Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Girl who Entertains the Post Office People

So, at the beginning of the month I decided that I wanted to be a ukulele-playing stand-up comedian very badly. I have no clue why I even thought of this in the first place, I just woke up one morning and knew. That evening in the car, I told my parents I wanted to perform comedy songs. My mom said that if I really wanted to be a comedian, I should work on an act to perform at local mic shows. That's right up my alley, and I've been writing new songs a ton lately! There's just one minor problem... People get confused when I try to make a joke, but I'm funny on accident. Here's an example:

Last weekend, I was in the post office with my dad. I was shipping some boxes to LA and England, and the cost was two dollars more than I actually had in my wallet. I looked up at my dad who was standing right next to me and asked, "Dad. May I please borrow two dollars?" I was smiling at him because I was just so excited to finally get my packages to my friends shipped. I guess everyone in the post office translated that into me trying to sucker my dad into paying for my shipping because the post office full of customers and workers all started laughing. One man even said "If I had a dollar for every time I heard that!" I laughed too, because I realized what they all thought I had meant! My dad laughed and said he would just use his credit card and I could pay him back. Around the time that the worker man behind the desk handed my dad back his card, I looked down at my address book and saw money sticking out of it. That's when I realized I had left singles in it! So then I said (apparently too loudly) "Oh wait. You didn't have to pay it for me! I forgot I had money in my address book, too!" Well of course that got translated wrong too and everyone thought I had tricked my dad into paying for me! At this point, everyone in the post office was laughing hysterically, including my dad! I have to admit, it was a pretty funny experience. From everyone else's point of view, at least! I wasn't embarrased or anything. I'm actually glad I made all of those people laugh. I just need to work on the "make them laugh on purpose" bit. It'll get there. I know it will. :)

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  1. Don't worry Grace, we know that you can be hilarious on purpose. That's why we love your youtube videos so much, because of your stunning personality and great sense of humor!

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    1. Thank you! Haha. I'm glad you find me funny in my videos! :)

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  2. I know how you feel! Also sometimes my intended jokes are ruined because people can tell when I think something I'm going to say is going to be funny, and that ruins it. Oh well :-)

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