So you guys ever hear something which makes perfect sense in the context, but you just stop and realize that if you actually try to picture it literally and take it out of it's context it's REALLY funny?

I pretty much do that with everything. It makes life so much more interesting. I guess it's because I'm easily distractable and a fairly creative thinker. Here's one interesting example which took place a few days ago. I was sitting in my psychology of neurophsyiology class, the subject matter of which I absolutely hate, listening to my professor, whom I absolutely adore! (she's so fun and whacky), Anyway she was talking about animals becoming dependent on drugs and alcohol. And she was talking about how difficult it was to get the rats drunk, because "it's really hard to get a rat to drink straight alcohol." I mean ok that makes sense, rats don't like bitter tastes, it's a perfectly logical thing to say in the context. But if you just take it as a random comment, it's really funny. Even funnier if you actually imagine the little guy sitting on a tiny bar stool at a little miniature bar talking to the bar tender.

Bar tender: "Can I get you some tequila shots?"

Rat: "NO! I can't stand straight alcohol, but you can whip me up a Strawberry Margarita if you want." (The little guys like sweets)

Of course it's even funnier when I realized I was just like the Rat! (I like mixed drinks better too, and I can't get enough sweets!)

Then there's just the absudity which can be seen by a 3rd party witnessing a couple of perfectly normal people having a serious conversation about something mundane. I can still remember a couple of years ago (yeah that's how funny I thought it was, which is odd in and of itself considering it was rediculously NORMAL) I was in a waffle house and the waitress and cook were standing around talking. The cook says "you know I never even knew we had a ham salad" waitress: "you didn't", cook: "nope, I knew about the turkey salad, and the club salad, but no one ever orders the ham salad", waitress: "you're right the ham salad isn't as popular as the turkey, but some people get it."......they just went on and on about the apparent existance of the ham salad. And personally I think the phrase "I never even knew we had a ham salad." is kinda funny taken out of context.

I mean imagine it taken REALLY out of context, and put into some new context. Just picture some poor women pacing back and forth in her living room, waiting for her husband and children to get home. The phone rings.

"hello" says the women

"hello, may I speak with Mrs. Jones"

This is Mrs. Jones"

"Ma'am, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you, there's been an accident."

"What! oh my heavens no!"

"I'm afraid your husband ran a red light on the way home, the children are fine, but your husband is in intensive care."

**Silence**

"Ma'am are you okay?"

"....yes, its jus...it's just that.... I never got a chance to tell him...I mean I never... Well "I never even knew we had a ham salad"

Then there's the ever popular thoughts I have that make me stop and say to myself "wait, are you actually debating this in your head?". Maybe I've just got a strange internal monolgue, but last week I went to Wal-Mart, and among other things I was in the market for (see I think THAT'S kinda funny, I was "in the market for",,,I was in wal-mart because.....lol anyway) spaghetti sauce. So I'm walking up and down the isle saying to myself "well here's the salsa but I can't find the spaghetti sauce.", then I finally found it and I was trying to pick out which one to get "well this one's chunky, but this one has onions and bell peppers, I like onions and bell peppers. Oh wait here's one with mushrooms, I LOVE mushrooms, oh but it's more expensive than the one with onions and bell peppers. What's the sodium in these things anyway? Gee, if only they had one with mushrooms AND onions and bell peppers." And at the point I just stopped. I mean how many people walking past me in the isle would be trying to figure out what I'm thinking, and go with "gee, if only they had one with mushrooms AND onions and bell peppers.". It's actually a really soothing thought. I mean regardless of life's stresses and my other obligations, I'm still actually taking time to lement the fact that they don't make spaghetti sauce with mushrooms, onions and bell peppers.

Of course it's actually really fun to try to figure out what's going on in OTHER people's heads while they're shopping. You know the kinda thing, where you see someone picking out strawberries and limes and things. And you just assume they're thinking "Geez, maybe now I can get that pesky little rodent drunk."