Why do the things that happen to us make such funny stories?

created by Deborah909

(idea) by Deborah909 (4.5 y) (print) ? 1 C! I like it! Sun Mar 12 2000 at 0:04:52

When we were college students, my friend Gil Sprague asked me, "Why do the things that happen to us make such funny stories?"

I was even more of a smartass then than I am now, and I replied, "It isn't that the things that happen to us make funny stories - it's that we make funny stories out of the things that happen to us."

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Rebekah	You can't predict or control what incidents in your life your friends will remember and retell	Ultra Virgin	Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices
My first smart ass comment	Your last act as a free man should of course be to burn the scrap of paper	The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth	McSubstance
When life gives you lemons make lemonade	Animals people have sex with	college student	Even in hell, I knew better than to eat the salsa
Laws of Dramatic Necessity	New England Telephone	The easiest way to find it is to stop looking	You're the best thing that ever happened to me, no matter what
Goodbye college email address	Why noding about your personal life can be a bad idea	Luckily, my hands do not have eyes.	Pranks and practical jokes
Marie Provost	Gil	three reasons	Toilet

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