Sense of Humour

Well, I should have fixed the subtitle.

We have a lot of different senses. My favourite is the sense of humour.

Here are a few things I know about humour:

It’s personal

We all have our own sense of humour. There is no objective truth about funny. And? Humour appears in every culture. In fact, the world’s oldest recorded joke is a fart joke from 1900 BC. With that in mind? Pull my finger…

It’s better in connection

If something is funny for you and not for me – That doesn’t mean that it isn’t funny. It means we missed each other. That is a loss. Pull my finger

All in the timing

When are you engaged with your sense of humour? How is your timing? Everything humourous is about timing. Where, when and with whom determine humour. Pull my finger

Sensitivity

Compassion and empathy are key when connecting with someone else’s sense of humour. Pull my finger

Humour is anarchic, aggressive and destructive

Paradoxically, sometimes humour is completely insensitive. As humans, aggression is part of who we are too. There are times when aggressive hum…