Maybe this belongs in IMHO? I don’t know. But it seems utterly pointless.
I used to visit New Orleans frequently when I had friends there. As we were driving one night, I saw a large illuminated sign that said, “Blue Plate Mayonaise”. It’s where they make Blue Plate brand mayo. But I thought of “blue plate specials” offered by diners (I’ll have to find out where that phrase came from, one of these days) and thought, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that were a restaurant?”
I could see it now: “I’ll have the mayonaise. And could you put some gravy on that?”
This sort of thing happens to me all the time. I look at mundane things and then twist them into something bizarre or funny. Anyone else?
nothing to add to OP (other than info regarding spelling of mayonnaise)
BTW, blue plate specials came about around depression era when diners had left overs or some other cheap food to prepare (roast, turkey, etc.) and would offer it at a low cost to patrons (5c or so). It was served on, you guessed it, a blue plate! (the ceramic on metal kind, hence the color blue)
Now that I think of it, there’s a Turf Farm (sell grass) near my house. They had a big sign in the middle of the field that advertised “Certified Sod”. That meant nothing to me until I drove past it with my English friend.
Montie, Falcon, Nacho, et al yaknow what I’m talkin’ 'bout? Rt. 50 West of Bowie??
I think people falling down are hilarious. As long as they don’t get hurt. Ever seen “While You Were Sleeping” ? When the kid on the bike is throwing the newspaper and he just totally bites it in the snow?
Cracks me up every time.
I think a good insult is hysterical. My close friends and I have been friends since high school, and when we’re all together we can’t have a normal conversation because we’re all busting on each other. I know this doesn’t sound fun, and the insults are harsh, but not mean-spirited. We always know the other guy is joking and it’s all about outdoing the previous insult.
I think a blow to the (male) genitalia is about the funniest thing in creation.
I remember one time I went to the kitchen to get some cookies. My dogs, Mollie and Brandy, smelled the goings-on and circled about me as I tried to leave. “No,” I said, “These aren’t for you.” Well. Mollie jumped on me to get a closer look and yep, she planted her forefoot right on my crotch, with all of her sixty pounds behind it. I dropped my cookies and knelt helpless on the floor as the dogs ate up their new-found treats. My mother’s laughter pealed in the background.
I didn’t find it very amusing at the time but in retrospect it’s pretty damn funny.
Beefymeg I agree. Seeing someone fall (as long as they are not hurt) can be pretty funny. Even when I do it I laugh my butt off at myself.
A few years ago my commute to work took about 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic and it was quite boring. There was nothing really to look at on the way, no homes or businesses, just nothing. But everyday on the day I passed this one lonely little farm in the middle of no where and the name of it was, get this…Schindlers Farm!
All I could think of each time I passed the farm was the movie “Schindlers List” and a bunch of sad little animals wondering around. I know that’s bad but it was funny. Every now and then I still drive by it and get a laugh out of it.
I have recently returned (to western Canada) from West Africa, where there were all sorts of amusing company signs and t-shirt slogans.
Christianity is the dominant religion in the countries I visited, and it permeates all aspects of daily life, from religious slogans on cars to unusual business names:
“By His Grace Hair Saloon” (Most salons claimed to be saloons.)
“Say Amen Hair Saloon”
“God Knows Chemical Enterprises”
“God & Sons Mobile Network”
“The Divine Move Tyre Works”
…and some amusing secular business names:
“Not Yet Workshop: Brake/Clutch Lining”
“Dorkey’s Fashion (tailor)”
“Fear Not Fashion Centre”
“Bob Freedom Company Limited”
“Rest Assured Fashion Home”
“Waist and Power” (undetermined enterprise)
“LL Cool J Hair Cuts”
…and bales of second-hand clothing from North America make t-shirts and such cheaper than local textiles and clothing (wreaking havoc on local textile industries and employment, but that’s another topic). Thus, slogans and advertising are worn with no thought to the text:
Seen on young men in various cities in West Africa:
“I’m a close personal friend of Ferris Bueller”
“Aliens came and stole my Carlsberg”
“I. Am. Canadian.”
…and my favourite, this slogan on a torn and grungy tank-top, sported by a young man engaged in toting cement blocks:
“Caution: I go from 0 to Bitch in 4.2 seconds.”
It happens in everyones life at one time or another, where someone makes you a sammich, and there happens to be 10X the amount of mayo on it than there should be and you are just grossed out by it for the rest of your life.
