I'm always complaining that John doesn't think I'm funny. It's not that I think I'm a comedian or anything, but I try to be entertaining sometimes, but John never laughs. Yea, like he's so funny. Bah.
When I do get him to laugh, I feel this immense sense of pride and accomplishment. Sadly, he generally doesn't laugh at my best material, just the stupid jokes. Case in point yesterday at the zoo.
Walking toward the monkey building at the zoo on Saturday I say to Alex:
Me: "Hey Alex look at that monkey! Let's go see what it is!"
We go up to the monkey cage and look at the sign. It's a Mandrill
Me: "Alex that monkey is called a Mandrill. I'll bet her name is Barbara"
Alex: "Hi Bawbaw!"
Several seconds tick by and suddenly I hear John chuckle.
John: *laughs* "Barbara Mandrill" and looks at me with a smile
Me: "You thought that was funny!"
John: "It was amusing. Yes."
Me: *doing a little happy dance* "You laughed at my joke! HOORAY!"
John walks away pretending not to know me.
LOL. I love it. Yes, it was funny. My question is was BawBaw "sleeping single in a double bed" in her monkey cage manor?
ReplyDeleteYou two just crack me up. Knowing John's personality I can just imagine this conversation in my head!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Jamie, I got some of the same when he was growing up. I remember one of the things he would say was, "Wow mom, you cracked a funny". Then he would be laughing at me, most of the time he laughed with me....at his own jokes.
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