 Comedy: October 10, 2007 Issue [#1993] |
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Hi, I'm SophyBells , and I am your Guest Editor for the Comedy Newsletter this week, where we'll be talking about the comedic writing opportunities we get from having pets!  |
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Pets are Funny!
As a human who has lived with pets her entire life, I think it's safe to say that animals are not only a wonderful source of joy and companionship in our lives, but also great fodder for our comedy writing! 
I have always had a pet of some sort. When I was born into my family, I joined Lady, a dog, and Coco, a cat (oh, and a sister and brother of the human variety). For all of the years I lived in my parents home we always had cats and the occasional dog. And as soon as I struck out on my own, I had one or the other, sometimes both.
We currently share our home with Kayla, our 8 year old yellow lab. In recent years we were also blessed by the presence of Sheba, our shepherd/husky mix (who died in 2004), and Dugan, our skinny little Siamese cat, who died just last year. Here's a pic of Sheba and Kayla from several years ago:
And here's Dugan, with Kayla:
In terms of who brought us more laughter over the years, I'd say it was a three-way tie. They were/are all pretty funny creatures, seperately and together, and are great inspiration for many comedic stories. But the one I want to share here is one of my favorites, about Dugan, our amazing Siamese cat, and it happened when he was about four years old, when we were living in Iowa.
Evidently Dugan liked to climb into our next-door neighbor’s water skiing boat and sleep during the day. Their boat sat in their driveway, with a cover on it, and evidently on many days he’d climb up inside and snooze in the cool shade of the boat. The only reason we know this is because one day our neighbors came over with Dugan in their arms, asking if we’d been missing him. To be honest, we hadn’t noticed he was gone because he often disappeared during the day – but we thanked them for bringing him home, and asked what happened.
It seems they had decided to take their boat out on the Missouri river that day – so they hitched the trailer to their truck and drove the five miles to the put-in spot. The mom, dad, two girls, and dog then set out for a nice boat ride on the river, with a picnic lunch and some water skiing mixed into their fun day together. At some point while on their river journey, Dugan appeared from a small space next to the motor. Their dog went nuts when she saw him, Dugan was already going nuts, finding himself with strangers on a boat on a river. But before much more chaos could ensue, the girls grabbed Dugan and wrapped him in a towel and tried to keep him calm, while the father worked on taming the 80-pound Labrador. Suffice to say, their lovely day on the river was now over, and they returned to shore as quickly as they could, loaded up the boat, drove home, and presented us with our cat.
I suspect that had any other person found a cat on their boat while enjoying a lovely spring day on the river, they would likely have thrown him overboard and continued with their fun. Then, when asked later if they’d seen Dugan, they would say no, they hadn’t, and offer to keep an eye out for him. But no – these wonderful people rescued our cat from the river and their dog, ended their boat ride early, came home, and gave us our cat, laughing happily as they told their story. |
Here are some funny items about pets from around the site. Enjoy! And make sure to r/r/r the items if you read them.
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Here are some responses from my last newsletter about the fun (and funny) of summer vacations!
From thegreatdavoo2
Um..."Control freak who"????? I don't get it. Explain please.
Seriously? Okie dokie, I'll give it a whirl.
Person #1 is telling the joke, and says, "Knock Knock." And the Person #2 says, as they are supposed to, "Who's there?" So Person #1 says, "Control freak." And before Person #2 can respond, Person #1 says, "Now you say, 'Control freak who?'" Because, um, Person #1 is a control freak. Get it?
    
From Prosperous Snow celebrating 
That's a cute knock knock joke in the comedy newsletter. It's one I haven't heard before.
Snow
Glad you liked it, and glad you got it!
From Tigger thinks of Prancer 
You reminded me of something that recently happened to my sister. She just got married (July 14 - I still can't believe it ... she's my little sister!). Anyway, for the honeymoon, they took a cross-country road trip and made several stops. One of the things they did was went camping. The ranger warned them about bears and told them to keep their shoes outside the tent. They listened... and the next morning they found that one of my sister's shoes was eaten by a bear! At least it wasn't still on her foot! I guess the hike back was quite difficult!!
Yikes! Your poor sister. I wonder why they were told to keep their shoes outside the tent -- maybe the ranger was joking?!?
From billwilcox
SophY!
That was funny. I too wrote essays about summer vacations like the one where I went to church camp and when I returned my family had moved. Yeah, summer vacations are a laugh a minute, but if anyone who reads this knows where my family has moved to, please email me!
Ah, poor Wild Bill! Maybe they didn't move, maybe they just got raptured or something while you were at church camp!
From andromeda
My misfourtune is that I generally don't get to be part of the comedy in said vacations. My brothers are the more adventurous type.
I can find comedy in just about anything, lol, but if you yourself aren't often part of the comedy of your own vacations, maybe you can still enjoy what happens to your brothers on their trips!
That's all for now, until next time, LAUGH ON! |
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