Sunday, February 17, 2008

Breasts & Comedy

I was considering the comedic value of women's breasts.

Well, I was.

Children certainly see it. They find them hilarious. Not that there's any sexual tension in that; they just do. I remember pieces of some ancient joke about a woman who has a dog named 'Titswiggle'; there's a punch line for the joke that you can figure out pretty simply, and then you can write the rest of the joke yourself.

Then it occurred to me, it's the wiggling that is so funny. Anything that wiggles is, by definition, funny.

Think about it, that's why Jell-o is always a hit with kids. I mean, it's gelatin, hardly appetizing, but what could possibly wiggle more? Jelly is funny, too, though to a lesser extent, (the extent to which it still wiggles). Jam is even funny, but just slightly.

So breasts are legitimately funny, in their own right. Wiggly, wobbly, jiggly;—they're naturally funny.

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