its a family thing.

yesterday was my brother, daniel's, bday.  we all went to mom and dads for the night and hung out there.  its always fun just being with the whole family, and eating, and laughing.  we celebrated daniel - hes easy to celebrate.  hes successful, bold, good-lookin, well dressed, loves Jesus, and loyal to his family - i love him.


so last night was great.  after spending some time eating and going for a walk and playing with the girls, we resorted to the living room.  this is generally where we watch youtube videos for half an hour, and laugh, a lot.


after a few youtube videos and hangin in the living room, i realized something.  my family (namely the men in the family) and i have such the same sense of humor that it's crazy.  we're all pretty different, but when it comes to things that just make us all laugh til we cry, we're exactly the same.


so what is it?  something funny like cartoons or funny movies or pictures?  no.  that would be normal.  what makes us laugh is this...thinking of "what if..."  seriously.  we have a small problem.  in particular, we think of something like "what if someone did _______ to ______?"  then we laugh.  we especially like to laugh about thinking about people's reactions to certain things - like when they get scared, or something bad happens, or awkward...yes thats our humor.  forgive us all.


lost yet?  let's take a little quiz.  do you have the holladay humor?  do the following scenarios make you laugh?  not chuckle, but laugh.  like hard.  like until you are crying and everyone is looking around wondering what happened that is so funny and you can't explain it b/c its just in your brain.


1.  imagine driving down the road.  someone is walking on the sidewalk on this road.  you decide to get tricky and start slowing fading toward the side of the curb.  (if you have holladay humor you are laughing b/c you are imagining them slowly stopping their walk, and then looking scared).


2.  imagine yourself in a work setting.  you walk into a bathroom and notice someone is excusing themselves.  you think about how funny it would be to yell something like "oh my gosh what is that smell?"  laughing at the thought?  hollady humor.


3.  you decide to catch up on a few youtube videos.  which do you choose?  this one? or how bout this one? yes, the videos that someones hurt or scared.  bad.


so thats us.  the good the bad and the ugly.  but i love it.  and i love us :)  and if i see someone fall or get scared, i will laugh.  goodnight.