NOT Funny

Recently, Mac and I watched Borat. In it Sacha Baron Cohen, playing the dim-witted and uncivilized Borat, gets lessons from a humor coach (HC). In the scene, the humor coach is trying to teach Borat about the 'NOT' joke, and Borat continuously botches the delivery:

HC (pointing to Borat's grey suit): That suit is black...NOT!
Borat (pointing to the same suit): This suit is NOT black.

Like Borat, Megan has been trying to develop her sense of humor. While she will occasionally throw in a "silly" joke (put a bowl on her head, pull her hat over her eyes, clench her fork in her teeth and wiggle it up and down) most of Megan's humor plays out like a badly delivered 'NOT' joke.

Megan loves to ask questions that she knows are definitely wrong and she thinks this is funny. For example, Megan will pick up the giraffe puzzle piece, stick it in the elephant's spot, and ask with a big smile and a twinkle in her eye,"Does it go there?" Megan can do this eight piece zoo puzzle in under a minute, so she obviously knows where the pieces go. If you answer in the negative, Megan will move on to the next wrong hole and ask again (still beaming),"Does it go there?" If you take the bait and answer in that the giraffe does indeed go in the parrot spot, Megan will enthusiastically exclaim,"No, it goes here!" and show you the right spot with a laugh.

Megan also now turns our quizzes into these little distorted 'NOT' jokes, too. When I asked Megan (who was scribbling away with a GREEN marker) what color she was using, Megan turned the tables: "Is it... YELLOW?" she asked me. I egged her on,"Yep, I think it is YELLOW." Megan was delighted to deliver the punch line: "NO!! It's GREEN!!"

I tell you, she is hilarious...NOT!