While admittedly, I derive quite a substantial amount of enjoyment from telling a joke ( or two ) between friends, I have always held back from contributing jokes online for the simple reason that one cannot get the instant gratification of hearing belly laughs when one posts a joke. One can always check comments and site hits at a later stage but this could happen months after you submit the joke !
Although telling jokes in the flesh will probably remain my most favourable past time, at times I do not want to wait too long by waiting for the right opportunity before sharing a joke so that is the reason I am creating this blog. Another reason is that we are all getting busier and busier aren't we ? I mean, most people I know nowadays spend a good chunk of their day looking at screens of different sizes. How can you communicate with these people if not via sms, chat, email ?
Through this Blog I will be able to "relate" a joke as soon as I hear it or as soon as it occurs to me and visitors can update with the latest gibberish at their own convenience. There is one snag , though. When telling joke to a person or a group of persons, I can feel the pulse, the level, the mood of the moment and of the recipients. Joke telling is all about timing. Sometimes I start telling a joke to lighten a mood or alleviate a person's spirits when all of a sudden something deadly serious comes up which instantly throws my joke into the distant background. I would never be able to tell that particular joke again to the same audience because you cannot recapture the ripe moment very easily.
It goes without saying that telling the RIGHT joke at the right time to the right person/s is very important if you want to elicit a laugh.This may become a difficult if not downright impossible to achieve through this Blog because I cannot know the mood , situation, age or I.Q. of the viewers. This transfers the onus of responsibility to the viewer, who has to search for the appropriate humour depending on their preference at the time.
Allow me to share with you what inspired the Blog address. At the time of writing this, I have a severe cold. I try to find a suitable name which is relevant yet unusual. I type in maybe 20 different preferences but they are all "taken", so I have to think outside the box and at the same time freeze this memorable day in my memory for years to come. Result :
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