Having the last laugh

Having the last laugh

The Ample Technologies marketing team is one of the happiest teams I have worked with. Everyone, from the head to all the employees below, has fun while working.

Guru, the former head of our team, is notorious for his witty one-liners. Even I make it a point to make people laugh. In fact, as a child, I was famous for my humour. I would unleash my vast repertoire of jokes at parties and get-togethers.

We need people who joke and lighten up the mood. Humour is a time-tested way of coping with stressful situations. I am not saying that laughter is a universal cure, but the importance of humour is indisputable.

As much as humour can cheer you up, it can also humiliate you. Joking with someone or about someone risks hurting feelings. But there can be no humour without a shade of impropriety. As the saying goes, impropriety is the soul of wit.

Some jokes are, despite being well-intentioned, boring because they are long and unending. Good ones are short and crisp. Just like impropriety, even brevity is the soul of wit. Those who cannot express themselves had better not try to be funny.

It takes effort to make people laugh. A lot of thinking goes behind composing a good joke. Those in the business of humour would attest to the fact that comedy is serious business. Of course, there is a slapstick comedy that lacks depth but is still a rage. I guess what appeals to the 'mass' need not appeal to the 'class', and vice versa.