{"id":139,"date":"2009-08-11T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/08\/i-am-a-humor-tease.html"},"modified":"2009-08-11T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T13:50:00","slug":"i-am-a-humor-tease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/08\/i-am-a-humor-tease.html","title":{"rendered":"I am a Humor Tease"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, <\/span>friend-of-the-Pocket-Guides Bryan Allain<\/a> asked me to participate in a humor survey<\/a> he was doing on his blog. Apparently because he needed to fill space between photos of Amish people<\/a> and stories about eating tacos with Derek Webb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So Bryan asked me some pretty interesting questions<\/a> about humor, my relationship to it, and its place in my writing. His thoughtful questions included:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>What were a few of the things you remember laughing at the most as a kid?<\/span> <\/p>\n

What about now as an adult?<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there something that lots of other people find humorous that never really makes you laugh?<\/span> <\/p>\n

Do you think Christians are afraid of humor?<\/span> <\/p>\n

How do you think humor can be useful to Christianity?<\/span> <\/p>\n

In your opinion, how is humor different from sarcasm\/cynicism?<\/span> <\/p>\n

At what point in life did you really start to embrace the idea \u201cwow, i think I might be funny\u201d?<\/p>\n

<\/span>Why do you want to be funny?<\/span><\/p>\n

…and a few more. Answering the questions was fun, but I don’t want to steal from Bryan’s blog traffic, so if you want to read my full answers, you’ll have to read his blog post<\/a>. To further whet your appetite, I will reveal that my answers contained the following phrases:<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>angry, hateful comedy<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>men getting hit in the naughty bits<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>epic smackdown of sarcasm<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>Carrot Top Syndrome<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>that ravenous need for approval<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>I\u2019d talk about Pringles<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/span>died of tuberculosis<\/p>\n

————-<\/p>\n

So there you go. Read, comment, and enjoy the horse-and-buggy photos. If you want to comment about my interview, go ahead and do it at Bryan’s blog.<\/p>\n

On the comments here, I’m going to ask you to answer two questions posed to me: <\/p>\n

What things did you find funny as a kid? What do you now find funny as an adult?<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking forward to your answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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