Do you laugh at inappropriate times or things?

[ChristaDeVil]

We were all at my great-aunt's visitation and had been there most of the day, talking with everybody who came. Sometime in the afternoon, my mom, brother, and I were sitting in some chairs over by a window that overlooked the cemetery and chatting with a couple of relatives. My mom suddenly noticed a grave that had several festive-looking balloons affixed to the headstone and said, "Aw, that's so sad. That must be a child's grave," to which my brother replied, "...or a clown's." We burst out laughing and couldn't stop, so much so that my dad suggested we go outside for a minute, as we were "making spectacles of ourselves."

I'm laughing so hard right now that I'm afraid that people are going to come in my office to check on me!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

the first time i watched Saw, in the end when the guy was actually sawing off his leg i started laughing and i couldn't stop. idk why, i think maybe because i thought it was just SO OUT THERE and unbelieveable that i just laughed.

idk, i usually laugh a lot at horror movies, actually lol

 

[Robinrs]

My littlest sister farted quite loudly at a funeral (she was sick), and my older sister and I turned and looked at eachother and squealed with laughter. It was so embarrassing. For the next half hour I had my breath sucked in from trying to keep from laughing and I accidentally let slip a really loud HA! I was mortified. Of course I HA'd when it was a moment of silence so everyone heard.

 

[krcit]

When my dad died quite suddenly at 55, we were all devastated. We were sitting around after the wake talking about what a huge turnout there was when one of my brothers said 'We should take him on the road, we'd have sell-out crowds. my other brother piped up with "We could call it Joe....on ice." We laughed uncontrollably for 1/2 hour. My dad would have been laughing the hardest.

 

[Stitchfans]

We were all at my great-aunt's visitation and had been there most of the day, talking with everybody who came. Sometime in the afternoon, my mom, brother, and I were sitting in some chairs over by a window that overlooked the cemetery and chatting with a couple of relatives. My mom suddenly noticed a grave that had several festive-looking balloons affixed to the headstone and said, "Aw, that's so sad. That must be a child's grave," to which my brother replied, "...or a clown's." We burst out laughing and couldn't stop, so much so that my dad suggested we go outside for a minute, as we were "making spectacles of ourselves."

Don't ask my why because I have no idea what was wrong with me but I ended up having to leave my MIL's wake due to a fit of laughter. I pretended like I was coughing due to being so choked up.

DD commented to me about a man who was approaching DH saying he resembled this creepy looking guy from a horror movie. (sorry my memory fails me as to the movie or the creepy guy) as a joke I pretended to be afraid that the "creepy" guy was going to attack or hurt DH and groaned a low shriek that only DD could hear. She began to giggle which started me up giggling. Both of us had to leave the room excusing ourselves to the bathroom.

Yes, I know. Poor timing. Poor taste. But IMO still yes, I admit we were not all that close to my MIL

 

[Vixen]

Sorry, I laugh when I see people trip or fall. I do find out if they're okay but I'm laughing the entire time...

Same here! Sometimes i laugh when i get nervous, like back in high school i was in cheer leading and they did a basket toss on the this one girl and she fell! Well there i was laughing my butt off but not because i thought it was funny but because i was so nervous i didnt know what to do! She was ok by the way

 

[Magix]

When my mom knew she was nearing the final stages of colon cancer, she and I went to the local mortuary and made her final arrangements. A very nice lady helped us make all the plans for her cremation and memorial service. The poor woman must have thought we were absolutely mad, I made so many inappropriate jokes and mom and I were laughing throughout. But, seriously, sometimes if you don't laugh, you'll cry. Always better to laugh. It helps ease the tension of some very difficult moments.

 

[Vixen]

oh and here's another one! Im the godmother to one of my good friends baby who lives here in nicaragua, well there are a lot of stray dogs here so the day of the baby's baptism a stray dos decides to walk in the church and just sit in the middle of the aisle i just burst in to laughter how the god was just sitting there listening to mass i had to go out for like 10 min so i could calm down! That was pretty embarrassing Funny what the priest said to " everybody is welcomed in the house of the lord"

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

At my father in law's funeral I had to supress the giggles. I get that way when I'm stressed or emotionally overwhelmed. Anyway, they started playing Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline." Well, to me, that's a fun sing-a-long song. In my mind I kept hearing the "bum, bum, bums" that go along with the song. And then I kept picturing different movies that song was featured in (always singing along, having fun.) So I just started smiling and laughing. If you don't want people to laugh at your funeral then don't play "Sweet Caroline." Good times never seemed so good. BTW, I seemed to be the only one who had this reaction to the song. Not sure what this says about me! lol

 

[kimblebee]

I am cracking up at these stories. I have one to add that I still laugh about.

When my now ex husband and I got married we had to attend marriage classes. It was through the church we were being married at. It was a 3 day marathon and it was sooo boring. It was all common sense stuff like talk to each other if you have a problem and share chores so the burden isn't on one person. Anyways, the people who were the leaders were um, (how to say this nicely) dorks. I can't put into words how lame they were. We felt like we were on candid camera because all the other couples were hanging on this couples every word. The last day they were sharing a story about a fight they had had or something like that. The story ended with them saying "..and on that day we were both a couple of losers" Well. Me and my ex both burst out laughing and then quickly realized that no one else was laughing. We tried to reign it in but it was impossible. I tried to cover it up by coughing but I don't think anyone bought it. To this day we still say we were both a couple of losers and crack up. It may be a you had to be there story but I am chuckling as I write this.

 

[JVL1018]

I have two.
One time, my husband, my brother in law, sister in law were visiting my husband's mom in the hospital.
The woman in the next bed apparently didn't like us talking and every time anyone said a word, we'd hear from her bed behind the curtain.. Blah blah blah!!! or ..talk talk talk, is that all you ever do??? ..talk talk talk, don't you ever shut up?????
And everyone is just ignoring it-they are a pretty quiet bunch so it's not like we were loud and they couldn't hear it. I don't know what was funnier, her yelling or the fact that everyone was pretending not to hear it.
Finally I just burst out laughing and then she yelled something about that-I had to walk past her bed to leave room, I thought I was going to have to be admitted myself.


The second: my mother in law died a week before I was due with my first child. Very sad, very sudden.

We're in the cemetary in the limo on the way to the gravesite, and you know those cemetary streets are pretty narrow-well our driver made a wrong turn and went down a street that had no exit.
Instead of backing up(because we had the funeral procession following us), he decides to do a 3 point turn..that turned into a 97 point turn. Back and forth back and forth-we're all sitting in the back of the limo in silence, very solemn and I am looking at everyone's heads bobbing forward and backwards and I start thinking of Austin Powers when he is trying to make a 3 point turn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKR9tCiwvA&feature=related

I could not stop laughing..even now whenever I think about it, I crack up.

 

[kimblebee]

 

[nuttylawprofessor]

Laughter really is therapeutic, isn't it.

I'm laughing about all of these stories.

 

[Robinrs]

Okay I admitted I laugh when people fall... this is why it came to mind so fast.

I drive my son to school on the way to work, he has to be there 20 mins before I have to be to work which is about 5 mins away so it's convenient.

He always reminds me NOT to park at the handicapable ramp. It's yellow and SLIPPERY.

Well, last week I got caught behind a parked car and he had to get out. MIND you, this is a HIGH SCHOOL, and my son takes his COOLNESS seriously.

He steps out, pulls his backpack on his back and BANG!!!! All 275 pound of him hits the ground!!

He pops up QUICKLY, moons me in the meantime, and looks like he would've rather DIED!!! To make things WORSE, a very pretty girl runs over and screams "Are you ALRIGHT????"

I'm sorry, embarrassing my 17yo is the HEIGHT of my day!!!

 

[Redpepperflakes14]

Count me as one who laughs at inappropriate times and says inappropriate things at the wrong times. Cases in point:

At my great-grandmother's funeral in New Jersey, the church where the service was held was 1.) At night,which I thought was weird (I grew up in Virginia so I assumed funerals were daytime affairs everywhere) and 2.) In an extremely gaudy chapel done in a lot of heavy red colors. I was 13 so I ask my mom, "Doesn't this place remind you of a brothel?" Needless to say I wasn't allowed to talk any more that night.

My DH's grandfather had had a stroke and was in a coma. We were allowed to visit with him before he passed on and I am no good in sad situations. I start talking nervously, telling my comatose grandfather-in-law the story of how my 4 y/o nephew decided to turn off the lights of a low-hanging chandelier in the dining room at my mom's by knocking each small bulb out with a broom handle. I like to think he had a laugh as he made his way to heaven.

Once again, glad I'm not alone -- and OK! -- that clown story was hilarious!

 

[Nik's Mom]

Oh, I have a major problem laughing at inappropriate times. I laughed hysterically when my cousin almost walked right into my Dad's casket. I really don't know how she didn't notice it there, but the terrified look on her face made me laugh so hard. I laughed when dh fell down the stairs, as soon as I checked to make sure he wasn't hurt. I laughed when I fell down the stairs. I was hurt, but still found it funny.

The worst was when I laughed at my boss in a meeting when she said "sex" instead of "six" by mistake. I tried to contain myself, but couldn't. I burst out laughing, which triggered a chain reaction among the rest of my co-workers.

 

[suejai]

I was attending the funeral of the mother of one of my supervisors. They were playing Tom Jones because he was her mother's favourite singer, which I thought was rather sweet, but when they played "What's New Pussycat" I happened to catch the eye of a co-worker and we both couldn't contain ourselves. It was such an odd choice of song to play at a funeral.

 

[PUZZLDY5]

My aunt and I have been blessed with a sick sense of humor. We laugh at things that aren't supposed to be funny at all. For example:
The hometown I grew up in had a funerl home called Plank and Stitt. We called it Plank & Stiff. Anyway, when I was chatting with her one day she said dont forget to tell your mother that Jack Stiff died. I lost it. I said "you mean the undertaker is under the undertaker" Guess you had to be there. She thought it was funny.

Same aunt- many many years ago she and my grandmother were christmas shopping. They get home and there was ice and snow in the driveway. My grandmother gets out of the car and disappears. My aunt tried to hold it together and run to the other side of the car and yells "mom are you ok!" My grandmothers response was " He!! no I'm making angels! Help me up!" My aunt lost it at that point. She was laughing hystericaly (sp?)

 

[EMom]

We were all at my great-aunt's visitation and had been there most of the day, talking with everybody who came. Sometime in the afternoon, my mom, brother, and I were sitting in some chairs over by a window that overlooked the cemetery and chatting with a couple of relatives. My mom suddenly noticed a grave that had several festive-looking balloons affixed to the headstone and said, "Aw, that's so sad. That must be a child's grave," to which my brother replied, "...or a clown's." We burst out laughing and couldn't stop, so much so that my dad suggested we go outside for a minute, as we were "making spectacles of ourselves."

If you didn't live in MO, I'd swear your brother was a long lost sibling because if my family had been sitting near you and heard, "That must be a child's grave," we would have replied in unison, "Or a clown's....."

 

[MM27]

I laugh at things that others may think are inappropriate, but that's just because some people have their panties in a bunch all the time. It's not healthy to be too serious all the time.