Pretty simple. What's one of the funniest things you've ever seen that had you in stitches for a while?
Here's mine (pulled from the Apple store thread)
The funniest thing I've ever seen happened at the HMV in Market Mall. The girl and I were looking at the signs for that travel place that's directly across from it. It was when HMV used to have those huge clear windows. We heard this huge clang and only my girlfriend, me and another shopper looked back just in time to see a guy reverberate back off the glass (leaving a huge forhead stain to boot), shuffle right a few steps and walk out the door. He looked a little dazed and ashamed. He must have been going fullbore, head down and just given'er.
Another was back in winter. I was coming home on 16th Ave westbound right by that Tim Hortons near SAIT. There was fresh snow and a coating of ice. On the sidewalk, there were 3 friends rushing to get the bus. The lead guy started running. So did the second guy. By the time the third guy started running, he began to slip. So he did that cartoon wobble where his legs are kicking as fast as they can, but he's slipping on the ice. Finally, he got tractiion and then lost it, and did a faceplant on the sidewalk (in almost superman fashion.) I was absolutely howling in my car. I honked and gave him the thumbs up... he got up, dusted himself off, flashed a smile and caught the bus.
God I wish I had a video of it. I can't even begin to describe how funny it was.
I was in new jersey this year for my step sisters wedding, the night of the stag for the groom we are walking to the bar and we are with the grooms uncle that is in his 50, and three girls come out of an establishment and walk in front of us and he is staring at the butts so much that he runs straight into a light pole.
at my work I saw a guy drive right over the handicap parking sign, I thought it was funny
The funniest thing I've ever seen happened at the HMV in Market Mall. The girl and I were looking at the signs for that travel place that's directly across from it. It was when HMV used to have those huge clear windows. We heard this huge clang and only my girlfriend, me and another shopper looked back just in time to see a guy reverberate back off the glass (leaving a huge forhead stain to boot), shuffle right a few steps and walk out the door. He looked a little dazed and ashamed. He must have been going fullbore, head down and just given'er.
Similar thing but in Mac Hall and the guy got cut open. I felt sort of bad but it was funny as hell. The coke i was drinking at the time came out my nose.
Sometime during the next day or two is when they put the yellow and black tape up on the doors.
Playing golf down at Picture Butte a number of years ago.
2 old-timers were playing in front of us and driving a cart. It was the old type of cart with one wheel and no steering wheel, but a steering "bar" in the middle.. if you know the type.
We hit up to them when the signaled us to move past. The driver was parked up on a mound and the second one was in the depression hitting his second shot. Once he hit, we were going to play through.
When he hit, he started walking as he watched his ball. The driver also watched the ball and let his foot off the brake. The cart started to roll.. right towards his partner downhill. At the last second he swerved to try to avoid him.
He nailed the guy with the cart and swerved so hard that his foot came off the cart floor, dragged on the ground, got caught in the wheel well. As a result, he was flung from the cart.
2 old guys (70's easily) laying on the ground in pain. The cart was still rolling to the bottom of the depression. They were both throwing a bunch of f-bombs at each other. Hilarity ensued.
They shook it off after a few minutes but I'm sure they quit after 9. I'm surprised they both survived. I remember it like it was yesterday.
Im not sure if its the funniest thing Ive ever seen, but it would certainly rank right up there
Playing rec league hockey in the NCHL, a certain unnamed player forgot his jock, so went about trying to tape his cup to his boxers with stick tape
you cant make that stuff up
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I was sitting at the lights at 11th and 11th when a guy on rollerblades went booking across all 4 lanes of 11th as the light turned green. He looked back to see how close he was cutting it as the cars took off, then kinda cocky-like he jumps up on the curb while still looking back.
He started looking forward just in time to crash face first into a parking sign. Dude totally bailed. It was so funny, I almost crashed.
I was playing at sprinbank links a few years ago on number 7 and the green was clear so I hit my ball, but it sliced the guys in fron of us were at their cart, one in the cart already in the passenger side and one putting his putter back in his bag from the side. the ball goes through the back of the "window" in cart, right where the guy would have been standing if he put his clubs in from the back and bounced around the cap of the cart and dropped out. They swore and yelled, I couldnt stop laughing. They didnt take my ball or weren't waiting for me after 9 either which was good!
Probably lucky I didnt hurt anyone but it was funny to watch.
Maybe not the funniest thing, but an amusing event:
We were driving back to Tulum from Chichen Itza with some friends, and stopped to visit some underground caves - I was reading from a Lonely Planet Guide out loud as we entered the parking lot - "you will be greeted by a horde of screaming children", as we were being greeted by a horde of screaming children. I had to show everyone the book to prove I didn't make it up.
Im not sure if its the funniest thing Ive ever seen, but it would certainly rank right up there
Playing rec league hockey in the NCHL, a certain unnamed player forgot his jock, so went about trying to tape his cup to his boxers with stick tape
you cant make that stuff up
HAHA, very funny. It would have done the trick!
A funny jock related story is the time my fiancee was messing around with my hockey gear and trying pieces of it on in our old apartment. I wasn't really paying attention to her until she started asking why I wear a face cover when she had never seen other hockey players wear them. Needless to say I was a little surprised when I turned around and noticed that she had about half my gear on and my cup pressed firmly to her face like some kind of breathing mask. She was even making Darth Vader breathing noises. Wish I had a camera for that one.
When I was in Malaysia 2 summers ago, My friend, her sister and another one of her friends was gonna take me to a cave and apparently legend has it that people were killed by lightning at the entrance to the cave... So we thought "It's just a myth, the sky looks fine, doesn't seem like there'd be lightning strikes"
We walked towards the entrance of the cave and we heard thunder, the 3 of them (all girls) just booked it for the car... while I just slowly walked back
Was running full speed while playing football and then jumped/dove full-out commited to make the catch. And came down right on one of those big stone dividers you see at the beginning of bike-paths. An inch to the right and I wasn't ever having kids! Basically I came down and flipped off forwards landing on my back.
My friends though I had crushed my nuts but it actually caught me half-way down my right left thigh, and then just scraped up and over my stomach. I walked away in about 30 seconds and wasn't even bruised.
A funny jock related story is the time my fiancee was messing around with my hockey gear and trying pieces of it on in our old apartment. I wasn't really paying attention to her until she started asking why I wear a face cover when she had never seen other hockey players wear them. Needless to say I was a little surprised when I turned around and noticed that she had about half my gear on and my cup pressed firmly to her face like some kind of breathing mask. She was even making Darth Vader breathing noises. Wish I had a camera for that one.
LOL
thats even better then trying to tape your cup to your boxers
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I was waiting in my car at a set of lights and there was this kid riding his bike. He starts playing with the spokes of his front wheel with his foot. Next thing you know his foot get caught and he gets thrown over the handle bars to the ground hard with the bike on top of him. I sure hope the young guy was OK but I drove away laughing and still laugh every time I think of it.
I can't really think of any hysterically funny, but there are two things that were so absurd they've stuck with me.
I was driving down 32nd Ave one day about 8 years ago when I was passed by an elderly lady - she must have been in her 70s - wearing pink pyjamas, on a Harley. That was one of the few times where I literally did a double take.
A couple years ago, again driving down 32nd, I was stuck at a red waiting to turn left. It was a good time for a red light, as there was this smoking HOT girl crossing the street. I happened to glance back at the intersection (don't ask me why) at the same time my friend just started killing herself laughing. The guy with the green light was also distracted by the hot girl and took his foot off the gas. His truck drifted to a halt in the middle of the intersection as he literally forgot to drive. You know you're attractive when you literally stop traffic...
When I was a kid I was golfing with a younger guy who was about 13 and some older guys. We were told that the youngster was not allowed to drive the cart but he was having none of that.
On about the 6th hole One of the other golfers managed to get the cart into a spot with a tree 5 feet from the rear bumper and a metal pole 5 feet from the front bumper. It was right in the middle. Anyway, this youngster jumps in the cart to take it for a spin. He gets in and starts looking backwards over his right shoulder, like he's going in reverse, tromps on the gas and goes straight forward into this metal pole. The whole cart bounces but he's still got his foot on the gas, and this pole is slowly bending over. This goes on for a few seconds and we're all yelling at him to take his foot off the gas, which he does. He then leans down, flips the lever into reverse, and stomps on the gas again, but this time he's facing forward, like it's in drive, and the car shoots straight backwards into the tree, and bounces violently again. The driver is also bounced, his head is thrown backwards and his hands come off the wheel and fly into the air over his head, but his foot is still on the gas and the wheels are spinning on the gravel. He's a little rattled by this time, so he takes his foot off the gas, leans down and puts it into drive and punches it, driving straight back into the pole and bending it some more. This third knock jarred some sense back into him because he took his foot off the gas, pushed the brake pedal down and let his older brother, who didn't think was nearly as funny as I did, drive the cart out of the predicament.
Just the look of terror and confusion on his face was worth the price of admission. I'll never forget watching that flimsly pole bending over either. It was like the whole thing was in slow motion.
One time I was walking back to my hotel in Ottawa after partying with some friends. I was drunker than I have ever been in my life. This was the tail-end to a wild and crazy night that included giving pornography to a homeless guy with one leg and being chased by an old cougar (not a MILF) through the Keg steakhouse.
I asked some guys directions to a convenience store so I could get some gum or cigarettes or something. I said thanks and I stepped off the curb and for whatever reason completely bailed in front of them. I did a near somersault and landed right on my back. I also had a pair of brand new sunglasses which I absolutely loved, I love any sunglasses that will fit my obscenely shaped head. Well these sunglasses skittered off underneath me and snapped completely in half. So I stagger to my feet, bleeding from my palms and face, and in rage try to snap the sunglasses into even smaller pieces. Well, these things being plastic, they do snap, but one piece flies at about 1000000 milles an hour right into my eye. So I am cursing and hold my face and I do another noseplant right into the sidewalk.
All I remember hearing is these jackasses laughing, no howling, as I made a fool of myself about 2 feet in front of them. They did thankfully pick me up, dust me off, and gave me a piece of gum. Satisified, I returned to my hotel.
Unfortunately I didn't witness the event. The only one to witness the event was my co-worker... which worked out well for him at the time.
He was playing laser tag with his friends and cousins. He and his cousin had the same build at the time. Anyways, my co-worker finds himself at the end of a long corridor and way down at the far end is his cousin. They try shooting at each other, but were too far away to hit one another. Simultaneously they begin to run towards one another, shooting and ducking into openings, zig zagging their way up the corridor. He finally got to a part where he was getting close to his cousin, and he was able to sneak around the back way to the next opening. He figured his cousin was around the corner at the next opening in the corridor. So he decided to get the jump on him and he took off around the corner, sprinting. It was too late for him to do anything because he could see the collision coming the moment he rounded the corner.... BAM! right into a mirror.
a bike courier was weaving through pedestrians on a busy sidewalk (big petpeeve of mine) so I hollered that he should watch out because it's slippery, hoping he'd at least slow down. He turned his head and frowned at me. Right after that, he slammed into the ground as he hit some ice or something. We all laughed at him and continued on to our lunch break.
What's the funniest thing you've ever seen?
