# 30 Day Song Challenge, number 25: a song that makes you laugh **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178 "2016-07-29T07:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/1 "2016-07-29T07:41:57Z")
Hard to pick one funny song of the many out there, but I’ll post [The Prettiots - Boys (I Dated in High School)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfol9YlSvPc). It breaks some rules about how lyrics should rhyme, but it just makes it funnier to me. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/2 "2016-07-29T08:02:43Z")
[Political Science, by Randy Newman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du3WhHrrNgs) “Boom goes London, boom Paree. More room for you and more room for me. . .” ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/3 "2016-07-29T08:26:09Z")
**[“30,000 Pounds of Bananas” by Harry Chapin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODMye94wMfk)** “HARRY, IT SUCKS!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/4 "2016-07-29T15:05:35Z")
Not too many songs make me laugh, other than maybe when I hear them the first time and there’s a catch in them. There’s _Funky Cold Medina_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ZIf2H9S0E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ZIf2H9S0E) Or _Business Time_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU) Or _Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KnP3Lnq2M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KnP3Lnq2M) Or _Hair of the Dog_ can make me smile [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPCBRESO2hg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPCBRESO2hg) because years ago when my son was about 5, we were out driving and got caught in a storm. It had come up quickly, the rain was coming down hard, we could barely see. The manhole covers in the parking lot were bouncing up on little geysers of water. My son was terrified. HotD came on the radio and I said, listen to this, they are saying a bad word. I started singing along to the son of a bitch part and got him singing and giggling because he was saying a _Bad Word_. Nothing like being allowed to be a little naughty to take his mind off the storm. For months afterwards every time the song came on the radio he’d giggle a little and say there’s the song with the bad word. Strange little mommy/son bonding moment. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/5 "2016-07-29T15:11:50Z")
Biz Markie’s [“Just a Friend.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg) ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/6 "2016-07-29T16:26:37Z")
[eBay - Weird Al.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ) When it first came out I was heavily into eBay and even went to their convention in Orlando (eBay Live) where Weird Al lip-synched it live. It was still fun. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/7 "2016-07-29T17:05:30Z")
[The United Servo Academy Men’s Chorus Hymn](https://youtu.be/Ree220FiOEg) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/8 "2016-07-29T17:06:22Z")
I remember roller skating to this in junior high, vigorously shaking my head in agreement while laughing derisively. Now days, it cracks me up at how angsty I could be at 12. Thanks, J. Geils. I still think that “love stinks.” Sometimes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E0LAs7X5ybE/maxresdefault.jpg "J. Geils Band - Love Stinks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LAs7X5ybE) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/9 "2016-07-29T17:18:52Z")
Tom Lehrer: [The Vatican Rag](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhYqeGp_Do). ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/10 "2016-07-29T17:42:26Z")
Negativland: “[Drink It Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kai-mgp8cEw)” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/11 "2016-07-29T17:48:46Z")
_Shut up and get on the plane_- **Drive-By Truckers** or _Panties In Your Purse_ or _Steve McQueen_ I’ll be glad when this six month 30-day challenge is done! ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/12 "2016-07-29T17:55:54Z")
The cover of the Britney Spears song [Toxic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMy0KPz8Vvo) by the Norwegian band **Trollfest**. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/13 "2016-07-29T17:57:59Z")
[Amish Paradise by “Weird” Al.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg) Great song, but its video made it my favorite “Weird” Al song. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/14 "2016-07-30T00:44:22Z")
If you enjoy drinking boilermakers, you will love this band. Actually the whole fucking album is great. excellent, thoughtful lyrics, particularly in the chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/15 "2016-07-30T20:45:30Z")
Weird Al with [Eat it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI) Bob Rivers with [Cat in the Kettle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR4RNK1L2DA) ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/16 "2016-08-01T08:10:14Z")
Truckers - Corky and the Juice Pigs (also known for “I’m the Only Gay Eskimo”) I Hate People - Willio & Phillio Another Irish Drinking Song - Da Vinci’s Notebook ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/17 "2016-08-01T10:49:03Z")
Watch [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8), and then watch [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx7QVnHF7EY). It is impossible not to laugh while watching the latter. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/18 "2016-08-01T11:50:59Z")
Brad Paisley’s [Online](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE6iAjEv9dQ). The line at 1:40 always makes me laugh! “Even on a slow day, I can have a three-way … chat.” ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/19 "2016-08-28T15:53:01Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > If you enjoy drinking boilermakers, you will love this band. > Actually the whole fucking album is great. > > > excellent, thoughtful lyrics, particularly in the chorus. I had actually forgotten about them, thank you for reminding me they existed.🙂 I couldn’t think of a song that made me laugh, then I got Hasil Adkins’ [No More Hot Dogs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nz9jR_AuLM) stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178/20 "2016-08-29T02:34:34Z")
Stan Rogers - The Woodbridge Dog Disaster (live) "And its eyes misted over with pain, boys, and its eyes misted over with pain." [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-25-a-song-that-makes-you-laugh/761178.md?page=2)