Well I did it again!

I have a very dry sense of humor and lately its gotten my into a lot of trouble, first at work when I circulated some made up and real rumors about myself; no I didn't mention anyone but me; however my boss was livid...however I had multiple emails and several coworkers stop by saying it made theri day it was so hysterical...I thought most people would see it was sarcasm...guess not.

What's ironic is people banter stuff all the time and circulate self-serving religious and political stuff to everone via email all the time...but he never says anything to them.

Then yesterday (Christmas) I made a joke about the sweaters my mother in law gave all of us. They were hand decorated and really if my kids wore them to school I'm sure they'd get beat up. Well I said this, she had only made them for family pics. She laughed hysterically.

This morning my father in-law is calling me all pissed off because she was crying after I left about my comment. I love my mother in-law very much and instead of talking to her I hopped in the truck and (wearing the sweater) drove (20 miles) over to apologize...we had a wonderful talk.

Anyways I'm too old to keep doing this...what the hell's wrong with me?...just kidding.

My 9 year old said "Dad, sarcasim is not the answer"

 

You think you got it bad,,,,I got a sweater too!,,,I wanted a screamer,,,,,

 

You too?????

My parents are in their mid-80s, and Dad has the beginnings of Alzheimer's Disease.

Anyway, my Mom and I send e-mails back and forth every day, and I call them at least once a day.

Well. . . my 'party' is represented by an elephant, and my Dad's 'party' is represented by a donkey.

So, my Mom and I send jokes about the other's party.
My Mom was trying to explain a joke that I sent her, and my Dad went BALLISTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

He called me at 11:30 p.m. and started asking me, "What in the (ahem) _ _ ll is wrong with you?"


"Sir?"

"What in the (ahem) _ _ ll is wrong with you?"

"Dad. . um. . it's 11:30. Are you alright? Is Mom o.k.?"

"You know exactly why I'm calling you. If you don't have anything better to do, than writing messages to your mother, making fun of the Dem_ _ _ _ _s, don't you EVER send another message to this d _ _ _ computer again. Do you hear me?"

"Dad. . . what in the heck are you talking about?"

Well, Dad mangled the joke all to you know where, and misunderstood what Mom was trying to tell him.



And no. . . he can't tolerate ANY joke that even mentions the 'donkey party'.

But he sure likes to make fun of the 'elephant party'!


So. . . Mom and I don't exchange jokes at all, now.

 

Now that is funny!!!

 

^Oh I get it now!

 

I got a sweater and a mona.

 

i got a screamer and she screams at me all day and night!

 

I have to remind myself on a regular basis, either to keep mouth shut or to not be an @hole.

 

I always say things and then go "oh I probably havn't said that" or "that was awkward". I'm always sarcastic with my friends, sometimes I forget to turn it off when I'm around people who don't really know me or my sense of humor.

 

That's my problem, people who know me laugh, people who don't get offended.

 

I have to consistently remind myself, "The less I say, the better off I am". Unfortunately, I manage to forget that on a fairly regular basis.

It's just unfortunate how many people just don't get a dry sense of humor. Nothing gets beer spraying out the nostrils better than properly delivered dry humor, IMHO.

BTW bczolone, how come your boss let's people slide on religous and political email in the People's Republik of Kalifornia? That could get him/her in some seriously deep doo-doo!

 

My boss has had it in for me for about the last two years, he's young, got his doctorate and really knows nothing about managing, unfortunately that's the case with most school principals: NO INTEGRITY.

He doesn't like me because I say what everyone knows, but are afraid to say; I'm too "abrasive".

 

When I was young I always said what was on my mind. I got in trouble a lot.
As I matured I tried not to offend others as much as possible. I still got in trouble.
As I got older I quit worrying about offending people and guess what? I got in trouble.
So now I'm old, normally good natured, but then I quit smoking to avoid offending people. So at this point, having quit my one favorite vice, I'm a grouch and don't care what anyone thinks and don't care if they can't take a joke. Screw'em. Guess what, everyone gives me a pass. (?) Go figure!

 

Yeah, the older I get the less I care about being the bull in the china shop of life.

 

Alright you guys...now looky here. I'm seeing a trend here. Y'all are claiming to be grouchy.

Ain't no way!

I hold the record for grouchiness, here and on many other forums. So, unless we gonna have a big stand up and punch out, let's back off on my title of Official Grouch...regardless of the site.

I worked long and hard. I live with too much pain. I live with A pain. My neighbors are pains. My HOA is really a pain. Being president of that same HOA is a pain...and looking like maybe a long term situation.... and that's really a pain. I ain't worked for money in over a year. That's a pain. When I do work, I have to take breaks every 5 to ten minutes...that's a pain. Then after work, I am in pain the rest of the night...that's a pain. My memory is failing...sometimes I forget to even zip up... that's not a pain, but I get accused of showing off. THEN.... THEN... I come to FTE and other sites, read about someone wanting to take over official grouch.... NO WAY... ATSA MY CHOB MON! Now, as official grouch..and enforcing it... I'm ordering all of you to be happy happy joy joy and I expect to hear that song echoing from room to room, on my next visit.




If that's alright wit youze guys.