And then there was one

For my last required journal entry, I shall give some deep insight on humor:

"I told my son that we were going to go to the amusement park and ride roller coasters, bumper cars, and have a blast. Excitedly, he hopped into the car with a huge grin. I drove for awhile until we came upon an old burnt down building. I said to him, Oh look, it seems the amusement park must have burnt down! He cried and cried but deep down, he thought it was funny."

Of course, I have never done that with my sons. It wouldn't be safe at home for me. It just reminds me of how different generations of looked at humor. When I was a kid, my uncle took me and some of his friends hiking in the Sierra Mountains. We hike a good way, then we stopped for lunch. He asked during lunch if I would be willing to carrying some of the dinner supplies the rest of the way. I of course agreed. I went to fill my water bottle and came back where we were resting. I got my pack on and almost fell over. It was heavy. But I didn't want them to see me struggle since I was the youngest one of the group. We hiked for miles straight up this mountain. I was sweating like crazy and huffing and puffing. We finally reached the peak and I gladly dropped my pack. We started to find a clearing to camp, and my uncle asked for some of the food to get dinner started. I reached into my pack and pulled out a large boulder. Then another one. And another one. They were rolling on their sides laughing. I was dumb struck, but then I thought, dang, that was pretty funny and started laughing. My uncle came up to me later and said, he was so proud how I took the prank. It shows how you take on all of the big challenges of life. Some of the worst times in ones life are some of the most laughable moments today. And if you can laugh at the time when the organic material hits the air circulation device, you will be ok.