A Humour's Guide to Dummies!....Err...

I know I know. Too much emo stuff over the weekend. I did promise you all that I would be trying to get a laugh from you in each blog entry. But then again, I started writing this primarily for myself. To be able to communicate my feelings with myself first, and in the process with the world. The last few days were a little low mood-wise, thereby reflected in the blog.

But I did realize, and received some feedback from those who happen to read the blog, that some humour should be incorporated. Point noted. So then I started thinking (yes yes, I can sense your surprise on the recent development of this ability of thinking. Not to worry, this phase too shall pass, and I will be back to my senseless thinking-less ways!) I thought about what makes an article humourous. Is it the style in which it is written? Or the choice of words it comprises? Maybe its the sentence structure? For all you know, it may just be the author, and the reader's brain's automatic perception of that person as a clown!

So I set out in search of the perfect way to include some humour in otherwise emotional articles. I called upon my most trusted friend. I have no idea what its parents were thinking when they gave him this name, but yeah I call him Google, as do many others. Gets a giggle out doesn't it? I tell him the same thing, but he doesn't listen. In fact, he now has several siblings all originating from this giggle-inducing name. They can (g)Talk, (g)Mail, (g)Wave, (g)Chrome and have recently learned to Buzz too! Anyways, for the first time in practically forever, I got very little help from this guy. Shocked? I was too!

To lower the desperation levels, I even sought help from "A Dummy's Guide to Including Humour in your Blogs," but alas it was so useless that all I was left saying was"main joker to nahi, lekin aye haseen maine dekha jab bhi tujhko mujhko comedy nahi aai". (translating this would take an eternity, because basically, I am no poet and this is a very distorted version of a couplet written by some guy. Interestingly the original version of the couplet has gone on to become the first words that a person ought to speak in India before showcasing his talent in the poetry arena)

Having been failed even by the Constitution of Comic Blogs itself: A Dummy's Guide..., I had given up hope, and was sulking in my deep philosophical thoughts. I would have much rather preferred sulking in the condominium swimming pool on a Saturday evening with heart-warming sights and sounds, but for the 'Hands-and-Mouth Disease'! Now what kind of a name is that? 'Hands-and-Mouth Disease', seriously? If I allow my imagination to run wild, which I will not because this is a family blog (till now), I can probably write a novel on what this disease is all about!

So yeah, sulking I was, when I happened to chance upon two of my fellow friend bloggers! Introducing to you, Swati Gupta and Ramasubramanian Sivasankar (Shiv to his dear ones)! (drum roll begins....but fades almost instantly)

These are two people, who manage to make you laugh even with normal sentences. Now, I am not sure whether they mean to do so, or if its an accident which incidentally happens many times, but what matters in the end is the humour present in their blogs. Inspiring their readers to laugh till they cry, these two have to be the biggest comedians in the world of blogging!

While Swati has subtle humour arising from a rough yet catchy writing style, Shiv has something in his sentences which induce laughter in the reader. Don't ask me what that something is, because had I known, I would be able to include humour in my Blog articles too! I do want to mention though, that they are equally capable of writing thought provoking articles as well, and in doing so conveying messages of importance of certain places, people, and experiences to their readers. From the top of my mind, I can think of  the exceptional article Shiv wrote on the importance of Orissa and the people from there (http://ramaplusplus.blogspot.com/2009/01/orissa.html), and the recent amusing experiences Swati has shared of her return trip from Canada (http://sila-berhati-hati.blogspot.com/2010/01/cuba-diaries-2.html). I could go on inflating their egos, but I am not being paid for using my Blog to advertise theirs!

At the end of it all, what has my research yielded thus far? I have discovered blogs with humour in them, but I still do not comprehend the art of including humour in my blogs. Darn! I need to keep the search going! Could someone please help me with this ''Humour's Guide to Dummies?" ....Err...that didn't sound correct now did it?