Yes I'm a dork, so what?

Our family takes 'dorkdom' to whole new levels. In fact, when I first started dating my husband in 1987, he was warned that if we ever got married, he would be joining 'The Dork Family'. After all, it's only fair to warn potential mates. We all find humor in things most people don't think of as funny. For example, one of my father's favorite things is to tell you a 30 minute joke that has no point at all. If you ever meet him, ask him about the blue barracuda. We all are extremely good at laughing at ourselves and each other. New mates think they aren't liked because when we get together, we all gang up on the newcomer and everything they say is picked apart for 'hidden meaning'. By hidden meaning, I mean anything we can make fun of. And for God's sake, don't get caught in a stupid mistake or fall or anything. For the next 20 years, we will remind you of it, just ask my husband. He is a good sport about it (good thing because we pick on him a lot) and he has learned that he has to give as good as he gets. We have a great time in my family though. We laugh a lot (mostly because, even though we have all learned to be careful what we say and do, there is no shortage of stupidity in our world) and we all have learned to have sharp wits. This is a trait that I passed on to my children, we are all perfectly capable of laughing at ourselves as well as each other. When we were on a road trip to Florida, we broke down on the side of the road, the kids and I thought it was hilarious, hubby didn't agree. In this world, you have to be able to laugh at yourself and others or you will spend all your time miserable. If one of us falls, we get a blow-by-blow of our expressions all the way down. We do ask if you're okay between snickers though. You can ask my children, I have taken them to the emergency room after a fall and told the doctor it happened because they were an idiot. Not because I am trying to traumatize my children, but because that's just how we are. I would expect the same from them. My children know that I love them more than life and they never doubt that. It's just that we have an ingrained habit of not taking things seriously. We invent our own words as well. There for a while, one of my sons decided he was anti- N. Anything that had the letter N automatically got a T instead. Needless to say, we came up with some creative words. We also still pick on our kids for games they played when they were toddlers (they are all in their 20's now) and can spend all day doing so. That's the way I wanted my children to be raised. They have a healthy sense of humor and they can laugh at themselves as well. We don't always find the same things funny as other people do but that's okay because while others laugh at one thing, we will find something you aren't even seeing to laugh at. We also make up our own jokes that are stupid. One of my father's favorites is 'ask me if I'm a tree' and of course when you ask him, he says no. This is the kind of thing we find funny. It's just dumb enough to appeal to our sense of the absurd. So if you see me out somewhere and I'm laughing, you probably don't want to know why, and to ask is to invite me to bring you in on the joke, sometimes at your expense. Don't get me wrong, I am not generally a mean person but I think everyone else should be able to laugh at themselves. I can also take it as well as I can dish it so if you see me making a mistake, feel free to point it out to me!! You have probably all noticed by now that I don't 'do' paragraph breaks. As far as I'm concerned, everything I am saying is all 1 paragraph lol. I include this because I did just ask you to point out 'mistakes' and I wanted everyone to know I am already aware of that one and making fun of myself for it. In fact, I want to write a book but don't know if an editor will take it as all 1 paragraph. Everyone learn to laugh at yourself and those around you, it makes for a much happier lifestyle.