Opinion : Letter to the Editor: T'aint funny no more

Dear Editor;

Where has the humor gone?

My goodness, it seems forever that I've heard a funny story; told by a real storyteller to boot. When you get a goodie to pass on, one discovers just one-half of your audience might get the punch line, especially from the younger generation. And, of course, one must be careful not to make fun of someone or something. Growing up in rural Iowa we never took a joke about our school, church, or ourselves seriously. In fact, we kind of took it as endearment at light-hearted ribbing.

Political correctness has made the "comedian " extinct as the buggy whip. Also the renaming of the young men. You might remember that nickname you acquired or your buddies. Names I remember like baggy, shorty, stink, skeeter, slim, and some I can't mention seem to have vanished.

Can humor return?


Lee R. Overton