Any stand-up comic will tell you that if you've never bombed, you're not doing it right. Or something like that. The point is, I take the practice of bombing very seriously. Not only do I practice it on stage, but I've recently begun to introduce failed jokes - or as I prefer to call them, humortunities - into my work day.
For example, just yesterday I had a meeting at the office, and I noticed that one of my coworkers had a really neat pen. I will now demonstrate how, with a little initiative and complete lack of foresight, one can transform even the most mundane of conversations into a dynamic and exciting bombing experience.
Me: Oooh! I like your pen!
Coworker [polite]: Oh, thanks, it writes really well, too.
Me [mischeivous]: Wow. I'm totally suffering from pen envy right now...
Crickets [bored]: Chirp. Chirp.
Me [encouraging]: Get it?
Crickets and Coworkers [extreme disinterest]: ....
Me [courageously undaunted]: PEN envy? It's like, two letters away from...[finally seeing the situation clearly] nevermind, you guys have been great! Good night!
And, scene! See what I did there? It's like the great C.S. Lewis once said, "Failures are the finger posts on the road to achievement." So, in summation, if anyone knows what a finger post is, please enlighten me so I can start bragging about how many of them I have. You guys have been great!
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