Good timing can make or break a joke. I think we've all experienced situations where somebody made a simple remark that was utterly hilarious not because of what it was, but because of when it was delivered. The other night I was having dinner with some folks after an event at work, and there was a certain amount of local name-dropping going on. Somebody mentioned a musician, then somebody else said, "Oh, yeah, I think I saw him play at Shakori Hills." The first person said, "I used to teach him on the drums." Then someone else said, "I remember when he used to play with a friend of mine." The second person said, "Oh, yeah." And then, at exactly the perfect moment person number four breaks in with "He's my son," which of course was not true, but gently poked fun at the one-upmanship going on. We all burst out laughing. It was beautiful.
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