Funny Bones

We're funny. We wear nice clothes, buy expensive cars and print impressive titles on business cards, but in spite of it all, we're hilarious. Here's an example of what I'm talking about.

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A graphic artist designed a back-to-school promotion for a mall. The campaign, "Don't Dress like a Clown, Shop at Fox Hill Mall" (Note: The name of the mall has been changed to avoid litigation). The designer received official word from a national clown society to cease and desist. The premise of the threatened lawsuit? This usage of the word clown, put clowns in a bad light.

Oh for the love of big red noses, lighten up, you're clowns. Clowns that can't take a joke, it's like a sea captain who can't take the rocking ocean or a rich man who hates money. If you wear floppy pink shoes, a white bald wig with wild neon green hair shooting out the sides, people are going to point and laugh. That's the whole idea.

We're funny, and if we lose our sense of humor, we miss an integral component of our sanity.