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Why is everything funnier when you're not supposed to be laughing?

I was at this ceremony thing today where people who have been with the university a while were being recognized and their bosses were saying nice things about them.  It's the kind of thing where you dress up, listen quietly, and then applaud. 

Anyway, for the recognition of 5 years at the university, it has always been that people get a nice mug with a lid.  This year the boxes were way too small for that to be the case, so I leaned over and asked the woman next to me who'd gotten the 5 year gift (I've been there 10; I got my mug 5 years ago) to open hers and see what it is.  She opened it, and we just stared at it, nonplussed.  My boss leaned over and whispered "it's... an ashtray?"

It totally was.  An ashtray.  In 2012.  I about lost it, because of course, you're not supposed to be laughing at this sort of thing, which only makes everything about a billion times more hilarious, and I felt like I did in grade school when we had to go to church. 

I remember one particular time the nuns gave directions for only the middle school aged boys to sing, since they hadn't been singing loudly enough at previous masses, and they belted it out like a flock of sick geese.  I couldn't stay silent, so I tried to masquerade my honk of laughter as some sort of nose blow, but when I hurriedly tried to pull a tissue out of my pocket to cover my nose and make it look legit, I accidentally pulled out the bag of chips I'd smuggled in and put that to my face instead.  And then the fact that I was fake-blowing my nose into a bag of chips sent me into even more hysterics.
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Re: Why is everything funnier when you're not supposed to be laughing?

  • I'm the same way.   I've almost laughed at a funeral before. 

    And an ashtray?!  Did they pull them out of storage from 30 years ago? 
  • This is a weird gift.  Especially at a university.
  • Did they forget to order 5 year gifts and stumble upon a left over stash from 1982?
  • To be fair, our cancer research center is floundering a bit right now.
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  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_why-is-everything-funnier-when-youre-not-supposed-to-be-laughing?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:dd1b0002-c8b7-4575-97b1-ed5edf7fb5f1Post:65c95098-eb1f-4414-b7a1-506836c61c17">Re: Why is everything funnier when you're not supposed to be laughing?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Did they forget to order 5 year gifts and stumble upon a left over stash from 1982?
    Posted by mrs.conn23[/QUOTE]

    <div>Dude, I have those.</div><div>I refuse to put dates on our 'thank you gifts' for this reason, but a few years ago we were short things for an event and I gave everyone bags o edible treats in 5 year old (with the year on them) thank you coffee mugs.</div><div>
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    </div><div>But yep, everyting is funnier when it's suposed to be serious.</div><div>
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  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_why-is-everything-funnier-when-youre-not-supposed-to-be-laughing?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:dd1b0002-c8b7-4575-97b1-ed5edf7fb5f1Post:31e541ae-6ac0-48f8-83d4-7bc54f9df6aa">Re: Why is everything funnier when you're not supposed to be laughing?</a>:
    [QUOTE]To be fair, our cancer research center is floundering a bit right now.
    Posted by ReturnOfKuus[/QUOTE]
    Ha!
  • This is all funny.
  • What a weird gift.
  • Hilarious! 

    And WTH?  Did someone think they were ordering spoon rests?

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  • WTF at all of this!?!  I would have been rolling on the floor.
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  • edited December 2012
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_why-is-everything-funnier-when-youre-not-supposed-to-be-laughing?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:dd1b0002-c8b7-4575-97b1-ed5edf7fb5f1Post:77ddf3c5-2fd3-4b3e-bef6-1f149584872e">Why is everything funnier when you're not supposed to be laughing?</a>:
    [QUOTE]  I remember one particular time the nuns gave directions for only the middle school aged boys to sing, since they hadn't been singing loudly enough at previous masses, and they belted it out like a flock of sick geese.  I couldn't stay silent, so I tried to masquerade my honk of laughter as some sort of nose blow, but when I hurriedly tried to pull a tissue out of my pocket to cover my nose and make it look legit, I accidentally pulled out the bag of chips I'd smuggled in and put that to my face instead.  And then the fact that I was fake-blowing my nose into a bag of chips sent me into even more hysterics.
    Posted by ReturnOfKuus[/QUOTE]
    And now I find myself in one of those "it's funnier because I'm not supposed to be laughing" moments. Ok, maybe slightly different; but I'm pretty sure my Area Sales Manager now thinks I'm crazy, as I'm laughing so hard right now, and trying NOT to, that I probably appear to be mentally ill.
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  • That's so odd. Hahaha... too funny. Props for keeping it together.
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