Contingency Plan
Worst comes worst, you don’t get any laugh at all. What’s the bigdeal?
Well, it’s no big deal. But how about turning it around and make it
into an opportunity for laughter? That’s why you always need to
“prepare for the worst”.
Think of how you can relieve yourself from the awkwardness. Many
people use, “o—kay—not funny…” or “yeah, you guys must be
thinking… arrrgh, not funny at all” and act if devastated.
My favorite is, “Okay that was the joke. Now you may laugh…” If you
do get a laugh then, make bow and an exaggerated smug face if you
want to.
You can even insult the listener if you’re bold enough. Roll up your
eyes and say something like, “I knew it! This is the kind of response
you get from a New York girl…”, assuming she told you she’s from New
York—it can be any information she’s disclosed to you so far—that’s
the exaggeration technique which we’ll talk about later).
Those are so called saver lines, which usually work pretty well with
woman. But don’t count on saver lines. They are, after all, “the last
straws”.
Remember I told you not to laugh at your own joke? Well, here’s the exception. If no one laughs, you laugh. Then they’ll think they are
stupid because they didn't laugh.
And they’ll laugh.
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