Your Pain Is Funny...But Not Mine

Another crazy week for me means another ENCORE Blog today---but one that is back by popular demand, mostly for the hilarious video:

What is it about human beings that we find humor in other people’s pain?

Admit it.

You laugh when people fall down, get bonked in the head or take one in the crotch.Sometimes when it happens to US, we too, will crack up—only after we’ve checked to see there is no blood--or no body parts sticking out at funny (and by funny I mean unusual) angles.

Usually though, we are somewhat angry and offended when, after getting up from a spill, we gaze into the faces of our “friends”, who are too busy peeing in their pants to ask if we’re OK. Sometimes it’s a stilted, “Wow, are you alright” spoken through the gritted teeth of someone who is visibly suppressing laughter. Other times, your “buddies” are now themselves on the floor, rolling around and laughing like hyenas.

“Thanks for your CONCERN!”

The internet and the proliferation of video recording on cell phones, etc. has provided enough footage of people slamming themselves into walls, slipping on ice and generally making painful fools of themselves to keep us “entertained” for hours.It’s probably a good thing that we don’t get to see the trips to emergency rooms, hospitals and the morgue that come from these clips.

So, just how good are YOU?

Can you watch the following video and not even crack a SMILE?
Betcha you can’t:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdAYwMPFDcs

How did you do?

Perhaps we’ll get our just desserts in the next life (“Table for one in HELL, please!”)I operate with the ASSUMPTION that all injuries for which I have laughed at above were minor—and that the victim was a good sport.And the next time I wipe out, my first reaction will be to look around and make DAMN sure no one is filming!


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