Is it hard to keep from laughing at the wrong time?

March 8, 2010 - Monday 

Is it hard to keep from laughing at the wrong time? Current mood:  amused Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities Upon surfing through you tube videos, I discovered a fun little vid of a TV host who was in a tight spot at a BAD moment. First watch this brief video and it will show you what happened: I first watched this video without subtitles and I was laughing right along with the host. I had no idea of the dialogue that was being used and so the guys voice was HILARIOUS. Then I came across the video with the translations and understood WHY the guy with the bad voice looked so miffed...lol have you ever had a situation like this? I have. Back in 1997 I was working with my best friend as a drywall installer. Our boss was a TOTAL anal retentive asshole who always expected perfection and he would take the HARD specialized jobs such as winding staircases. This requires 2 sheets of 1/4 drywall to be wet down to soften it, then it was to be ever so carefully pushed against the wall and slowwwllllyyyyy bent into place while we held our breath hoping the drywall sheets wouldn't break in the process. Anyway, my point is that we already had a high stress job without the boss hurrying us on a almost daily basis to get the job complete. Time is money is all we heard. Never mind that he had only 5 of us doing an 8 man job. One day during lunch break while the boss was out doing some running, my best friend started talking about the boss and imitating him to demonstrate the full asshole effect that he projects. Chris was facing the door that came in and Mike (my best friend) that was doing the spoofing , had his back to the door. Right in the middle of Mikes imitation of Gary (the boss), in walks Gary up behind him. Chris was trying to subtly make urgent gestures to Mike that Gary was standing RIGHT behind him. Then Mike said "Gary is a know it all and I can do NO wrong ASSHOLE!!!" I busted up laughing and saw Gary look at me a little perturbed and Gary said to Mike while Mikes back was still turned to him, " oh is that right?" Mike about jumped out of his skin and I laughed even harder. Gary told him that if he has THAT much of a problem in the future to talk to him instead of making fun of him. Luckily, I didn't get chastized for my laughter but it was uncontrollable in that situation. Anybody else been in a situation like that?