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anesor
Author of 11 Stories

Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Humor - Reviews: 190 - Updated: 08-13-09 - Published: 04-03-08 - Complete - id:4174406

Not a single one of the characters is mine, and their KC asked this during a trudging march:

What Makes You Laugh?

Ammon: Hmmph, I have little reason to laugh anymore, That, too, I have given up in pursuing my cause.

I can recall that I once was amused by much the same things as any youngster like you, but few things strike me as funny anymore. I suspect it was burnt out of me by the things I have seen and done. While I do not approve of that kind of distraction, I do envy it a small bit. Remembering what I once had.


Bishop: Many things, some more than others. Some pompous noble ass thinking he's all superior. Another falling in the shit and ruining his clothing while on a hunt I'm being well paid for. Killing Luskans. Making a nice profit for something I like to do. Seeing some people get fucked by their own rules is hilarious, too, no matter how many times I provoke 'em. I'm not sure why you're in that group; there's enough asses screwing with you to keep you in line, you really should tell 'em they should fuck off.

So many things can be funny: idiots with a song, some fool slipping in the mud or river, the pointless things people do to themselves, stupid people, a good screw, a good drink, even a good joke... did I mention morons?


Casavir: More things do than when I was younger, not that I appreciate the crueler kinds of humor, even if called 'jests.' Funny insights. One of my instructors had the most amazing collection of humorous stories that were often off-color or irreverent, but he often used them to illustrate a point.

Now that I am older, and I hope wiser, I can sometimes appreciate my own folly.


Elanee: I rarely laugh aloud, even when I am amused. Most often, my heart is lightened by accidental events or the playfulness of the young of many species, such as puppies, otters, ducklings, ... and humans. (smile)


Grobnar: Jokes, riddles, pies in the face, and witty words. Satire, and parody, gallows humor, silly things, even translation confusions. Sometimes, I still trying to figure out why “dead puppy” jokes persist over the years. Some bards have had successful careers in just writing parodies, but that would grow tiring.


Khelgar: A well told tale, even a tall tale, heard with a mug of ale or something stronger in my hand. A story of foolishness, overweening pride, or concern for meaningless things, some tales can be all three.

Other things can be comical, too, including watching those two young men try to cut each other out. (grins)


Neeshka: People getting their comeuppance for the things they've done, and getting exactly what they deserve.


Qara: Laughing in the faces of those little girls and their slavish devotion to dirty, dusty tomes. Once I have the idea explained, it doesn't take long to show I have the power, while they still have dust smudges on their faces. The look on their faces, when one of those musty old tomes burns a pretty color, made me laugh thinking over it, for weeks.


Sand: Well aside from the application of certain hideous spells, most of the things that I find to be amusing either involve some kind of wit or the accidental comedies of life. Often, like with many insights, it is merely an exercise in your point of view.


Shandra: Jokes? Funny stories? The normal things, I guess. Though everything is much funnier if you've had enough alcohol or not enough sleep.


Zjhaeve: My people do not make much of a study of the lighter philosophies. Some have written commentaries on the ironies of the husks on the dead powers. Some travelers have done other forms of mockery on them. I am discovering it to be an interesting exercise and study here in quieter moments, or perhaps less quiet moments that it is exercised.



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