Do other people know that you're silly?

[hlao23]

Inspired (most recently) by slknight:

I've noticed a lot of silly comments recently (none by me of course ). Just wondering how many have a reputation for silliness IRL.

I absolutely do in my office. I'm actually often accused of practical jokes when I didn't even do them! Of course, the group of friends I run around with knows this about me too.

Oddly enough...that aspect of me does not come shining through as much in my theatre company. Maybe there are just too many of us silly people there.

[wallycat]

DH says I need to lighten up and get a sense of humor (he means it in a nice way)

[MrsReber]

I am very silly at home, but it surprises people at work. They get a real kick out of the smart, quiet girl making silly comments.

[kim21]

Cute thread. Although fairly reserved and professional, I have a very silly side, especially with my little nieces. They love board games and cards, etc, and one time when I actually won the game, I went into an academy award rendition of "I'd like to thank my parents for..., my children for...my sister for...etc, and a whole host of thanks to those who may have contributed to me winning at this hand of "Old Maid." Well, they thought this was beyond funny, and now not only expect it, they do it to...it's very funny and silly.

My husband a barrel of fun with kids, and my eldest niece told him "Uncle Pat, you are too silly to be a father!" A compliment, I think! Kim

[Canice]

I've wondered the same thing - only maybe I was thinking "silly" in a different sense. People think I'm funny, as in the dry-aside, but I am definitely not silly in the sense of doing anything to attract attention to myself. Things like singing telegrams, practical jokes, costume parties and the like don't work for me at all and make me very uncomfortable. But I love a smart, witty comment - sometimes I'm home alone reading the BB and literally LOL.

[gertdog]

I don't know if I'm considered silly here, but my parents and husband would say that I'm a smart-a**.

I think my clients and colleagues believe that I am fairly reserved.

I shared an apartment with a fellow graduate student who is a good friend of DH's for a year, and he thinks I am a very serious person. It was kind of shocking to me that I could live with someone for a year and that's the opinion they'd have of me! I found that very funny, especially coming from someone who watches hours of C-SPAN on a daily basis.

[Little Bit]

Great question!

No, I don't think people do realize that I'm frequently very silly indeed.

Any number of people find me quite peculiar, which is not at all the same thing.


My childhood was so sheltered, I didn't realize until I was an adult that:

a) there are people in the world who DON'T have a sense of humor.

or

b) there are people in the world utterly convinced that I'm one of the humor-deprived. (and they must not be paying very close attention, lol!)

[lhall]

Yes, especially with my children, although DD2 (age 3) has me beat by miles in the silly department!

Leigh

[KristinK]

I'm silly, although aside from when I first shocked my summer swim team friends in my early teen years with some extreme silliness involving legos and hysterical laughter, I don't think it surprises anyone.

I think people would be overwhelmingly surprised at DF's silly side. He comes across as such a meathead, but he's really such a sweetheart.

[SueK]

I'm pretty silly at home. DD and I do things like jump out at my husband when he comes out of the bathroom and stuff. I love to try to scare him, for some reason.

[colleency]

I'd have to say I'm fairly silly. What really gets my department laughing is when I say, "Fear me," and I stamp my foot. Apparently, no one fears me!

[colleency]

hlao, is it too much of a hijack to ask about your theater company? I'd ask on the klatch, but I don't think you are posting there. Or should I pm? Ack. I need etiquette help!

[DmOrtega]

Originally posted by SueK
I'm pretty silly at home. DD and I do things like jump out at my husband when he comes out of the bathroom and stuff. I love to try to scare him, for some reason.

This sounds like the behavior of one of my cats when he wants to play. He loves to jump at us and turn and run. He is a goofy cat.

[cniles]

I'm silly with the people I am close to - ie family.... My mom and I can get going pretty good!

DH says I need to lighten up and get a sense of humor (he means it in a nice way)

Ana - I find your sense of humor wonderful!!! Very dry!!!

[yorkshirepud]

I'm pretty nutso if I'm honest and my husband would definately agree. Typically I make him howl at least once a day with my silliness/humor.

Those that are closer to me, know of my nutso ways.

But, usually, when people first meet me, believe it not, I tend to be shy, and then, one day I just 'break out' and usually shock them.

I'm also quick witted (or so I'm told). Somtimes it has them howling, sometimes it has me in trouble!

I am finding that the older I get, the more stupid I become. I guess I'm just fighting off my age! God help my kids! Oh well, at least they'll be entertained.

[jphilg]

I wish I were sillier. I used to be....but when I married DH, along with a lot of great things happening, I sort of lost my silliness in groups. DH is a total ham...he's That Guy at a party, and as a defensive move (sometimes he gets embarrassing) I have become sort of the Straight Girl to his Funny Guy.

I am very silly alone with DH and with old friends, but I am trying to re-find my silliness in social situations.

I think people think I am witty though. I found myself doing sort of a Carrie-Fisher-in-WhenHarryMetSally cynical/funny powerwoman routine at lunch with some female colleagues. Don't know where that came from.

[RebeccaT]

Originally posted by jphilg
DH is a total ham...he's That Guy at a party, and as a defensive move (sometimes he gets embarrassing) I have become sort of the Straight Girl to his Funny Guy.

This sounds familiar. I have somehow developed the reputation as the one who reels DH in. Actually, we were in a group last night and a couple of the guys were imitating the way I call down my husband: "CHARLES!" (said in a slightly high pitched, sharp manner that his single-syllable name lends itself to quite nicely). And just as often, I provide the set-up for his jokes.

DH has said before, though, that he wishes I would be more silly in a group. He seems to think I'm really funny. I don't know what it is, if it's the fact that I am so comfortable with him, or if it's that I want to dilute his silliness a bit so that people don't OD on the Turners.

But yeah. I can be very, very silly, although in most situations I am just kind of wry in a cocked-eyebrow sort of way.

[SueK]

Originally posted by DmOrtega


This sounds like the behavior of one of my cats when he wants to play. He loves to jump at us and turn and run. He is a goofy cat.

Does this mean I was a cat in a previous life?

Just kidding. Another thing I do is sing or dance to music that DD1 doesn't think is for "my age". I mainly do it just to get her riled up. I can tell that I'm going to be a mom that probably really embarasses her when she gets older.

[Gail]

Of course I'm silly. I have generations of silly people to thank for that.

...and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[slknight]

Originally posted by hlao23
Inspired (most recently) by slknight:

Wow! You were inspired by me? I have no idea why, but uh, ok. I'm glad I inspire someone.

[boisewinesnob]

Originally posted by Little Bit
I didn't realize until I was an adult that:

a) there are people in the world who DON'T have a sense of humor.

This puzzles me as well, although I call them humor-impaired .

I used to be funny , but now I'm not so sure

[Wendy w]

Yup. At work, I only loosen up with people that I am comfortable with and maintain a professional demeanor with the rest. They say I'm really funny when I am annoyed with something. My family and friends know that I can be and there are other people who act surprised when I am as they think that I am "refined". If that isn't silly in itself.

[Beth]

What do you think? Serious as taxes and silly as putty -- both of 'em here.

If it's any indication, I have a 7yr old who will ask to have butterfly tickles on his legs when he has trouble sleeping, or a full-out tickle war at other times. Slow mormings require tickle wake-up calls.

[Kayaksoup]

I am known for being quiet (or bossy, at work). But inside, I have a silly streak. and some times I let it out here

[Kristine]

I definitely have a group of [girl] friends that I am silly around....we have sooooo much fun together - 'secret' boyfriends (even though lots of us have 'real' boyfriends! lol), inside jokes, goofy stories, etc. I love hanging out with them.

But, for the most part, I think that people that don't know me would be surprised by my silly side. I come across as rather shy and reserved - and I've got the whole "good girl" thing going on too (which isn't a bad thing...and is not completely untrue either). Just last week I went to a party with one of my more silly friends , and someone we work with playfully scolded her that "she dragged me along, and was corrupting me!".

[hlao23]

Originally posted by colleency
hlao, is it too much of a hijack to ask about your theater company? I'd ask on the klatch, but I don't think you are posting there. Or should I pm? Ack. I need etiquette help!

I'm not sure of the etiquette bit either. Since I started it maybe it's okay if I help you hijack. I didn't start the theatre company (I was a little afraid the way I worded it might sound like I did) but I'm a member. Here's our website if you're interested: www.mtpocketstheatre.com

Feel free to ask any questions you would like.



Just thought I'd add...I think of myself as somewhat shy. I hate going to conferences and parties along. I don't feel like I'm good at mingling (I've thought about starting a thread about that). Many people that know me laugh at me if I call myself "shy" so I guess I don't at all come across that way. Reminds me of a quote I like: "Comparing my insides by other people's outsides causes me problems" - John Rohde

[stefania4]

I'm more of the dry humor and (I hope) witty aside type than silly.

But a few years ago I was caught in an "anonymous" review of a consultant. I said he had the communication savvy of an untrained Helen Keller. Turns out they wouldn't attribute that statement to anyone but me...

[aggie94]

Originally posted by RebeccaT
DH has said before, though, that he wishes I would be more silly in a group.

I dunno - DH & I both thought you were pretty silly when you burst into a rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama" at your cocktail party.

I don't think I have much of a silly streak. Much to my DH's dismay (who has a tendency to get embarrassing, like Jen's DH), I am about as serious and boring as they come.