I have lived a long time amongst comedians so I have seen and heard innumerable funny comments and actions some intentional and, the funnier ones, the unintentional. The mouths of babes are some of the funniest because of the innocence of the speaker.
My oldest grandson was being tickles by his uncle until he wet his pants. His comment"You are a not so nice guy!" Out of the mouth of a three year old, it was hilarious. Or my daughter, who at the age of two spoke very clearly, was watching a very heavy woman in front of us in the checkout line with her cart overflowing with product and my daughter says in a loud clear voice, "I know why she is so fat. She eats all of that herself." This wasn't so funny for me but I am sure the other people who heard it laughed.
I wish I remembered more of what my children and grandchildren said that made me laugh.
My younger brothers were a source of amusement to me when I was young. The older one was always trying to trick the younger one. For about a week, the older one would tell stories at the supper table about the Borgena monster that was terrorizing people who went out of the house after dark. At the end of the week, the older brother went out and hid behind the garbage can at the far and dark end of our lot. The younger brother's job was to take out the trash after supper when it was dark. This night he had an exceptionally large bowl of mostly wet garbage. He slowly made his way across the grass until he got the the far corner and the garbage can. Just as he was lifting the bowl to empty it into the can, the older brother jumped up yelling BORGENA BORGENA. Thus frightening his younger brother so much that he threw the garbage in the air hitting the faux monster. The younger came running back followed by his brother who was disheveled and smelling of what had been thrown on him. We laughed that the trick had backfired.
My favorite story was told to me by my niece who witnessed the event. My brother-in-law was very tall and drove a very small car so it was very funny just to see him get out of the car. They lived in the city and there were toll roads that they had to travel. One day after my brother-in-law had thrown the toll into the machine, my niece noticed that his head was bending funny so she looked and found that he had rolled his head up in the window. This was an old car and did not have electric windows. This may not be funny to anyone but me but to me everytime I think of it I smile or chuckle.
My oldest daughter was an avid reader as a child and read all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books by the time she was nine. One of the parts that interested her was the sod houses. I had been digging up the sod around the trees in the lawn and has accumulated quite a large amount. The children were out playing while I was inside working. When I came out to check on them, they were excited that they had built a sod house. The only one who was not excited wad the youngest who the older ones had convinced to go inside. He was in there yelling that it was hot and there were bugs and the oldest one was yelling back that it wasn't because in the books Laura Ingalls Wilder said that the sod houses were cool and cozy and she knew because she had lived in one.
These are some of the funniest things that have happened to me or to people I know.
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