow day. Seeing other people laugh is almost as fun as laughing yourself. STOP READING NOW.
Did you stop? Hesitate? Make that weird face where you scrunch your eyebrows? Yeah you did. Liar. I love humor, more than the next guy. Guess what? 45.2% of people pee in the shower. I hope you laughed. According to www.lifestorywriting.com that really is true, gross huh? Humor is the greatest thing ever, my favorite thing in the world. I love laughing, actually, I love making other people laugh. It gives me a great feeling to know that I made someone else feel like they just got exactly what they wanted on their birthday. Humor is important to me because it helps me get through tough situations and it helps me help other people other people feel better.
In conclusion I would like to say that I hope you didn’t think my jokes are dumb and I hope maybe you laughed a little. I also hope that you realize how amazing humor really is. Whenever humor is present try to laugh and try to make others laugh. Each day you should laugh, if you don’t, it’s just not healthy. Next time you laugh I hope you remember this essay and even if you forget the essay just remember this, “The person who can bring the spirit of laughter to a room is indeed blessed.” Bennet Alfred Cert