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Involuntary Comedy Responses

October 28, 2007

I mentioned Demitri Martin on Friday. Funny guy. He says if he ever saw an amputee being hanged, he would shout out random letters.

I have a number of involuntary comedy responses. One of them is when if someone asks me if I can smell something.

Example.

Someone: Can you smell smoke?

Me: Yes. S-M-O-K-E.

See? You actually sPell it. Genius.

Another one is with accents. Admittedly I can’t do many, but if someone says Jeff Buckeley, I will always repeat it in a broad Yorkshire accent. I don’t know why it’s so fun to say, but it is. Same with R Kelly. “All right, our Kelly.”

More? OK.

When I’m on the phone and someone asks me if I have a pen, I sometimes say proudly: “I have several.”

Or a colleague asks: “Have you had a haircut,” I say: “Yeah, load of times.”

I’m just going to keep going.

If someone mentions a road when discussing their travels, say the A332, I will always pay kudos and add: “That’s a great road.”

How I don’t get punched continues to amaze me.

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6 comments

1 Wendy { 10.28.07 at 3:28 pm }

I bet none of those things are the slightest bit annoying.

Oh no wait. That’s not what I meant to say AT ALL.

2 Ed R { 10.28.07 at 4:32 pm }

This is still Virtual Cliff, I take it?

3 Sam { 10.29.07 at 1:14 pm }

The one I’ve been annoying people with these past few weeks is:

“Do you know what day Christmas is this year?”

“Well, yeah, it’s still the 25th.”

4 Pete { 10.29.07 at 2:36 pm }

Whenever I drive past a sign to the A404, I always crack a “Road Not Found” gag.

5 Wendy { 10.29.07 at 2:42 pm }

You’re ALL turning into my dad.

And there’s nothing tomato with that.

6 Mr Angry { 10.29.07 at 10:51 pm }

OK, now even I am beginning to believe that you might be me.

If it wasn’t for the fact that you don’t get punched I’d be certain of it.

Leave a comment. Play nice. I will turn this blog around.

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