Minor Things That Make You Smile

Humor can be dissected, as a frog can. True to form, philosophers, scientists, and certain left-brained comedians have been scrutinizing humor’s innards or viscera for a while seeking a serious understanding of what makes things funny.

According to one scholarly definition, people who have been working on a quantum theory of humor, something is humorous if people cognitively appraise it as funny, if it creates a positive emotion of amusement or if it makes somebody smile or makes him burst into laughter.

There are a lot of situations in life that we found it strange. As bizarre or offbeat they may be, or how trivial, irrelevant and minor it sounds to others if it tickles someone pink, there are still others in this whole wide world who appreciate it to the same degree as his. Who cares about others whose left-leaning attitude and their threshold of tolerance to small things and humor are askew and lopsided?

Here are examples of things that may sound superficial and paltry to some ... but makes you wonder ... they have managed to make you smile.

I really don't understand why some people like traffic jams. But apparently, they are LINING up for it.

I got some theories.  My friend finds it an opportunity to meet somebody, and talk to them while the cars are moving snail-paced. All he has to do is open the car window, and check if the cute little driver in the other car is looking ... and he can start the conversation.

It was also the time for him to roll up his sleeves and put a little "cheese" in his pick-up lines.