Open Mouth Insert SOMETHING please...!!
Prejudice...that is what may be perceived of me, considering my sense of humor. I am not PC. I don't think that I ever want to be PC.
Not that I wish to cause harm to others for the sake of my own amusement...but because I know that I am not perfect, and my idiosyncrasies are the butt of someone else's jokes...and. that. is. okay. Because I am far from perfect...and I hope that someone finds me amusing.
Of course, I often push my humor to the border of tasteless, and this is something that I DO need to work on. Because in all liklihood I will end up stepping on someone else's sensibilities, and I genuinely won't mean to.
Sometimes my mouth has a tendency of getting away from me before my brain can disengage my vocal chords. And more often than not, I laugh at inappropriate topics. And on more than one occasion I have shocked the pants off of one friend or another. Because pushing the envelope seems to be my trademark.
Example:
Scenario: Coworkers, boss, and I talking about the sport of bicycling in the workplace cafeteria.
Boss: Yes, I love to bike ride, it's very zen.
Co-worker: Really? You bike ride? That's so cool!
Boss: Yes, it's great. I just took part in a rally.
Kassi: Gosh I haven't been on a bike rally in a long time...[reminiscing]
Co-worker: What's a bike rally?
Boss: Where you travel a long predetermined distance with other cyclists.
Co-worker: Cool.
Boss: Yes, I have to invest in some better sportswear though.
Co-worker: Oh...like, do you wear those speed-o things?
Boss: Yes, the ones with the padded butt, they are great, but they wear out.
Kassi: If they wear out well enough, at least you'd have a pair of buttless chaps afterwards.
Boss: *silence*
Co-worker: *snicker*
This is why it is abundantly fortunate that I married Caleb. Because he is even less PC than I am. Of course, this has only managed to fuel my wonky sense of humor...but at least the person who loves me most will be laughing along with me.
posted by Kassi Gilbert @ 4:27 PM
4 Comments:
[insert inappropriate comment here]
Ha - "buttless chaps" - that's not tasteless, it's truly creative (and VERY vivid)!
You are probably right
But I am used to awkward silence...I just try to fill it up with my own laugh.
I would have laughed if I were there...
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