| | There is only one appropriate kind of sense of humor for a young bloke who unconventionally spells his name with a "y". the type of humor where a person is funniest when they're not trying to be. Such is Tym.
Laughing at someone's unintended jokes sounds a little like laughing at them, but it most definitely isn't. But you aren't really laughing with the person either. It's more like a laughing towards the person, maybe? Laughing in their general direction?
Anyway, there is just something sweeter about these morsels because for their rarity and off-the-cuff freshness. Such is Tym.
Alot of it is contextual and in the delivery, so basically, you "really had to be there". And I'm sure there are better examples from the past two years but here are some of my faves/most recent quips from Tymothy:
Concerning Latin Night
(over blaring salsa rhythms, edge of the dance floor, yelling in my ear)
Tym: All the men here are very short!
Me: (shrugging) Don't know what to tell ya. Alot of Latino guys are generally pret-(interrupted by Tym, who's getting caught up in the disorientation/awe he's feeling in this new hot-blooded, hobbity world of caribbean latin music that he's entered )
Tym: I feel like a giant!
The next morning, hungover/over breakfast:
Tym: That whole culture is something I'm very unfamiliar with. When I see it, it just feels the most foreign.
Me: Hispanic culture? Really?
Tym: No, dancing.
Concerning Putting a Couchsurfer on the couch
me: (teasing) Tym, why didn't you let him share your bed? you homophobe...
Tym: What?! I'm no homophobe, he was a shower-phobe, that's why.
Alright, that last one doesn't count. It was an actual attempt at a little joke. But it got a rise out of me at the time.
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