Facebook Funnies

It might be just me, but it seems that Facebook isn't as much fun as it was just a couple of years ago. And yes, I know, some of the younger crowd who were the pioneers of this great social experiment claim it hasn't been fun since they let all us old people in. 

I don't go to Facebook as a news source, though it is the first place I learned of Michael Jackson's death. Television, newspapers, Twitter and various online newspapers and blogs provide me an ample supply of world and local news. I go to Facebook as a social medium, a place to interact and converse with people. When people get together socially they usually do it for fun. Then it follows it is reasonable to expect that when we're on Facebook we're looking for fun.

For me the next best thing to actually being with people, is the joy of sharing their wit and humor virtually. I love the outrageousness of sitting all alone on my sofa in my old clothes, with messed up hair and no makeup and howling with laughter over the antics of my friends. And most of you are pretty funny...you know who you are! Let me share a couple of my favorite exchanges:

Me: I just figured out why refrigerators with freezers on the bottom are not all that great. It's too hard to get my head in there when I'm having a hot flash.
Sam: Women are lucky they don't get cold flashes, they'd be putting their head in the oven.

The day after I took home the first place trophy in a humorous speaking contest I was telling my husband I wasn't looking forward to going to his class reunion because there were going to be too many old people there. He replied: "Oh yeah, well I always wanted to go to a class reunion with a trophy wife, NOT one with a trophy". I quickly posted this on Facebook and asked "Should I kill him now?" Immediately Anne (from 2,000 miles and 2 time zones away) responded with "Yes, use the trophy".

Of course we still want to see pictures of your vacations, children and grandchildren. News of illness and passings are expected too. Continue sharing videos and cartoons. But what I love most, is the personal exchanges - the funnier the better! 

Please share some of the funniest exchanges you've enjoyed on Facebook (keep it clean!). It's Wednesday, we're all looking for a good laugh.

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