But Seriously…

Sometimes you must take a long, hard look at yourself and, with the utmost clarity and honesty, laugh yourself silly. That last post was so serious that this one is all about how ridiculous I am. If you have read many of my blundering blogs you know that my sense of humor is – to put it kindly – off beat. No one knows where I get my sense of humor from but the say it is just like my grandfather’s. He said I didn’t get it from him because he still had all his. That pretty much says it all.

Random silliness is needed in this world of seriousness. For example, when was the last time you went to the mall wearing a wetsuit and a tutu? You definitely get the attention that you desire and you can sit anywhere you want and have plenty of space all around you. Skydiving in a kilt and snorkel is always fun. The whistling of the wind through the snorkel and the fresh air in the nether regions make for a fun filled flight. Then there was the time that I… I mean you might want to try watching the swallows return to Capistrano while sipping Jolt Cola and jamming out to Weird Al Yankovich’s classic song, “Amish Paradise”. By the way that is as close to an acid trip you can get without actually taking LSD but watch out for the swallows. They look like they are moving in slow motion after a six-pack of Jolt and they also fly in a precise deca tetrahedron formation when Al is singing about Segways.

Perhaps the whimsy that would wet your whistle would be served in the culinary cuteness of cookery in crockery. As Jimmy Buffet says we need more fruitcakes and fewer bakers. There is the old standby of the sardines and strawberry sorbet that remind us of how we loved Lucy. Perhaps you are more into the iced bananas in gravy that Ernie made Bert on Sesame Street. Personally I’m into the white chocolate covered dog biscuits eaten when someone is least expecting it. Then the dog gets mad that you’re eating her treats and then there is a whole new can of worms to open.

Silliness is the way we keep out sanity in an insane world. As that great philosopher Robin Williams once said, “Madness is the only thing the government hasn’t found a way to tax!”