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I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Anything For a Cheap Laugh

A new study out of Washington University in St. Louis says that one's sense of humor dimishes as one gets older, and things that used to be funny no longer are. Conversely, one sees humor where there is none. I'm not so sure that's an age thing. There have always been lots of things that tickle me and seem to leave other people cold. I laughed out loud once at a perfectly awful story about a group of Russian fisherman whose boat with their dead bodies aboard was found drifting in the open ocean. Turns out they had run out of vodka, and at the end were so desperate they were gulping down paint thinner. I wondered, neat or with pineapple juice? This was years ago, and I still chuckle about it. See what I mean? I wish I could figure out how to turn it into a cartoon.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's VERY dark John! *wink* LOL

Gosh... Jeremy's just a kid... he needs to get a life! (smile)

2:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

another winner! roger

4:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

John C., this is Jeremy at his best. My sympathy lies with his mother. This is one of the funniest of the Jeremy cartoons yet. Love it.

Fell over laughing at your commentary but do not agree with the Washington Univ. study. I think as we grow older our sense of humor sharpens as we reach a time when laughing at oneself becomes easier and less self-conscious.

10:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

By "dark"... I was referring to the humour in the commentary about the Russian Fishermen.

I still don't get Jeremy... but clearly I am (once again) out of step...

5:40 AM  

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