F is for Facetious

4/5/2013

Today's word is brought to you by Tommy's cluelessness.

Facetious
1: joking or jesting often inappropriately

2: meant to be humorous or funny

My brother’s eyebrows waggled, a grin filling his face. His laughter was barely contained.

I stared at him, tilting my head. "I don't get it. Why is walking into a bar and saying “Ow” funny?”

The smile fell from my brother's face. "I give up. I admit defeat. You will never grasp the concept of humor."

“I understand it when you explain it to me,” I replied.

“Then what’s the point of telling you a joke?”

I looked from my brother to his wife, Rissa. Chuckling, she rose and squeezed his shoulder. “Vampires are not facetious creatures.”

40 Comments

Susan Gourley link

4/5/2013 12:56:56 pm

I love that word. Even my children use it.

Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 07:23:46 am

That is cool.

AJ link

4/5/2013 01:37:20 pm

Hahaha.. that joke always makes me giggle..

Happy A-Z'ing! And congrats on done with the first week!

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Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 07:22:32 am

Me too. I think I have a LOLcat picture somewhere with that joke. The cat's face is hilarious.

Lillian Csernica link

4/5/2013 02:23:54 pm

"Vampires are not facetious...." Now there's a statement I'll treasure! These people sound like fun!

Happy A to Z!

Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 07:23:14 am

=)
I try to make them fun. Although, Tommy constantly resisted and wanted to know why. *sigh*

Angeline link

4/6/2013 01:22:03 am

Now that is an F-word I enjoy saying! And I'm sure there are some vampires out there with a great sense of humour!
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Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 07:24:38 am

Maybe in other books. I was going for feral, survivalist vampires in this story.

Lael link

4/6/2013 02:23:07 am

Ha HA still one of my favourite jokes!

Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 07:25:01 am

Sometimes the simple jokes are the best. ;)

Jai link

4/6/2013 06:50:34 am

That is an awesome word.

Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 07:25:37 am

Thanks. My goal was to pick words that I was sure most people wouldn't know.

Jessie Stank link

4/6/2013 07:49:42 am

I am taking it as a personal victory when I actually know the definition to one of your featured words. Score 1 for me!

Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 08:55:54 am

At the end of the challenge, you'll have to tell me the tally of how many words you knew.

Tui Snider @mentalmosaic link

4/6/2013 07:53:36 am

I could probably handle being a vampire, but losing my sense of humor? That would suck!

Tui
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Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 08:56:26 am

Well, in this universe I created, you wouldn't care because you wouldn't remember your sense of humor as a human.

Shannon Lawrence link

4/6/2013 09:23:59 am

I'm not being facetious when I say that's a great word!

Shannon at <a href="http://thewarriormuse.com/">The Warrior Muse</a>

Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 10:28:51 am

LOL You deserve a cookie for using the word in your comment. I just made some too-yummy-for-their-own-good cool whip cookies.

Dan Miller link

4/6/2013 10:16:20 am

Funny post, I enjoyed looking at the other words, very creative.
Thanks for visiting my Fawn.

Dan Miller

Patricia Lynne link

4/6/2013 10:29:34 am

Thanks for the visit back. =)

DL Shackleford link

4/6/2013 11:19:01 am

This is just fun to say :)

Patricia Lynne link

4/7/2013 01:16:53 am

*says it a few times* You're right!

Heather Jacobs link

4/6/2013 11:49:35 am

That *dramatic pause* is an awesome word. :-)

Patricia Lynne link

4/7/2013 01:20:14 am

Thank *Not so dramatic pause* you. ;)

jocelyn rish link

4/6/2013 12:04:23 pm

Facetious is one of my favs! And mixing classic jokes and vampires makes for a fun tale.

Patricia Lynne link

4/7/2013 01:20:41 am

Thanks. =)

Tizzy Potts link

4/7/2013 12:26:15 am

What a great word. I loved your excerpt.

Patricia Lynne link

4/7/2013 01:21:24 am

Thank you! =)

mooderino link

4/7/2013 07:31:58 am

Eternity without a chuckle can't be much fun.

Patricia Lynne link

4/7/2013 07:40:08 am

It helps not being able to remember feeling humor when human.

Connie Gruning link

4/7/2013 11:01:03 am

Vampires and sarcasm? I'm in!
Connie
A to Z buddy
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Patricia Lynne link

4/7/2013 11:25:31 am

Actually, Tommy does sarcasm about as well as he does humor... which isn't very good at all. It's not his fault though. I made him that way.

Jean Davis link

4/7/2013 11:55:21 pm

Poor vamp without a sense of humor.

Patricia Lynne link

4/8/2013 10:11:03 am

Tommy wants to know why you think he's poor and what that has to do with a sense of humor. ;)

Sarah S. link

4/8/2013 08:24:35 am

It took me a little bit to get the joke. Is that bad? xD

Patricia Lynne link

4/8/2013 10:12:00 am

...Maybe. ;)

Jessica link

4/8/2013 12:03:27 pm

I love your word for F. A dear friend of mine always considered herself facetious... thanks for the memory. :)

Have fun with a-z.

Patricia Lynne link

4/9/2013 09:59:30 am

=D Glad to hear the word invoked happy memories.

John Wiswell link

4/8/2013 09:05:15 pm

I didn't anticipate those being the exact definitions. Across my lifetime "facetious" has always had some degree of humorous insincerity - and so was often used when someone wanted to back away from something they'd said. The excuse? "I was being facetious."

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