Betty Boop

List of things people take too seriously

or:

Things that I’ve joked about that I now realize were in bad taste and yet I still haven’t learned to curb my tongue.1

  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Race
  • The lives of your children
  • Bomb jokes at the airport
  • Poison candy jokes during Halloween
  • Funerals
  • Trials by jury
  • Abortion
  • Homosexuality
  • Terrorism
  • Toothbrush privileges
  • Cheating
  • Sexual attraction to monkeys
  • The subprime mortgage lending crisis
  • Clowns
  • Wiping after every b.m.
  • The recently deceased
  • Crib death
  • Surgery
  • Larceny
  • Trust
  • Strokes
  • Brain damage
  • Learning disabilities
  • Pranks involving birth control
  • The phrase “I love you…
  • … but I’m not in love with you…
  • … dyke.”
  • Their life expectancy
  • Life savings
  • Saving lives
  • But not Lifesavers™, for some reason
  • Their social security card
  • Farm equipment
  • Drunk driving
  • Child endangerment
  • Child rearing
  • Inappropriate sexual innuendos
  1. The subtitle is meant to be a joke, it’s just far more true than it should be. And much more true than you’d think. []

3 Comments

  1. Came to your page through “30 days of thanks.” Loved imagining making jokes about some of the items on this list with the “wrong” people! Lol! Great avatar pict too 🙂 Good luck with all your 30 days projects this month!

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