When I was growing up I had the responsibility to keep my three younger brothers out of trouble, but, of course, no authority to use violence. So, I learned to use humor. When we were all together and about thirty years of age, I started riffing jokes on my youngest brother’s “Dungeons and Dragons” story. We were all laughing. So we didn’t notice that the oldest of my brothers was in serious distress until he fell onto the floor. I shut up until he could breathe again. To this day, he thinks I did it deliberately. The worst part is now I have to register my sense of humor with the local police department as a deadly weapon. :)
When I was growing up I had the responsibility to keep my three younger brothers out of trouble, but, of course, no authority to use violence. So, I learned to use humor. When we were all together and about thirty years of age, I started riffing jokes on my youngest brother’s “Dungeons and Dragons” story. We were all laughing. So we didn’t notice that the oldest of my brothers was in serious distress until he fell onto the floor. I shut up until he could breathe again. To this day, he thinks I did it deliberately. The worst part is now I have to register my sense of humor with the local police department as a deadly weapon. :)