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Why so serious?
Ends February 12, 2033 • 280 Entries • Created by A
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FreshwaterFish in Comedy

Why So Serious?

Said the man with beef between his teeth

So I avoided his nose and looked to his feet

Oh No! what are those!!

His toes looks like retired crows

With missing feathers and shit

If it was an endangered species it might have been lit

So I elevated my gaze up to his waist

Wait, is that toothpaste?

How did it get from his face to that space?

Do I want to know?

Hell to the no!

In the end I decided to look at the top of his head

Really is that a fly? Is it dead!?

Man I an done

I am going to laugh instead.

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Why so serious?
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Yellotothehello in Comedy

HI

HI

Actully I meant to say bye

I am going to fly

I kinda wanna lie

That I am actully sly

But GOODBYE!

Don't cry from your eye

It will become dry

When I come back don't be different

Or I will die

Maybe I should try to spy

On you

Sorry! I forgot your name guy!

Well anyway! GOODBYE!

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Why so serious?
LIVINLIFE in Comedy

Rule of Three

Three bucks is the prize,

Someone gets the pride,

Years of entries,

Who can choose?

Writers spend their afternoon,

Spinning words in mental looms,

Happy thoughts or impending doom,

Serious is just so gloom,

I look to another moon,

It needs to happen soon,

Rule of threes spins my runes,

Next stop is a successful boom.

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Why so serious?
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SKTaylor in Comedy

I am serious.

Seriously devoted to eating giant banana pancakes, researching homemade rabbit costumes, and thinking about the faces people make during sex. Seriously engaged in irreverent bathroom stall philosophy, in leaving drunk voicemails, and watching awkward flirting in the wild. Seriously invested in hanging by my fingers from this tumbling little planet as it zooms through the cosmos. Serious is as serious does, after all. 

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Why so serious?
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pizzamind in Comedy

The Gravity of Gravitas: A Meditation on Maintaining One’s Dignity in an Undignified Age

Winston Thaddeus Montgomery III adjusted his bow tie (a particularly distinguished paisley number from 1962) and scowled at his reflection. The wrinkles around his mouth had arranged themselves into what he deemed a most scholarly formation, like ancient manuscripts folded by time. His salt-and-pepper mustache – meticulously trimmed to exactly 3.7 centimeters – twitched with disapproval.

"Why so serious?" his neighbor's child had asked him that morning, while bouncing a rubber ball against his prized hydrangeas.

The audacity! The sheer impertinence! Did the small human not understand that life itself was a solemn undertaking? That every moment required the utmost gravity? Harold had spent forty-three years perfecting his signature expression of profound contemplation (eyebrows raised precisely 0.8 centimeters, forehead creased in exactly three parallel lines).

He smoothed his tweed jacket (authentic Harris Tweed, acquired during the Great Liquidation Sale of '98) and practiced his most dignified harrumph. The sound resonated with just the right mixture of authority and weltschmerz – a skill he'd mastered during his tenure as Assistant Deputy Library Chairman (temporary).

"Serious?" he muttered to his reflection. "I'll have you know that I maintain exactly the appropriate level of gravitas for a man of my station." The fact that said station primarily involved cataloging his extensive collection of Victorian butter knives was, he felt, entirely irrelevant.

His cat, Lord Wellington IV, yawned from his perch atop a stack of unread philosophical treatises, clearly appreciating the weight of the moment. Or perhaps he was just hungry. It was so difficult to tell with cats – they possessed nearly as much natural dignity as Harold himself.

Almost.

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Why so serious?
deb1900 in Comedy

Why so serious?

Life's too short for constant frowns. Embrace joy, find humour, and let go of unnecessary worries. Gentle reminder, "don't worry be happy". A smile and a laugh can brighten your day and others' too.

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Why so serious?
wanderingwonder in Comedy

Really?

Why so serious? Please tell me you did not just ask that to me.

Why would you expect me to be anything else? Give me something to smile about, and then maybe we can have a conversation.

Although given the fact that entries for this challenge do not close anytime soon, I am guessing you will have a difficult time with this.

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Why so serious?
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jmagurk in Comedy

Excuses

"Why so serious?", they ask.

I have shared so many reasons,

Told too many excuses,

But I have more.

Which one to choose, 

After all,

This is my big decision for the day.

Maybe I'll make something up,

Like I always do...

I'm moving,

My brother was hit by a car,

My parents are splitting up... 

Or I could tell the truth...

I'm terminal,

I have two months to live, 

And I'm spending it at work,

With you people who don't care enough to ask if I'm okay.

But...

"I'll be fine",

I say,

In response to the question,

But not the one they asked.

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Why so serious?
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StephanieAnnis in Comedy

Don’t fight the feeling

Who is the man that sits softly in the night?

What is this feeling that stirs inside?

Where did my soul get permission to dance?

When will it propel me forth to act?

Why must I suffer this passion inside?

How can I fight it? Can I deny it?

The passion inside stirs forth, a volcano.

My body propels forward.

While my mind’s screaming “hell no!”

Deep inside I can’t fight it

I must love and let go. I can’t deny it.

Passion is nature’s distraction.

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Why so serious?
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DuST72 in Comedy

Why So Tight Lipped?

911,What's your emergency?

It'S Mark Tucker.She made me laugh again.

Are you serious?

How bad is it this time?

It was deadpan.

One joke after another.

It really hurts.

I tried not to SMILE.

But she was relentless.

She had you in stitches eh?

That's not funny.

ok,I'LL send help right away.

Ow,that hurts.She's gonna PAY for this.

Were almost done here Mr Tucker.

There how does that feel?

Just Joking.

Ok,now were gonna run a few tests.

Knock knock?

I'm sorry,i couldn't help myself.

Mr Tucker.Here's an hour of deadpan jokes.

I'LL be in the next room.

If you feel any discomfort wave to me.

An hour passes by.

Everything looks good Mr Tucker.

We'll have you hooked back up to the iv in no time.

Meals on wheels,get it!

I guess in your case Mr Tucker laughters not the best medicine.

Although one time i had a patient with severe constipation.

I gave him an audio of dark comedy.

He laughed so hard he shit himself.

It gives a new meaning to comedy relief.

Before you go Mr Tucker,please sign here.

This is for the cost FOR ambulance,emergency room visit,and THE STITCHES...

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