That's Funny

Yesterday my wife and I had a meeting with a women who is in charge of the assisted living facility that my mother-in-law is a residence. During the discussion this women was discussing bladder infections. She then talked about how some of the women at the facility were coming down with E coli bacteria because were never taught, by their mothers, how to wipe themselves correctly, from front to rear. On our way home after the meeting I said to my wife that I had to hold myself back at the meeting from saying "I was taught to wipe sideways." And with that my wife said "Do you ever take anything seriously?" Thinking for a second I said "Not really."

I think it is my genes, as both of my brothers do the same thing. There is not any point in our lives when we could not find something to laugh at. An examples of this is when my younger brother had a heart attack. Our whole family rushed to the hospital to be with him. When we were allowed to go into his room to see him, and were all standing around his bed, looking down at him with all of these tubes sticking out of him. We all were trying to hold back the tears, seeing him in this situation. While we were standing there my brother opened his eyes. He could not talk because of the tube down his throat. I said to him "Kevin are you OK. We are all so worried about you." He looked at me for a second, raised his arm and gave me the finger. This is how we handle almost everything. I don't know if it is a good thing to be this way, but that's just the way we are wired.

Another example is my Uncle Joes funeral. My wife,my brothers and I were standing in the line to view my uncle before we left for the cemetery. When my middle brother said something about how my uncle was dressed. All four of us thought that it was the funniest thing we had ever heard. Here we are ready to view my uncles body for the last time and we are all in the throws of uncontrollable laughter. Needless to say we were the center of attraction and a couple of people around us even started to laugh as well even with not knowing what we were all laughing at.

So this is my cross to bear. So if you are talking to me about something serious, know that I am thinking about how I can turn that into some thing that amuses myself.

OK Spencer. Ready-Get set-Go.