People often mistake dark humor with shock humor. Shock humor is: How do you fit 100 dead babies into a five gallon bucket? A blender! How do you get them out again? Tostitos! Dark humor is: A young boy goes to the circus sideshow and hears a barker proclaiming a talking mule. The boy pays his dime and enters the tent. He elbows his way to the front of the crowd to find an animal handler sitting on a stool idly counting money while the sickliest, mangiest, most malnourished looking mule cowers before him, shivering. Someone from the back of the crowd shouts Hey, make that mule talk! I paid a dime to see a talking mule! The animal handler hears this and puts away his was of cash, stands, straightens his waistcoat and then kicks this pathetic mule right in the face as hard as he can. The mule coughs blood. Then slowly it turns to the boy on the front row and says, why cant I just die? ... I prefer dark humor to shock humor. Personal taste and all. :)
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 21:27:32 +0000