Please share your laughs with me
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 5:03AM by Pari
This was going to be a profound blog about my meeting Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and reveling in the presence of someone who has given so much for so long on behalf of so many people. I also planned to regale you with stories about how when the Secret Service gets involved in an event, well, things change.
But you know what? I’m pooped. I’m bone tired from having worked on a public happening for months and months and then experiencing the mental, physical and emotional exhaustion of the letdown the day after all that work comes to fruition.
I just don’t have much oomph left in me at all.
However, I do still have the capacity to laugh. And right now I want to fill my cup with as much enjoyment as possible.
Please help me do it. Have you discovered any new websites that tickle the heck out of you?
Here’s one I learned about this weekend. Much of its content is incredibly inappropriate.
When you open these links, be sure you’re someplace where loud incredulous laughter is allowed; I don't want you to get into trouble at work.
For someone like me who has spent years in PR and marketing, Cracked.com contains many a dream come true. Among its entries are wonderfully horrid ideas realized and turned into products because a bunch of brilliant people didn’t think things through quite as well as they assumed they did. This is the link my friend’s daughter showed me on Mother’s Day. It takes you to unintentionally x-rated toys (Don’t look if you’re not into that kind of thing). This other link, which I found today, brought me great joy. I especially like Spader Man. And there's this one with the Norman Rockwell.
Now, please return the favor. Send me a couple of urls that please you -- silly games, goofy products, jokes, fun videos, whatever -- and include the reasons you like them.
I’m at work and can’t play on the computer, but I’ll check them out during the coming week when I get home and need a good laugh.
Thanks in advance.
Reader Comments (16)
I actually like the mistakes in the 2nd link better today.
I guess it just depends on a person's mood,
I had really bad luck trying to post a link the other day so I'll try but no guarantees (David Corbett had to appeal to the web master...). I play this when I need to laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjSnCbu9lmI&list=FLnqWaIb2BR-lljiarhn-TfA&index=2&feature=plpp_video
http://www.27bslash6.com/index.html
DO NOT imbibe while reading; damage to screen and keyboard possible!
But How it Should Have Ended is terrific, too -- these guys take movies, skewer the plotholes, open the character’s eyes, and take the narratives down the paths not traveled . . . My favorites are Inception and LOTR, but there’s a lot to see. http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/videos
I also lurk around icanhazcheezburger -- but usually only in Historical LOLS, Win!, and Dropping the Science, I swear. And maybe Daily Squee . . . but only for the baby hedgehogs. And the octopuses. Have you *seen* the otters?
Let's see.... stay out of the 'games' folder, don't go into the crafts folder, music probably isn't applicable...
http://notalwaysright.com/ Not Always Right are tales by employees about when customers-- or occasionally, coworkers or managers-- are not right. Doesn't matter WHAT the saying says. They make me smile.
The Bloggess: http://thebloggess.com/
Delfin Paris:http://thoughtsfromparis.com/
Ally at: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html
Sheri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
Hope your recover soon!
My other favorite laugh site is Hungover Owls: http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com/
Laugh much, Pari!
And for anyone who's ever struggled with technology, Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield's 'My Blackberry Is Not Working' is just wonderful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI
And for any author who's ever had a rejection letter, Dylan Moran has the response for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtcCmYcBwfw
Rest well and recover, Pari :)
That's just wonderful. What joy!
Tom,
Merci. I can think of some times when these emails will be just the antidote to my day at work.
Sarah,
I watched the QI clip and then watched three others before I realized I have to go and get at least a tiny bit of exercise for the day!!!
more later.
Obviously I need to work on my work-laughter balance because I have no links to share!
Phillipa
Sorry to be late to the party. Was traveling yesterday. Here's hoping I can post this -- I too have problems with links. But here's where I go when I need a chuckle: Maria Bamford, the comedienne Dusty Rhoades and I can't get enough of: http://comedians.jokes.com/maria-bamford/videos/maria-bamford---on-the-inside
I just checked out Maria Bramford! Love her! thank you.
Zoë,
Piss midget indeed . . . in deed.
The tech sketch wasn't at all what I expected and I thought it was great fun.
And . . . I'd seen other videos of Danny MacAskill, but this one is truly astounding.
Thank you.
I adore Eddie Izzard. Thanks for this clip! It was just so silly.
Fran,
All I can say is, "Those poor owls." <g>
Alaina,
Not always right?
Wonderful! I worked in the service industry for more than a decade and I think I recognize some of these customers . .
Sarah,
I enjoyed How It Should Have Ended, but realized there are too many movies I haven't seen!!!!