Well folks, voting has begun over at the Wizbang Blog Awards. I'm not sure why this was going to be anything other than a popularity contest. Everyone (myself shamelessly included) asks their readers to go vote for them, and that's mostly how the process works. Before I voted for Charlie in the Best Humor Blog category, however, I at the very least read a handful of posts for each of the other blogs before voting. I also checked out all the blogs in the Best Looking Blog category before voting. I would suggest then, as you head out to the polls, to at least look at most of the blogs in a category before voting. An ignorant vote is worse than no vote at all I say!
(Um...of course this is still a popularity contest and little more...so...um...yeah, you know what to do.)
I'm afraid this promised post is going to have to be a short one. My recital is tomorrow and I'm really, really getting stressed out about it. On the plus side, though, I'll have another hours worth of music to add to my little radio stream over there.
So, where's the humor you ask? ("Where's the beef?") Well, in keeping with the same general topic as the last real post, I'd thought I'd invite you all to partake in a few other fun linguistic games.
The first is the "Funny Insult."
This is so much fun to play with friends and family (ages 6+), and my sister and I went back and forth ad nauseam over Thanksgiving break. The thing is to come up with ridiculous, nonsensical insults, each seemingly worse than the previous. For example:
Sister: The popcorn and cranberries didn't turn out right.
Me: Your face didn't turn out right.
Sister: Your face makes Picasso look right.
Me: Picasso didn't even realize your face was a face.
Sister: Your mom didn't even realize your face was a face. (Yes, "your mom" jokes don't work so well between siblings, I know.)
Me: Your mom once mistook the fireplace soot for your face.
Sister: Your mom doesn't know the difference between animate and inanimate objects.
Me: I wish your face was inanimate, because then it would at least be quiet.
Ok, so that kind of took a harsher turn towards the end, but it is still fun nonetheless. Remember, though, that the point of this is not to hurt someone's feelings or demean them, but rather to see who can keep going with the line of insults the longest.
Again, here are the rules -
1) No intentionally hurt feelings
2) The insults must follow from one another
3) Each insult must be worse than the one that proceeded it
4) Each insult must be predominantly nonsensical
5) The person who goes the longest wins.
6) Bonus points for "your mom" and "your face" insults
Try it sometime, just not with your boss/professor/parents/jury.
The second game is the random assignment of points. I know that I in no way originated this game, but I think it is worth highlighting.
The points, again, must be nonsensical, and should follow a relatively common theme. For instance, "Plus 10 points for using the word amiable." "Minus 20 man points for asking for directions." "Plus 5 rock star points for that cool head-nod-acknowledgement move."
Again, random, thematic, and nonsensical is the key.
That's about it for tonight. Do go vote in Wizbang. Who knows, maybe you'll find another good read or two.
Until tomorrow, then.
Thought for the Day
I just watched Best in Show this evening, and I must say that it was quite good. Thankfully, over Thanksgiving, my Dad was flipping between some dog show and the football games so I was much better able to appreciate the humor of the movie. (I know, weird that he went between football and dog show, hey, whatever man.)
Here's your thought - what's the point? "Hey look, I have the best looking dog in the nation!" So? Don't get me wrong, I am definitely a dog person, I just don't see what the big deal is.
Oh, and don't get me started about the "toy dog" category. For me to consider a dog worth owning it must:
1) Be bigger than most rodents
2) Be able to catch a frisbee without sustaining severe bodily harm, and
3) Have a bark that might scare someone, not make them want to kick said dog
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