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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:00 PM
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Can you laugh at yourself in real life
Sometimes I can...lately I can't.
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1gobluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:01 PM
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1. Daily
It beats crying....or beating my head against a wall.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:02 PM
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2. Usually several times a day. I find myself quite amusing,
sometimes even on purpose.

mark
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:03 PM
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3. This.
I'm one of the funniest, and also easiest-to-ridicule, people I know. So it's a win-win for me. :thumbsup:
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:33 PM
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4. Somebody has to, it might as well be somebody I like doing it.
:)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:42 PM
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5. I can, but nobody else does.
I guess I need to fine-tune the humorous element of my fuck-ups.
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 06:29 PM
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6. Oh, Man and how!
What's embaressing though, is when I'm riding in the car all alone, and start chuckling to myself, I'm sure onlookers think I'm "touched" or something, and then that makes me laugh even more. Or, Or! Like when I'm trying to find a funny greeting card, and I'm practically peeing all over myself, esp. the ones from Target!!!
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 06:37 PM
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7. When I look at my paycheck and see the amount of taxes
the government and state rape me of ... along with the outrageous insurance premium share responsibility, stripped from me ...it's one of the biggest jokes around!!!!

Note to self: Stop looking at my paycheck!! x(
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 06:43 PM
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8. Absolutely... 'cause if you don't laugh at yourself
then the joke's on you.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 06:44 PM
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9. It's all I do.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 06:47 PM
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10. I can laugh at myself, but there's a trick to it.
If I've done something clumsy and get hurt and others laugh at me first, God help them. I'm like a cat in that way. Go ahead, laugh at a cat that has just underestimated how much jumping power they'd need to jump from the couch to some other piece of furniture. That cat will give you a look that will have you :scared: Cats HATE to be laughed at.

If I laugh at myself first (after the pain subsides), then it's ok.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 06:51 PM
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11. usually, but not every time...
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 08:46 PM
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12. Yeah.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 09:44 PM
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13. When I was going through the worst kind of hell I had a good friend who
laughed at me and what I was going through. I told her how painful it was to me and described to her what I saw on the ink blot test. She laughed and laughed. I laughed too. I always tried to keep it up. I knew that and crying alot at the time were the only things that was keeping me human. I've never regretted laughing at myslef. I was a clown as a young teen so it comes naturally to me.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:10 PM
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14. It's a skill that's taken me years to develop.
But it's worth it. Self-hatred can kill ya.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:11 PM
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15. oh, my goodness....
I'm a laugh a minute.


Life's too damned short to take too much too seriously... including myself.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:15 PM
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16. I can't not laugh at myself. nt
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:17 PM
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17. Of course, I'm the funniest person I know
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:19 PM
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18. for the most part
i'm pretty good at not taking myself too seriously, but i still have problems with it sometimes
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:51 PM
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19. I laugh at myself in fake life too.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:54 PM
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20. You kidding?
Look at my screen name.

If that doesn't tell you I'm a raging doofus, you're blind.

And I amuse myself all the time. Amusing others seems to be a byproduct, which is kind of nice.
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seaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 01:37 AM
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21. Often
and often by myself.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 01:57 AM
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22. Yarp. n/t
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 04:21 AM
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23. Often.
:shrug:

It's that or cry. :P
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